cigarette bugs in house Beetle Identification And Control Guide What Kind of Beetle is

Life Cycle/Reproduction The process begins when females lay up to 100 white, oval-shaped eggs within bags of stored food or atop dried tobacco

Larvae of the cigarette beetle require temperatures between 15 C and 40 C in order to successfully hatch, with the most optimal range for fecundity being between 30 C and 33 C

The larvae also damage products through feeding and introduce contaminants like larval cocoons, frass (excrement), and dead adult beetles

As they grow, they pass through several stages before pupating inside a small cocoon made from silk and bits of the infested material

The number of larval instars ranges from four to six

People sometimes blame clothing damage on moths because they arent aware that they have a carpet beetle infestation