Confused Flour Beetle vs Pleasing Lacewing Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Confused Flour Beetle Pleasing Lacewing Beetle
Scientific Name Tribolium confusum Zenoa picea
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Tenebrionidae Synchroidae
Size 3-4 mm 6-9 mm
Habitat Indoors Woodlands
Diet Seed Feeders Fungus Feeders
Regions Worldwide North America
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Confused Flour Beetle

A small reddish-brown beetle nearly identical to the red flour beetle, hence the 'confused' name. It is a worldwide pest of stored flour.

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Did You Know?

It was named 'confused' because entomologists kept confusing it with the red flour beetle.

Pleasing Lacewing Beetle

An uncommon beetle found only on fungus-covered deciduous trees.

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Did You Know?

Its family contains fewer than ten species worldwide.