Flour Beetle

Flour Beetle

Color: flat, shiny, reddish-brown to black

Size: 1/8-inch long

Feeding & Habits: found in barley, breakfast cereals, corn, cornmeal, crackers, flour, millet, oats, rice, rye, wheat and wheat bran, nutmeats, dried fruits, legume seeds, beans, milk chocolate, cottonseed, peas, powdered milk, sunflower seeds, vetch seeds, spices, herbarium and museum specimens.

Additional Information: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2087.html, http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05501.html.