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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles (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: 2.5 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 - 2:48pm
Last updated 12 December, 2006 - 7:39am

pancake mix
I work with Tribolium beetles which also live in stored grain product. I've had people give me three separate pancake mixes with Lasioderma. I wonder why they like it so much????
… Ann Yezerski, 13 February, 2011 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

ID confirmed!
cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 23 November, 2006 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

Beetle ID, mis-spelled name
Thanks Jim,
I entered "Cigarette Beetle" in Google, and as luck would have it, I used the entry at the top of the page which is only one with the mis-spelled scientific name!
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 19 February, 2006 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Fixed
I fixed spelling on both pages.
… Jim McClarin, 19 February, 2006 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

Not Lasioderna; LasioderMa
Although Lasioderna does yield one Web image :-)

Excellent presentation, btw!

And personally, I prefer nuts and/or fruit in my pancakes!
… Jim McClarin, 19 February, 2006 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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