Prevention of stored product pest Flashcards
Which are the stored products pest ?
Indian meal moths flour beetles dermestid beetles saw toothed grain beetle rice weevil
Name 5 food items with high insect infestation potential ?
flour rice cookie and cake mix grits cornmeal
which stored product pest is less common than beetles and infest all farinaceous product with larvae
Indian meal moth
A grayish band across the upper across the upper 1/3 of their reddish bronze wings
Indian meal moth
How many eggs does the Indian meal moth lay what is the egg to adult stage?
between 100 and 300 eggs and requires 6-8 weeks from egg to adult
Which beetles is also called the Khapra beetle ?
Dermestid beetles
The dermestid beetles’s hairs on outside of the larva can cause what ?
causes intestinal trauma, eye irritation, dermitities and allergic reaction
its a quarantinable insect
Which beetle is resistant to starvation and can live for several years without food
Dermestid beetles
Which beetle is most commonly found in stored products aboard ships ?
Saw toothed grain beetle
which is the most commonly found stored product pest aboard ships?
saw toothed grain beetle
which is the most destructive stored product pest ?
Rice weevil
provide 4 samples of high insect infestation potential
farina
barley
flour
if a small quantity of dry stores are found to be light infested with how many beetles per pound other than domestics and flour beetles, the infested item should be removed and put in a freezer for how many days and be use how long after this process ?
7 beetles per pound
3 days
use as soon possible
how long and at what degrees F is required to kill all stages of the insects ?
two weeks at 0 degrees F
if a dry stored is infested__ living or dead dermestid larva or __ flour beetles adults or larvae per pound or ___ insects adult or larvae or any other kind per pound the the product is unfit for consumption
1
3
7
