Biscuit Beetle - Stegobium paniceum
The Biscuit Beetle is small (2 to 3mm long) and uniformly brown in colour.
In homes where it is a pest of foodstuffs.
All year round.
Widespread in England and Wales but not well recorded.
Infrequent or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 7 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
AJ Cann
Knighton
23 January 2018
AJ Cann
Knighton
23 January 2018
Antenna with three club-like segments at the tip
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Species profile
- Common names
- Biscuit Beetle, Drugstore Beetle (Biscuit Beetle), Bread Beetle, Drugstore Beetle
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Ptinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 23/01/2018 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 23/01/2018 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Knighton
23 January 2018
