Which pest is commonly found in flour or cereal and is reddish-brown with an oval shape?

• A. Indian Meal Moth
• B. Red Confused Flour Beetle
• C. Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle
• D. Granary Weevil

Answer: (B)

Recognize stored-product pests by how they look and where they’re found. The description of a reddish-brown, oval-looking pest that is commonly in flour or cereal fits the Red Confused Flour Beetle well. This beetle is small, about 3–4 mm, with a smooth, rounded oval shape and a reddish-brown color, and it regularly infests stored grain products like flour and cereals.

Indian Meal Moth is a moth, not a beetle, so you’d expect to see wings rather than an oval beetle body. Saw-Toothed Grain Beetles are more elongated and flat with distinctive tooth-like projections along the sides of their thorax. Granary Weevils are also elongated and have a noticeable snout, which makes them look different from a rounded oval beetle.