Bug Identifier
Red flour beetle (likely)
Community identification

Red flour beetle (likely)

Tribolium castaneum

Order & Family
Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae
Size
Adults are about 2.5–4 mm long.
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Natural Habitat

Stored-food areas, pantries, grain mills, and warehouses, especially where flour or cereal products accumulate.

Diet & Feeding

Adults and larvae feed on flour, grains, cereals, nuts, spices, and other dry stored foods; they do not bite people.

Behavior Patterns

Adults are reddish-brown, flattened beetles that hide in food cracks and reproduce rapidly under warm conditions. The larval stage develops within stored products.

Risks & Benefits

They contaminate and spoil pantry foods but pose no significant health threat beyond possible food contamination. The blurry image makes identification tentative; the insect could also be another small pantry beetle.