A to Z of Pests

Beetles

Beetles are the most diverse group of insects and are thought to make up forty percent of the, approximately, 350,000 described insect species. Listed here are just some of the lifecycles and habits of these insects.

Australian Spider Beetle

Strewth! This pests will eat anything.

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Bark Beetle

They don't bark - they just live under it.

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Biscuit Beetle

They enjoy a high carbohydrate diet.

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Broadhorned Flour Beetle

Little white footprints all over the kitchen are a dead giveaway.

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Cigarette Beetle

This pest has more than one bad habit.

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Confused Flour Beetle

The pest that can't work it out.

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Copra Beetle

Where do they live?

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Deathwatch Beetle

A mysterious tapping in the night does not forebode death but damage to your timber.

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Flat Grain Beetle

These fussy eaters can ruin your food.

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Fungus Beetle

These creatures have developed strange tastes.

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Fur Beetle

These creatures have a taste for fur.

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Golden Spider Beetle

A spider, a beetle or just plain confused?

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Ground Beetles

How do beetles live?

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House Longhorn Beetle

You wouldn´t want a herd of these stampeding through your home.

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Khapra Beetle

How are they different from Copra Beetles?

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Merchant Grain Beetle

How these pests live

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Plaster Beetle

These creatures have developed strange tastes.

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Powderpost Beetle

Can be found enjoying life in soft tropical woods.

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Rove Beetles

They just love decaying food.

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Rust Red Flour Beetle

This colourful pest can give you real problems.

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Varied Carpet Beetle

Do they prefer patterned carpets or plain?

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Yellow Mealworm Beetle

They’ll make a meal of your property.

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