Stored Product Pests – Page 2 – Pest Management Professional

Beetles: How to analyze anobiid and lyctine infestations

Anobiids and lyctines are commonly found in flooring, furniture and structural wood.

Quiz: How well do you know your stored product pests?

Pantry pests, stored food pests — no matter what terminology you use, the panic for your residential customers is nearly...

Research: Are Indianmeal moths environmentalists?

Previous research has found that certain caterpillar species are capable of digesting polyethylene, breaking down the chemical that makes bags...

Managing moths at a museum

Custom Pest Solutions helps solve a Tineola bisselliella infestation at the Betsy Ross House. While performing a residential termite inspection...

Check rooftop HVAC units for flies, beetles

Are small flying insects coming from seemingly nowhere? Check the roof. Flat roofs are famous for collecting water in low...

Don’t be fooled by Asian longhorned beetle look-alikes

Since its discovery in New York in 1996, the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis, or ALB) has attacked many valuable...

PMP interviews sawtoothed grain beetle

An interview with a sawtoothed grain beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis). Pest Management Professional (PMP): Thank you for taking the time out...

Students release lady beetles for IPM in educational greenhouse

A group of 4-H students released 1,300 Asian lady beetles (Harmonia axyridis) into a Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership (GGP) greenhouse in Pagosa Springs,...

What to do when overwintering pests emerge

Overwintering pests, like the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) pictured above, can be problematic from autumn through spring. In...

A pictorial key to adults of some of the more common beetles that infest stored products, from the U.S. Public Health Service, Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta.

Stored product pest control measures

Author’s Note: Information is taken from Truman’s Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations, available online at the PMP Bookstore. Pantry...

Web Exclusive: Stored product pest research continues

In our January issue, we turned our Pest Spotlight onto stored product pests, noting that we’d round up research on...

Video: Tiger beetle featured on Wired’s ‘Absurd Creatures’

The tiger beetle was featured on Wired‘s “Absurd Creature of the Week” thanks to its ferocious tendencies. The tiger beetle...

Stored product pests: Tips for locating source of infestation

Locating the source of an infestation may be more challenging than expected. To think out of the box, you must...

Entomologist’s stag beetle t-shirt wins contest

With her stag beetle (Lucanidae) design, entomologist Stacey Lee Rice won the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association annual t-shirt...

Photo: Brian Little, The University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Q&A: Cigarette beetles, moth damage and palmetto bugs

Q: A homeowner has a cigarette beetle infestation in her pantry. She buys large quantities of organic food and stores...