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Hairs, or setae, covering the bodies of larval cigarette beetles are longer and more apparent than those on drugstore beetle larvae

The name drugstore beetles probably makes you imagine a pharmacy with bottles of pills infested with tiny beetles

The entire life cycle can take anywhere from 6 weeks to several months, depending on environmental conditions.

Cigarette beetle life cycle, larvae and eggs Cigarette beetles are especially well adapted to dry plant materials, which helps explain why they thrive in tobacco, spices and other aromatic stored goods

Indeed, the infestation provided clear evidence that some insects, like cigarette beetles, can revel in it!

Within a couple months, the larvae build cocoons and pupate, emerging as adults in about 10 days