cigarette bugs in house Are drugstore beetles dangerous? Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)

While the cigarette beetle can be found globally, this temperature preference allows the species to thrive best in tropical zones where temperature conditions are most suitable to this ideal range

Pupation occurs in loosely constructed pupal cells within the food source

Although the drugstore and cigarette beetles look very similar, they are distantly related and require different monitoring practices as they do not share the same sex pheromone

Drugstore beetles ( Stegobium paniceum ) and cigarette beetles ( Lasioderma serricorne ) are similar in size but differ in appearance, behavior and the types of products they infest

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