swap_horiz Powderpost Beetle Alternatives

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Synchronous Firefly

The synchronous firefly is a North American beetle belonging to the Lampyridae family. It’s notable for its remarkable c...

North American Firefly Bioluminescent Lampyridae

9.8 Brilliant

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Titan Beetle

The Titan Beetle, *Titanus giganteus*, is an Amazonian longhorn beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family. It’s notabl...

Amazonian Tropical Largest Longhorn

9.7 Brilliant

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Bombardier Beetle

The Bombardier Beetle is a ground-dwelling beetle belonging to the Carabidae family. It utilizes a unique defensive stra...

Defensive Predatory Ground Beetle Carabidae

9.7 Brilliant

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Dung Beetle

The dung beetle is a cosmopolitan beetle belonging to the Scarabaeinae family. These insects are notable for their cruci...

Cosmopolitan Scarab Scarabaeinae Dung Rolling

8.9 Great

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Deathwatch Beetle

The deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, is a wood-boring beetle in the family Ptinidae. Its larvae tunnel through...

European Wood Boring Anobiid Ptinidae

7.3 Good

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Two-lined Chestnut Borer

The two-lined chestnut borer is the beetle Agrilus bilineatus, a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae....

North American Jewel Beetle Buprestidae Oak Chestnut

5.5 Mediocre

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Mealworm Beetle

Tenebrio molitor is a darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. Its larval stage is commonly called the yellow mealwo...

Cosmopolitan Stored Grain Darkling Tenebrionidae

5.5 Mediocre

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Australian Spider Beetle

The Australian Spider Beetle (Ptinus tectus) is a small beetle native to Australasia and a member of the family Ptinidae...

Cosmopolitan Invasive Stored Product Anobiid

5.4 Mediocre

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Confused Flour Beetle

The confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum, is a small reddish-brown beetle in the darkling beetle family Tenebrionid...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Grain Darkling

4.6 Poor

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Red Flour Beetle

Tribolium castaneum, the red flour beetle, is a small beetle in the darkling beetle family Tenebrionidae and a widesprea...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Grain Darkling

4.5 Poor

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Drugstore Beetle

The drugstore beetle, Stegobium paniceum, is a small brown beetle whose larvae infest stored products. It can develop in...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Product Anobiid

4.4 Poor

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Furniture Beetle

The furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum, is a small wood-boring beetle often called woodworm. Its larvae tunnel through...

European Wood Boring Household Pest Anobiid

4.3 Poor

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Cowpea Weevil

[Callosobruchus maculatus](https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1338), known as the cowpea weevil or cowpea seed beetl...

Cosmopolitan Pest Weevil Bruchidae

4.2 Poor

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Bean Weevil

The bean weevil, usually identified as Acanthoscelides obtectus, is a bruchine seed beetle and a pest of common beans an...

Cosmopolitan Pest Weevil Bruchidae

4.2 Poor

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Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci, commonly called the varied carpet beetle, is a small dermestid beetle with a widespread, nearly worl...

Cosmopolitan Carpet Dermestid Dermestidae

4.2 Poor

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Hide Beetle

Dermestes maculatus, commonly called the hide beetle, is a dermestid beetle associated with dried animal material and st...

Cosmopolitan Dermestid Dermestidae Hide Pest

4.1 Poor

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Bamboo Powderpost Beetle

The bamboo powderpost beetle, Dinoderus minutus, is a small wood-boring beetle in the family Bostrichidae. Its larvae de...

Bamboo Asian Powderpost Bostrichidae

4.0 Poor

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Lead Cable Borer

The lead cable borer, Scobicia declivis, is a small false powderpost beetle in the family Bostrichidae found commonly in...

Unusual Western Us Powderpost Bostrichidae

3.9 Poor

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Warehouse Beetle

The warehouse beetle, Trogoderma variabile, is a dermestid beetle and a stored-product pest. Its larvae feed on grain, s...

Cosmopolitan Pest Dermestid Dermestidae

3.8 Poor

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Grain Weevil

The grain weevil, Sitophilus granarius, is a flightless snout beetle that infests stored wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice,...

Cosmopolitan Pest Stored Grain Curculionidae

1.1 Poor