red flour beetle

American  

noun

1. a reddish-brown flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, that feeds on stored grain, dried fruit, etc.

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Example Sentences

Recently, researchers from Okayama University, Japan, investigated how pheromones, important chemical signals that affect foraging and reproduction, might influence death-feigning behavior in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.

From Science Daily

The researchers looked at the red flour beetle to get the effects of simulated heatwaves on male reproduction.

From Fox News

The red flour beetle used in the experiments is a tropical species that thrives at 35C.

From The Guardian

DNA sequencing of the ladybird's protein-coding genes revealed roughly 50 that help manufacture antimicrobial peptides, compared with 16 such genes identified in the red flour beetle, which the researchers examined for comparison.

From Science Magazine

He and his colleagues tested this idea in the red flour beetle, a 3-millimeter-long insect pest found in flour and grains and sometimes used in laboratory studies.

From Science Magazine