Stegobium paniceum

Drugstore beetle at Kambah, ACT

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Identification history

	Stegobium paniceum	12 Mar 2021	KimPullen
	Unverified	8 Mar 2021	HarveyPerkins

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Suggest this is Stegobium paniceum (Drugstore or Biscuit Beetle), family Anobiidae (or Subfamily Anobiinae, Family Ptinidae). There are LOTS of these biscuit beetles in our packets of dried papadums, which have been on the shelf for a while, such that I will refer to them instead now as Papadum Beetles. P.S. As with the sailors of old, their presence didn't stop me shaking them out and still eating the papadums!

2 comments

HarveyPerkins wrote:

8 Mar 2021

And by the way; these beetles are not dead - just warming up from a few minutes in the freezer...

KimPullen wrote:

12 Mar 2021

That's the one, Harvey.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.036763 -35.393768
Places Kambah, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
8 Mar 2021 01:22 PM Recorded on
HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Stegobium paniceum Scientific name
Drugstore beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Minor weed or pest
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