Sitophilus Granarius (Granary Weevil/Grain Weevil)

Found worldwide in storage facilities such as granaries, silos, and warehouses, as well as kitchen cupboards and pantries. They are rarely found in the wild as they are flightless.

Stored whole grains including wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice, and corn. Larvae develop and feed inside the individual grain kernels.

The female bores a hole into a grain kernel, lays an egg, and seals it. The larva spends its entire life cycle eating the kernel from the inside out before emerging as an adult. Adults are flightless but can move quickly through stored products.

They are serious pests of stored food products that cause significant economic damage. They render grain unfit for human consumption due to the destruction of the kernels and the presence of waste. They pose no direct physical health risk or bite risk to humans.