Long-headed Flour Beetle Larva
Latheticus oryzae (larva)
This slender larva lives hidden in flour, rice, and other stored cereal products, moving through loose meal like a tunnel. It feeds by chewing starchy grain particles and broken kernels with small mandibles. Its pale body and harder head capsule help it stay concealed while it grows between molts. A notable sign of its presence is fine feeding dust and cast skins in infested grain.
- Type
- Burrow
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- Long-headed Flour Beetle Larva
- ?
- Long-headed Flour Beetle