Name: Red-legged Ham Beetle
Scientific name: Necrobia rufipes
Type: Checkered beetles
Family: Insects
Color: Blue,Green
Habitat: Stored Products
Size: 3.5-7 mm
Conservation status:
Resident Breeder
Description:
Insect follows Cleridae family, and Coleoptera order. Size is between 3.5-7 mm, has glossy greenish blue metallic colour; red legs and antennas. Insect feeds on meat fly larvas (Calliphora). Adult feeds on host surface whereas larvas feed inside dry or smoked meat, causing greater harm. Additionally, insect attacks bones, leather, coconut, dried egg, cheese and dried fig. Although cooling decreases the beetle's effect on meat, it is a pest attacking salted and dried fish.
