
Community identification
Drugstore beetle
Stegobium paniceum
- Order & Family
- Coleoptera, Ptinidae
- Size
- 2 to 3.5 millimeters in length.
Natural Habitat
Found indoors worldwide, infesting pantries, kitchens, and dry storage areas.
Diet & Feeding
Feeds on a wide variety of dry plant and animal products, including grains, flour, pet food, and pharmaceuticals.
Behavior Patterns
Adults are strong fliers and are attracted to light. Females lay eggs directly on food sources where larvae bore inward to feed.
Risks & Benefits
They are a common household and commercial pest that contaminates and ruins stored dry goods, but they pose no direct health hazard to humans.