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DITCHLING CORPORATION LIMITED
"Supplying professional Pest Control products since 1964"
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DITCHLING CORPORATION LIMITED
"Supplying professional Pest Control products since 1964"
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The Trogoderma species feed on grain and vegetable matter, and can be found wherever these materials are stored, processed or used. In 1953 the KHAPRA BEETLE was found in California; in the late 1950s the CABINET BEETLE appeared as a grain pest in the Central Plains; these beetles can now be found in most parts of North America.
Some species of Trogoderma have been reported as being ingested and causing enteric canthariasis in infants, or causing allergies in persons exposed to laboratory colonies of the insects.
Characteristic of the species are the empty skins shed as the larvae molt; these skins may be very conspicuous on the surface of the materials upon which the larvae feed.
KHAPRA BEETLE (Trogoderma granarium)
This beetle prefers grain and cereal products rather than those of animal origin, but will develop on dried blood, dead mice, dead insects etc. The larvae can live on grain with a moisture content as low as 2 per cent, can live as long as 3 years without food and tolerate temperatures up to 111ºF (44ºC). Once established, they are difficult to eradicate.
CABINET BEETLE (Trogoderma glabrum)
Infests a wide variety of foods - wheat, corn, cereal products, dried milk, beans, soybean meal, rolled oats, dogfood, processed foods. It is commonly found in granaries and dried-milk processing plants.
PROCESSED FOOD BEETLE (Trogoderma variabile)
This beetle has one of the widest host ranges. It is found in stored foods such as, almond meats, peas, barley, beans, breakfast cereals, cake mixes, dried chili pepper, cocoa, copra, corn, corn meal, dried fruit, flour, garbanzos, grits, macaroni, peanuts, pecans, powdered milk, rice, rye, spices, tapioca, walnuts, wheat, and many other kinds of processed and stored foods.
CONTROL
1. Examine all products entering the premises.
2. Install Pheromone traps to identify and monitor possible infestations.
3. Control in grain is similar to that for other grain insects.
4. For processed foods - cereals, pet foods, etc. - dispose of infested materials.
5. Freezing or heating may be effective in some cases.
6. Spot or general fumigations may be necessary in some instances.
7. Approved residual insecticides may help in some cases.
8. Inspect goods regularly, with special attention in summer months.
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INSECTICIDES
MALATHION, PROPOXUR and PYRETHRIN formulations are registered for use against stored product insects.
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