Sawtoothed Grain Beetle

Found globally in pantries, kitchens, food storage facilities, and grocery stores where grains are kept.

Stored dried food products including flour, cereals, bread, pasta, dried fruit, nuts, and spices.

They are highly mobile, flat-bodied insects that can crawl into tiny cracks in food packaging. They do not fly. Female beetles can lay up to 400 eggs in food sources over their lifetime.

They are a common household pest that causes food spoilage and economic loss. They do not bite or sting humans and are not known to spread diseases, but infested food must be discarded.