How to Get Rid of Flour Beetle? Risks, Prevention Tips & What to Know
Learn how to get rid of flour beetles, understand the risks they pose, and discover effective prevention tips to keep your pantry pest-free.
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Flour Beetle
Reviewed by Daniel Brady
CEO at AnchorPest Services
Updated July, 25
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How to Identify Flour Beetle
Learn to spot flour beetles by their reddish-brown, flat bodies, six legs, and antennae, often found in stored grains and flour.
📏 Overall Size & Shape
⚠️ Active infestation
🎨 Covering & Coloration
Reddish-brown, oval, shiny, small beetle
🦵 Appendages
⚠️ Spoiled by insect presence
👁️ Head & Sensory Organs
⚠️ Evidence of pest entry
🦷 Mouthparts & Feeding
⚠️ Contaminated by beetles
🔎 Distinctive Marks or Tools
⚠️ Larval contamination detected
Key Distinguishing Features
- Burrows: Do not burrow; instead, live and breed in stored grain products and flour.
- Behaviour: Active scavengers, often found crawling on surfaces; can play dead when disturbed.
- Habitat: Commonly infest pantries, warehouses, and food storage areas, especially where flour and grains are present.
- Diet: Feed primarily on flour, cereals, grains, and other stored food products.
Quick Size Comparison
About the size of a grain of rice, similar to a small ant but thicker.
Are You Seeing These Warning Signs?
If you notice ANY of these signs, you likely have an active Flour Beetle infestation. Time is critical - contact us immediately.
⚠️ Active infestation
Presence of small reddish-brown beetles in flour or grain products
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Possible beetle activity
Presence of fine, powdery dust in or around stored flour or grain products
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Spoiled by insect presence
Unpleasant, musty odor coming from stored flour or grain products
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Evidence of pest entry
Tiny holes or tunnels visible in packaging or food containers.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Contaminated by beetles
Clumping or caking of flour or grain products due to beetle secretions.
Immediate professional assessment required
⚠️ Larval contamination detected
Larvae or shed larval skins found mixed within stored flour or grain products.
Immediate professional assessment required
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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.
Fungal Growth and Mycotoxin Exposure
Organ damage, immune system suppression
Onset: Within 24 hours to several days
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Why DIY Methods Always Fail
Save yourself time, money, and frustration. Here's why store-bought solutions don't work:
Freezing infested items
Problem: Not all beetles or eggs are killed at typical home freezer temperatures
Result: Infestation may persist or return
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Vacuuming infested areas
Problem: Vacuuming misses hidden eggs and larvae
Result: Infestation quickly returns
Bay leaves
Problem: Bay leaves do not repel or kill flour beetles
Result: Infestation continues despite their presence
Diatomaceous earth
Problem: Diatomaceous earth only affects beetles that come into direct contact with it
Result: Many beetles remain hidden and survive, so the infestation persists
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The average homeowner spends $200+ on failed DIY attempts before calling professionals. Meanwhile, the infestation grows worse.
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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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