Drugstore Beetle

Worldwide in human dwellings, pantries, and food processing facilities.

Broad range of dried plant materials including flour, bread, spices, pharmaceutical drugs, and non-food items like leather and hair.

Active flyers that are attracted to light; females lay up to 75 eggs at a time in food sources, followed by a larval period of several months.

Significant pantry pest that contaminates stored goods; harmless to humans and pets in terms of biting or disease, but remains a major economic nuisance.