Golden spider beetle
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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.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
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.