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Drugstore Beetles
Stegobium paniceum · about 1/8 in
Drugstore BeetlesGroup Pantry Pests
Size about 1/8 in
Where Spring Hill · Columbia · Santa Fe · Franklin
What are Drugstore Beetles?
Named because they used to eat pharmacy stock. They also eat flour, spices, seeds, pet food, wool, leather, and books. Head tucked, grooved wing covers.
Are they dangerous?
Nuisance. They contaminate food and can scar books and fabric.
What causes them?
Infested packages from a warehouse or a long-forgotten box of mix.
Signs in the house
Small brown beetles and holes in a box.
In Middle Tennessee
Spice racks and forgotten pantry corners.
What Death Row does
Dump, vacuum, treat. Call or text 931-500-6969.
Pantry tank
Best treatment from the truck
Load Dump the food. Crack and crevice Alpine.
Per gallon Alpine WSG 10 g per gallon in cabinet seams after the food is gone. Pheromone trap for moths. No broadcast spray on dishes.
TN charter 5908. Licensed applicators only. The label beats this card if they disagree.