Golden spider beetle

Golden spider beetle
Golden spider beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae
Genus: Niptus
Species: N. hololeucus
Binomial name
Niptus hololeucus
(Faldermann ) , 1836

The golden spider beetle, Niptus hololeucus, is a tiny (3-4.5 mm) beetle that can be found infesting a wide variety of cereal based food products. It is a temperate species originating in West Asia but now cosmopolitan.The spiderlike body is covered in silky golden hairs and fine scales.

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