Confused Flour Beetle (Also see Rust-Red Flour Beetle)
Granary Weevil (Also see Rice Weevil)
Mediterranean Flour Moth or Mill Moth
Red-legged Ham or Copra Beetle
Rice Weevil (Also see Granary Weevil)
Rust-Red Flour Beetle (Also see Confused Flour Beetle)
Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth (Also see Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth)
Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth (Also see Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth)
Appearance
Large, 10.5-13mm, slender body, head and gaster black with the rest of the body orange-red; two nodes : petiole with well developed postpetiole.
Notes
Solitary forager, nesting in dead wood, rotting logs, wooden beams and posts. Very aggressive, has extremely painful sting and not shy to use it at all. Easily identified by jerky walking movements; commonly found around coconut and mango trees. Large compound eyes provide acute vision; will dart to the far side of twigs or branches when approached. Will feed on proteins but takes sugars readily; has a preference to feed on termites so its presence is a good indicator of a termite colony nearby.
Colony: Small, with a queen and few hundred monomorphic workers.
