Drugstore Beetle

Pantropical and temperate regions; commonly found indoors in pantries, kitchens, and warehouses.

Generalist feeders consuming a wide variety of dried plant products including flour, bread, spices, and pharmaceutical drugs.

Adults are capable of flight and are attracted to light; the larvae do most of the damage by tunneling through food sources.

A major pest of stored products that can contaminate food; while they do not bite or carry disease, they cause significant economic loss.