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 : 1-3mm long, brown (Lyctus) 1.5-9mm long, reddish-brown to black (Bostrichiid).
Life Cycle
Eggs, 1mm, translucent and whitish, several laid in great precision in pores and open vessels in the wood; Larvae, 5mm, ‘C’ shaped, white in colour; Pupae – found just below wood surface – white, later turn darker.
Notes
Found in untreated or unfinished wood products; larvae bore through wood and can cause extensive damage. Typical sign of infestation is the presence of numerous fine holes with fine, powdery sawdust falling out. Infestation in finished wood means that the beetle was already in the wood (as egg or larva); emerging adults usually re-infest by laying eggs in their own exit holes.
