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Test your stored product pests expertise with our latest Tech Test.

Stored product pests. (PHOTO: TILEN JOSAR/ ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS / GETTY IMAGES)
Stored product pests. (PHOTO: TILEN JOSAR/ ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS / GETTY IMAGES)

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Common customer complaints

Pest management professionals may hear from customers who report the following:

  • Small beetles in dried food products.
  • Beetles on counters and in cupboards.
  • Beetles found around windows.
  • Indianmeal moths (Plodia Interpunctella) flying around kitchens and other rooms.
  • Caterpillars on walls and ceilings in rooms next to infestations.
  • Caterpillars and silk webbing inside infested food packages.

It’s important to correctly identify the insects, however, because not all beetles or moths found indoors are stored product pests (SPP).

Answers to July Tech Test

1. True, 2. True, 3. b, 4. True, 5. d, 6. c, 7. d, 8. True, 9. d, 10. True