Sawtoothed Grain Beetle

Found globally in pantries, kitchens, food processing plants, and grain storage facilities; they often enter homes through infested grocery products.

Scavengers that feed on processed grain products such as flour, cereal, pasta, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, yeast, and chocolate.

Adults can live for up to three years; they are highly active, do not fly, and use their flattened bodies to squeeze into thin crevices of food packaging to lay eggs.

They are major household and commercial pests that cause significant food waste through contamination; however, they do not bite, sting, or spread human diseases.