BEETLE FAMILY
Bed Bugs
- 3/8” long, oval shaped
- Red brown in color
- Feed at night leaving red welts
Carpet Beetle
- Dark brown to black
- Resemble sesame seeds on fabric
- Non-aggressive
Springtails
- 1/16” long
- Dark colored
- Live in damp areas
- Help in decomposing organic matter
Rice Weevil/ Granary Weevil
- 1/8” long
- Black with 4 orange spots
- Feeds and lays eggs in grain
Clover mites
- Tiny, tiny 1/64” long
- Rusty brown to dark red
- Harmless
- Feed on clover and grasses
Cigarette Beetle/ Drug Store Beetle
- 1/16” to 1/8” long
- Light brown, oval
- Feeds on tobacco and grains
Red flour beetle/ Confused Flour Beetle
- 1/8 “ long
- Reddish brown
- Eats grains
Saw-toothed Grain Beetle/ Merchant Grain Beetle
- 1/8” long
- Dark brown
- 6 sawtooth projections on each side
- Feeds on grains