Latin: Oryzaephilus surinamensis. 2.5 – 3.5 mm long, slender and brown-black. The distinctive features are the serrated growths on the prothorax side edges just behind the head. It cannot infest whole, undamaged kernels and it mainly eats seeds. In goods of cereal origin, flour and grain in particular, it is one of our most common […]
Saw-toothed grain beetle
( Latin: Oryzaephilus surinamensis) This is another beetle from the tropics. It has a series of serrations on each side of the thorax. It can live in grain stores and silos and feeds on all types of dried food products, mostly those containing starch such as flour, bread and cereal products, but also in dried […]