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Saw Toothed Grain Beetle
Size: 1/10 to 1/8 inch (2-3mm) Color: Brown
Description: The adult is a small, active, brown beetle, 2-3mm long, with a flattened body and six saw-toothed projections on each side of the thorax. The larva is yellowish-white, about 2-3mm long, with a brown head. The abdomen tapers toward the tip.
The saw-toothed grain beetle is a common pest in grocery stores, food warehouses, and grain storage.
The females live from 6 to 10 months and deposit 45 to 285 eggs in foodstuffs. Several generations may occur each year, as the life cycle requires only 3 to 4 weeks during the summer.
Type of Damage: It readily penetrates packaged cereals, dried fruits, and candies. It also attacks flour, meal, sugar, drugs, dried meat, and tobacco.
Controlling this pantry pest requires careful inspection of all cereal foods, discarding the heavily infested material, repackaging material in new containers, and vacuuming kitchen cabinets. Vacuuming the cabinets will be much more beneficial than washing them. Vacuuming will remove flour dust and scraps in the cracks and crevices of the cabinet. Washing may make a paste of the flour.
After vacuuming cracks and crevices in cabinets, pantries, etc., place a
Pantry Patrol Trap in the infested area. For
additional and immediate control, an aerosol dust with a crack and crevice tip
such as BORID TURBO can be applied in the cracks
and crevices. Infested areas behind cabinets can also be treated with a product
such as Drione or Delta Dust.
Use the Crusader to apply your dusts into those
hard to reach cracks, crevices, or voids.
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