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biscuit beetle

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biscuit beetle

Omnivorous beetle that attacks biscuits, flour, bread, and even drugs such as opium and aconite.

Classification

The biscuit beetle Stegobium paniceum is a member of the deathwatch beetle family Anobiidae, order Coleoptera (suborder Polyphaga), class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda.



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(Attagenus unicolor) and biscuit beetle (Stegobium paniceum).
Wee Willie rocks on; Survivor: Wee Willie Harris shares the bill with ... by The Daily Mail (London, England)
And surely biscuit beetles wouldn't fancy wood for their dinner?
The Judge; Beetlemania! by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
The birds, living in exploding populations and crowded conditions, carry loathsome parasites such as the carpet beetle, the biscuit beetle, the cheese mite, the flower mite and the pigeon tick.
FLYING RATS! by The Daily Mail (London, England)
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