Confused Flour Beetle
Tribolium confusum
The adult is a small reddish-brown beetle found in flour mills, grain stores, pantries, and other places with dry stored foods. It walks through flour and grain dust, usually staying in dark crevices and loose food rather than open light. Adults feed on flour, broken grain, cereal products, and associated organic particles. A notable defense is the release of pungent quinone chemicals, which can taint heavily infested flour.
- Type
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- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Confused Flour Beetle