Abstract
Partially dehydrated larvae of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae), absorb water vapor from the atmosphere at humidities down to 43% RH. The lower humidity limit for vapor sorption coincides closely with the lower limit for larval development. Water vapor sorption from the atmosphere was found in larvae of 2 other stored-product beetles, Ptinus fur (L..) and Gibbium psylloides Czempinski, which belong to the family Ptinidae.
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