Cigarette Beetle

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Types of Pests
Cigarette Beetle
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Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma Serricorne)

Facts

  • Adults are able to fly well.
  • Females lay 30 - 40 eggs over a 1-month lifespan.
  • Optimum development takes place around 32°C at a relative humidity of 70% where the life cycle can be completed in 26 days.
  • Larvae chew holes and burrow into food commodity.
  • Larvae shed cocoons that contaminate food which can cause allergic reactions.