Drugstore beetles, tobacco beetles, spider beetles, dermestid beetles and moth larvae, to name only a few, will gnaw through paper, cardboard and plastic packing, and holes in the packaging will often be the first sign that the goods contain live animals.
Shiny spider beetle
(Latin: Gibbium psylloides) A less active spider beetle, wich crawls around slowly on it’s long legs. It may attack cereals and cereal products in, for example, India, where it is sometimes a pest. In Europe it is occasionally found in imported goods.
Spider beetles
Spider beetles are closely related to furniture beetles. They look somewhat like spiders. The adults move quite slowly around on their long legs. There is a clear narrowing between the chest and the arched abdomen. Spider beetles often play dead when disturbed. Most of the species rarely use their wings and usually the beetles are […]
Spider beetles
(Latin: Ptinidae) These beetles have a certain resemblance to spiders, for they have very long legs and a marked constriction between the thorax and the arched abdomen. Many of the species are practically speaking omnivorous. The newly hatched larvae are very active, but once they reach a source of food they soon become fat and […]