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The red-legged ham beetle

Latin: Necrobia rufipes. Also called copra beetle. The red-legged ham beetle is 4-5 mm long, dark metallic blue with reddish legs. The larvae are up to 10 mm long. They are light grey, but with clear violet drawings on the upper side. In the rear, they have two dark spots. This species is cosmopolitan, probably […]

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