Stored Product Pest

07/10/2016

Cigarette Beetle

Cigarette Beetle The cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne, also known as the tobacco beetle, is pest of stored products. Stored-product pests are responsible for tremendous damage and […]
07/10/2016

Warehouse & Cabinet Beetles

Damage They infest boxes of stored, dried insects. The setae or “hairs” of Trogoderma larvae are important health hazards and are one of the reasons health […]
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Spider Beetle

Characteristics Spider beetle are so named because some species actually resemble small spiders in appearance with their small head and prothorax and larger abdomen. The shiny […]
07/10/2016

Seed Beetle & Fungus Weevil

Characteristics Seed beetles are short, stout beetles belonging to the beetle Family Bruchidae. The main seed beetles that are stored product pests are the bean weevils, […]
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Rice Weevil & Granary Weevil

Characteristics Rice weevils range in size from 1/8 inch to 3/16 inch (3.1 to 4.8 mm) and are dark reddish-brown in colour. The thoracic pits of […]
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Lesser Mealworm Beetle

Lesser Mealworm Beetle The lesser mealworm beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus is a smaller beetle measuring about ¼ inch to 1/6 inch (4 to 6mm) long. It is […]
07/10/2016

Fungus Beetles

Characteristics Black Fungus Beetle Two fungus beetles that infest food products are closed related to the lesser mealworm beetle. The black fungus beetle, Alphitobius laevigatus is […]
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Flour Beetle

Flour Beetle The flour beetles belong to the Family Tenebrionidae which also contains the larger mealworm beetles and the darkling beetles. Tenebrionids can be distinguished from […]
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Cadelles

Cadelles Characteristics The cadelle is a black beetle that is larger than most stored product beetles being about 1/3 inch (6 to 11 mm) long. It […]
07/10/2016

Yellow Mealworm Beetle

Yellow Mealworm Beetle Mealworm beetles are large beetles, two species of which are the largest of the stored product beetles at 5/8 inch to 4/5 inch […]
07/10/2016

Squarenecked Grain Beetle

Squarenecked Grain Beetle Like other members if the beetle Family Cucujidae, the squarenecked grain beetle is a flat beetle – a necessary shape for hiding in […]
07/10/2016

Siamese Grain Beetle

Siamese Grain Beetle The Siamese grain beetle is a small (1/10”, 2.5 to 3 mm), flattened, reddish brown beetle that resembles a miniature cadelle in appearance. […]