cigarette bugs in house and drugstore beetles A Spicy Surprise | BYGL

Adult female cigarette beetles lay between 10 and 100 eggs on food sources

These beetles can be found worldwide, but prefer warm regions or heated structures

Whether the product is a fine powder like ground cayenne peppers or large clumps like pet food or breakfast cereal, it will all get converted into sawdust-like frass (= excrement) in the end

Lasioderma serricorne ) Stegobium paniceum ) Drugstore beetle life cycle, larvae and eggs The drugstore beetle life cycle begins when a female lays tiny eggs on or near a dry food source

Pay attention to the spaces in floorboard cracks and corners of cabinets

Adults of both species can fly