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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Death-watch and Spider Beetles (Ptinidae) » Xyletininae » Lasiodermini » Lasioderma » Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)
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Beetle - Lasioderma serricorne
Copyright © 2006 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

Beetle - Lasioderma serricorne
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
February 16, 2006
Size: 2.4 mm. (curled position)
I believe this is a Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne). A number were found in home, traced to old box of pancake mix. Confirmation would be appreciated.

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 19 February, 2006 - 2:40pm
Last updated 24 February, 2008 - 3:00pm

I confirm L.serricorne
.-)
… Boris Büche, 25 May, 2007 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Lasioderma serricorne
is what it looks like to me too. I found loads of images on the Web (once I used the correct spelling :-), as you would expect for any economically important pest.
… Jim McClarin, 19 February, 2006 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You...
Thanks for the ID of the critter...It had a cute face under the microscope

Al
… Al Fleischer, 24 August, 2011 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

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