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Adult drugstore beetles are between 2.5 and 3.5 millimetres (3 ⁄ 32 and 1 ⁄ 8 in) long and have a reddish-brown colour with a cylindrical body. The beetle looks superficially similar to the cigarette beetle, another ptinid beetle regarded as a pest, but can be distinguished under magnification by the lack of serration on the antennae and the presence of clubbed segments on the last several ...
Drugstore beetles look similar but have deep pits on the wings. Historically, they were a pest of medicinal herbs in early drug stores. ... Set out sticky traps in multiple locations in the pantry ...
After the larval period, drugstore beetle larvae move out of the substrate to build a cocoon and pupate. The pupation period takes a total of 12–18 days. The entire life cycle of the drugstore beetle lasts approximately two months but can be as long as seven months. These stored product pests will infest almost anything readily available.
The beetles are attracted to dried plants and books in the collection. [10] Drugstore Beetle: Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus) Stegobium paniceum bl. The drugstore beetle feeds on books and paper products within the museum collection, including a variety of foods and spices. [10] Furniture Beetle: Anobium punctatum (DeGeer) Anobium.punctatum
Book pests include the larder beetle, and the larvae of the black carpet beetle and the drugstore beetle which attack leather-bound books, while the common clothes moth and the brown house moth attack cloth bindings. These attacks are largely a problem with historic books, because modern bookbinding materials are less susceptible to this type ...
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