Drugstore Beetle

Domestic and commercial settings where dried plant products or stored foods are kept

Polyphagous; larvae feed on dried foods, spices, biscuits, pet food, leather, and pharmaceutical products

Adults are capable of flight and are attracted to light. They undergo complete metamorphosis; female beetles lay up to 75 eggs at once

A common pest of stored goods that can damage books and contaminate food supplies but poses no direct physical risk to humans