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Tribolium sp.
Flour beetles are members of the darkling beetle genera Tribolium or Tenebrio. They are pests of cereal silos and are widely used as laboratory animals, as they are easy to keep. They are common kitchen pests that infest milled cereal products. Adults can live up to one year. Females lay between 450 eggs among the foodstuff or on grain kernels. The small, slender, white eggs hatch in 5 - 12 days. Emerging larvae crawl about while feeding. During the summer, the developmental period from egg to adult is about 6 weeks. These insects can infest grain products at any point from the farm storage bin to the warehouse where the finished product is stored, as well as in your own cupboard
Spotted on May 4, 2011
Submitted on Feb 26, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you :)
More likely Tribolium sp.