Stored Product Pests - Descriptions

Question 1

Varied Carpet Beetle- larva Have hastisetae, hairs, which can cause irritation

Answer 1

Varied Carpet Beetle- larva

Question 2

Small, 3 mm, covered with colorful scales

Answer 2

Varied Carpet Beetle- adult

Question 3

Uniform black color

Answer 3

Black carpet beetle

Question 4

Oval shape, short clubbed antennae, head often hidden, species often covered with patterned scales

Answer 4

Carpet Beetles

Question 5

Brown, elytra smooth with no grooves, serrate antennae, no club

Answer 5

Cigarette Beetle

Question 6

Brown, elytra with rows of longitudinal grooves, antenne with loose 3-segmented club

Answer 6

Drugstore Beetle

Question 7

Reddjsh brown with antennae ending in 3- segmented club

Answer 7

Red Flour Beetle

Question 8

Reddish brown with antennae ending in a 4-segmented club

Answer 8

Confused flour Beetle

Question 9

Multiple species, adults are oval,e longate and slightly flattened; most species are unoformely black on dorsal surface; ventral surface is often covered with white hairs with black spots on the edges of the abdomen or brown/ golden hairs

Answer 9

Hide, Skin, Larder Beetles

Question 10

Not an insect; has four pairs of legs, no antenae or wings; body is not clearly divided into head, thorax and abdomen

Answer 10

Mites

Question 11

very small, less than 1 mm, and wingless forms may be confused with mites. Long threadlike antennae, large clypeus (“nose”)

Answer 11

Psocids, Booklice

Question 12

Brown, flattened body, six saw-like projections on side of thorax

Answer 12

Sawtoothed grain beetle

Question 13

Tiny head with very large round abdomen which makes this beetle look like a spider

Answer 13

Spider Beetles

Question 14

Family is generally characterized as having a long proboscis

Answer 14

Weevils

Question 15

Brown with closely spaced oval pits on thorax, lighter markings on outer corners of wing covers

Answer 15

Rice weevil

Question 16

Wings do not cover the abdomen; the elytra covers are heavily patterned; hind leg femur has spines on the ventral side; these weevils do not have the distinct long snout

Answer 16

Bean Weevil

Question 17

wings do not cover the abdomen, wings and exposed portion of abdomen have distinct black, brown or red spots; the hind leg femur has spines on the ventral side; these are “weevils” which do not have the distinct long snout

Answer 17

Cowpea Weevil

Question 18

Brownish black with elytra having mottled patterns of brown against a dark background & numerous hairs

Answer 18

Warehouse Beetle- adult

Question 19

Hairy, cigar shaped larva

Answer 19

Warehouse Beetle- larva

Question 20

Adults are generally oval shaped, light to dark brown and covered with fine hairs. Elytra are marked with wavy patterns; there is an obvious notch in the inner eye margin when viewed from the ventral side

Answer 20

Larger Cabinet Beetles

Question 21

Tiny (2 mm long), reddish-brown, square pronotum with notches in portion next to head, clubbed antennae

Answer 21

Foreign Gran Beetle

Question 22

Head and thorax are small relative to the wider and more oval abdomen

Answer 22

Plaster Beetles

Question 23

thorax, head and abdomen black or dark brown in color; antennae and legs a reddish brown and clearly contrast with rest of the insect color

Answer 23

Red-Legged Ham Beetle

Question 24

Small, less than 2 mm long, reddish-brown, highly flattened beetles with long hair-like antennae; head and prothorax are more than half of the total body length; viewed from above there is a ridge from the eye down each side of the thorax

Answer 24

Flat grain beetle

Question 25

Shiny/ dull dark brown or black in color

Answer 25

Meal worm beetles

Question 26

Forwings are pale gray with black scales in a wavy bar pattern; hind wings dirty white

Answer 26

Mediterranean Flour Moth

Question 27

Yellowish white with pale yellow forewings

Answer 27

Angoumois Grain Moth

Question 28

Front wing with bands of black and reddish copper scales at the end of the wings

Answer 28

Indian meal moth

Question 29

Reddish brown with widely spaed oval pits on thorax

Answer 29

Granary Weevil

Question 30

Do not have the long proboscis, serrate antennae, havy body, v-shapped head, large eyes

Answer 30

Bean and Pea Weevils

Question 31

Larva with banded appearance, hairy, two terminal horns (urogomphi)

Answer 31

Hide Beetle- larva