Flour beetle

  • Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen
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Flour beetle. Kevin Mackenzie, University of Aberdeen. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This false coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows a flour beetle. Flour beetles are members of the species Tribolium and are adapted to survive in very dry environments and often found on stored products. Although they are a major pest of cereals and wheat products they do not carry germs or disease.

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