Red Flour Beetle
Tribolium castaneum
Color: Reddish Brown
Size: 3 – 4 mm
Shape: Oval and elongated body
Nutrition: Flour, cereals, nuts, pasta, broken kernels, etc.
Habitat: Worldwide
General Behavior
They like to live in areas such as flour mills, grain stores, cellars, supermarkets.
Between 20°C and 37°C is their ideal temperature.
They can lay 400 – 500 eggs during their lifetime.
The life cycle varies between 26 and 90 days.
They are active at night, attracted to light sources.
They are transmitted through machinery in food production facilities.
Threats
They have economic impacts because they damage crops.
There is no harm to humans.
How Do We Recognize Infestation?
Visible flying insects and larvae crawling on products.
The appearance of a web on food that is thinner than a cobweb.
Dead moths are seen lying around.
Food spoilage and odor.