small oval-shaped bugs

[donotforsake.livejournal.com]

Is anyone else having a problem with little oval shaped bugs (hard shell, can fly)? They are everywhere in our kitchen and getting into food. Vigilant cleaning is not seeming to help the situation - they've been around for about 2 months - though seems to be getting worse - now they are flying and landing on us too. Wondering if it's a seasonal thing, or if anyone knows what they are.

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[fefie.livejournal.com]

I got an influx of bugs fitting your description about a week or so ago.
Although they did not look like weevils I suspected food as source too but could not find the source after tearing my kitchen food cabinets apart. They are/were in my kitchen and home office. And not necessarily clustered in the food cabinets. They are mostly gone now (without any action on my part apart from killing off a few). They don't look like the photos people have posted so far.

I had to laugh at the name "confused" beetle. These particular critters I had were slow, even in flight. Maybe they were confused too. In fact I wondered how they have survived in the evolution sense.

[donotforsake.livejournal.com]

this sounds like them!
Some research and I think they are the cigarette beetle: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Entomology-Study-Bugs-665/x-48.htm

[fefie.livejournal.com]

yep - that page shows what i have/had.