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
Adult : Gray with four dark stripes on the thorax and yellowish-light brown abdomen; 5-8mm long, with female usually larger than male.
Life Cycle
Eggs are white, cylindrical, tapering at both ends. Larvae are yellowish-brown maggots (about 11mm long). Pupae are reddish-brown and 4-7mm long.
Notes
Common insect found almost all over the world; usually on and around filth, garbage and refuse and human habitation. Has a high breeding rate and liking for almost any kind of food material; its habit of regurgitating while feeding and particles of dirt etc sticking to its body hairs makes it a very efficient carrier of disease causing organisms.
