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Flour beetles are members of several darkling beetle genera including Tribolium and Tenebrio. They are pests of cereal silos and are widely used as laboratory animals , as they are easy to keep. The flour beetles consume wheat and other grains, are adapted to survive in very dry environments, and can withstand even higher amounts of radiation ...
The confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum), a type of darkling beetle known as a flour beetle, is a globally found, common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. They are one of the most common and most destructive insect pests for grain and other food products stored in silos, warehouses, grocery stores, and ...
The red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles.The red flour beetle, and other closely related beetles like Gnatocerus cornutus, are a worldwide pest of stored products, particularly food grains, and a model organism for ethological and food safety [1] research.
The destructive or dark flour beetle (Tribolium destructor), is one of the species of darkling beetle known generally as flour beetles. It is a common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. It is a very dark brown beetle (darker than other Tribolium species) 5–6 mm long.
Tribolium lay their eggs in a food source such as flour. These hatch into larvae which proceed to feed and grow within the food, avoiding light. There are usually 7 or 8 larval instars, but there can be as few as 5 or as many as 11 depending on food, temperature and humidity.
The broadhorned flour beetle undergoes 4 major life stages: egg, larvae, pupa, and adult. The total developmental time is about 47 days, about 1.5 times longer than the Tribolium castaneum, or red flour beetle. [2] In the larval stages of broad-horned flour beetles, the quality of their diet influences their development rate without affecting ...
Aphanotus brevicornis, the North American flour beetle, is a species of flour beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is a pest of stored foodstuff, particularly processed grains. This species was originally described as Eulabis brevicornis by LeConte, [1] later placed in the genus Aphanotus by Casey, [2] and further moved to Tribolium by Hinton ...
The red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) is a popular genetics model organism, especially in studies of intragenomic conflict and population ecology. Several species of Tenebrio and Tribolium , such as the confused flour beetle ( T. confusum ) and T. destructor , and other genera such as Gnathocerus cornutus , are pests of cereal and flour ...