Cadelle

Cadelle (Trogosita mauritanica), a coleopterous insect sometimes found in granaries in Britain, but seemingly imported from more southerly countries, where, as in France, its larvæ often commit great ravages among stored corn and meal. They also live on bread, almonds, and even rotten wood. When full grown, they are about three-quarters of an inch long, flattened, fleshy, rough with scattered hairs, whitish, tapering towards the head; which is black, horny, and furnished with two curved jaws. The perfect insect is a glossy beetle of a deep chestnut colour, marked with dotted lines. The adults are found in rotten wood, under bark, and in stores of edible materials. The family to which Trogosita belongs (Nitidulidae) is a very large one, and the members (800 species) are widely distributed.