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Definition of cigarette beetle in English: cigarette beetlenoun A small reddish beetle that infests tobacco and other stored products. Lasioderma serricorne, family Anobiidae Also called tobacco beetle Example sentencesExamples - The cigarette beetle feeds on a variety of stored products such as paprika, chilli, and dried dog food.
- The cigarette beetle has also been recorded attacking leather, furniture stuffing, and bookbinders paste.
- Drugstore beetle larvae are not as ‘hairy’ as the cigarette beetle larvae.
- Adult cigarette beetles are yellowish- to reddish-brown, oval-shaped, and about 1/10 inch long.
- Drugstore beetles and cigarette beetles are about 1/8 inch long, oval, and brown.
- Package and chewing tobaccos, cigars, and cigarettes that have been attacked by cigarette beetles have holes eaten through the tobacco.
- These holes, which were caused by the application of the tax stamp using heat, probably allowed entry of cigarette beetle adults into the packs.
- If cigarette beetles are found in stored tobacco, tobacco may be fumigated.
- The cigarette beetle appears to prefer tobacco, but will develop on wheat flower, seeds, and many other dried plant materials.
- The first step in control of the cigarette beetle is to find the source of the infestation.
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