Hi Katie
I am certain it is a red flour beetle, or rust-red flour beetle, Tribolium
castaneum (Herbst). It is one of the most common destructive stored product
pest. To control the infestation the most important is to find the host they
are breeding on. It may well be some old cake, dried flower, herbs, spices,
flour, dry bread etc. in in the cupboard or somewhere around it.
For your information:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/beetles/red_flour_beetle.htm
Best regards:
Andras Szito | Taxonomist/Curator
Plant Biosecurity | Entomology
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
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Sent: Tuesday, 2 December 2014 2:21 AM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: [pestlist] insect ID
Hi Everyone,
I’m hoping someone can help identify this insect for me. It’s about ~2mm. I’m
thinking it’s one of the minute brown scavenger beetles, but have never come
across them before so am unfamiliar with how they look. Sorry for the
overexposure; I can try and take more photos if needed.
I’ve never had them caught in my blunder traps before, but over the past few
weeks I’ve been seeing a lot pop up in the traps, and dead in cupboards. Any
comments would be appreciated!
Thank you,
Katie
Katie Fisher
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