ENTFACT-135: Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Flour Beetle | Download PDF
Confused Flour Beetle--Tribolium confusum
Red Flour Beetle--Tribolium castaneum
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
by Doug Johnson, Extension Entomologist
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
Flour beetles, often called "bran bugs", are probably the most common stored grain insect pests in Kentucky. They are common throughout the state.
