How to Get Rid of Drugstore Beetle? Risks, Prevention Tips & What to Know
Learn how to get rid of drugstore beetles, understand the risks they pose, and discover effective prevention tips to protect your home and food.
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Drugstore Beetle
Reviewed by Daniel Brady
CEO at AnchorPest Services
Updated July, 25
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How to Identify Drugstore Beetle
Learn to spot drugstore beetles by their small, oval, brown bodies, distinctive humped backs, and fine hairs covering their wings.
📏 Overall Size & Shape
⚠️ Active infestation
🎨 Covering & Coloration
Reddish-brown, covered with fine hairs
🦵 Appendages
⚠️ Possible food contamination
👁️ Head & Sensory Organs
⚠️ Musty odor: check for pests
🦷 Mouthparts & Feeding
⚠️ Silk threads: pest presence
🔎 Distinctive Marks or Tools
⚠️ Food clumping: pest risk
Key Distinguishing Features
- Burrows: Do not create tunnels; larvae bore into stored products and packaging.
- Behaviour: Strong fliers, attracted to light, adults often seen near infested food sources.
- Habitat: Commonly found in pantries, kitchens, and storage areas with dried foods.
- Diet: Feed on a wide range of dried plant and animal products, including spices, flour, and pet food.
Quick Size Comparison
About the size of a sesame seed, similar to a small ant but rounder.
Are You Seeing These Warning Signs?
If you notice ANY of these signs, you likely have an active Drugstore Beetle infestation. Time is critical - contact us immediately.
⚠️ Active infestation
Presence of small, round holes in packaging or stored food products
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Beetle activity detected
Sightings of adult beetles crawling or flying around food storage areas
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Possible food contamination
Powdery dust or debris near infested food items
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Musty odor: check for pests
Unpleasant, musty odor emanating from infested food products.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Silk threads: pest presence
Webbing or silk threads found among stored food items.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Food clumping: pest risk
Clumped or matted food particles in stored products.
Immediate professional assessment required
Spotted Any of These Signs?
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Serious Health Risks to Your Family
Pests can seriously harm you and your loved ones. Don't gamble with your family's health.
Allergic Reactions
Allergic reactions, respiratory infections
Onset: Within minutes to a few hours
Food spoilage leading to gastrointestinal distress
Dehydration, electrolyte imbalance
Onset: Within 24 hours
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Why DIY Methods Always Fail
Save yourself time, money, and frustration. Here's why store-bought solutions don't work:
Vacuuming infested areas
Problem: Vacuuming misses hidden eggs and larvae
Result: Infestation quickly returns
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Freezing infested items
Problem: Freezers at home may not reach low enough temperatures
Result: Beetles and eggs can survive, so infestation continues
Bay leaves
Problem: Bay leaves do not repel or kill drugstore beetles
Result: Infestation continues despite their presence
Airtight food storage containers
Problem: Beetles can already be inside the food
Result: Infestation continues despite containers
Stop Wasting Time and Money
The average homeowner spends $200+ on failed DIY attempts before calling professionals. Meanwhile, the infestation grows worse.
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Pet and family-friendly methods used
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Complete Elimination
Targets entire colony, not just visible insects or rodents
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Prevention Plan
Long-term exclusion strategies
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Health Protection
Proper cleanup and sanitization
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Service warranty and follow-up visits
Our 3-Step Elimination Process
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Complete property assessment within 24 hours
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Safe, effective treatment of entire colony
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