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Beetle Gallery - Page 7: Other Beetles (cont.)

 Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera

A selection of beetles found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . .

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Oryzaephilus
Saw-toothed Grain Beetle
(Oryzaephilus surinamensis, family Cucujidae)
length 3-4 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs,
and sometimes outdoors under tree bark and in fungi
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©		 Cryptolestes
Flat Grain Beetle
(Cryptolestes = Laemophloeus
pusillus, family Cucujidae)
length about 2 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©
  
Callosobruchus
Cowpea Beetle or Weevil
(Callosobruchus chinensis = Bruchus
pectinicornis, family Bruchidae)
length 2-3 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry legumes
(peas, beans, lentils, etc.)
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©		 Gibbium
Spider Beetle
(Gibbium psylloides, family Ptinidae)
length 2-3 mm
In houses and stores, infesting dry
food stuffs and other vegetable matter
Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©
  
Stegobium
Drug-store, Bread or Biscuit Beetle
(Stegobium paniceum, family Anobiidae)
length 2-4 mm
In houses and stores, infesting all kinds of
stored food & other plant/animal products
Photo: Ken Gray Insect Image Collection - OSU ©		 Lasioderma
Cigarette or Tobacco Beetle
(Lasioderma serricorne, family Anobiidae)
length 2-3 mm
In houses and stores, infesting all kinds of
stored food & other plant/animal products
Photo: Wikipedia - CCA ShareAlike License ©
  

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