Beetle Gallery 7

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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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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 ©	Flat Grain Beetle (Cryptolestes = Laemophloeus pusillus, family Cucujidae) length about 2 mm In houses and stores, infesting dry food stuffs Photo: Jim Kalisch - UNL ©

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 ©	Furniture Beetle or Woodworm (Anobium punctatum, family Anobiidae) length 3-5 mm Larval stages tunnel into dead wood, e.g., building timbers, furniture and dead trees Photo: Entomart ©

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 ©	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 Share Alike License

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