A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other stored valuable organic matter. Insects are a large proportion...

Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities...

species is not found "in the wild", but only in human food-storage situations. Wheat weevils are pests of stores of grains of the cereal crops wheat, oats,...

safety and storage. Infestations in residential settings can lead to food contamination and structural damage, prompting the need for pest control measures...

encountered stored product pests and is widespread within the food industry and can be found in food manufacturing, storage, and retail facilities, as...

of zinc pest in articles made of susceptible zinc alloys depends both on the concentration of lead impurities in the metal and on the storage conditions...

common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. They are one of the most common and most destructive insect pests for grain...

which originated in South Asia, is one of the world's most destructive pests of grain products and seeds. It is considered one of the 100 worst invasive...

the tribe Litosomini. Some species are familiar as pests of stored grain, nut, or seed. Notable pest species include the rice weevil (S. oryzae), wheat...

The rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) is a stored product pest which attacks seeds of several crops, including wheat, rice, and maize. The adults are usually...

(Ephestia kuehniella) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is a common pest of cereal grains, especially flour. This moth is found throughout the world...

"the two most common secondary pests of all plant commodities in store throughout the world." A research on hermetic storage of wheat and maize flour protects...

tropical areas around the world, and in the United States, and is a major pest of maize. This species attacks both standing crops and stored cereal products...

A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns. The term is particularly used for creatures that damage crops, livestock, and forestry or cause...

from southern Europe. It is completely harmless to humans and is not a storage pest, as it only feeds on decomposing plant material and perishes within a...

species of darkling beetle known generally as flour beetles. It is a common pest insect known for attacking and infesting stored flour and grain. It is a...

making it a persistent pest. It is often found at food storage facilities worldwide, specifically in grain bins or grain storage buildings. The Indian-meal...

dietary source for animals and humans. They are also considered pests, especially to food storage. Like all holometabolic insects, T. molitor goes through four...

several darkling beetle genera including Tribolium and Tenebrio. They are pests of cereal silos and are widely used as laboratory animals, as they are easy...

Willowsia buski, the damp grain springtail, is a species of slender springtail in the family Entomobryidae. It is found in abundance throughout North America...

Furthermore, pests such as the adzuki pod worm, Japanese butterbur borer, and cutworm attack the crop. The bean weevil is an important storage pest. The description...

licensed rat catcher. Chicago was declared the "rattiest city" in the US by the pest control company Orkin in 2020, for the sixth consecutive time. It's followed...

chinensis, another bean beetle species with a similar lifestyle. This common pest of stored legumes has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent...

wild-caught mice after 4–5 generations in recent research. Mice are widespread pest organisms, and one of the most common rodents to infest human buildings....

museum have some form of pest control in place and monitoring system to protect their collection and that museums review their storage and museum facilities...

miner (Liriomyza trifolii), thrips, leaf hoppers and Callosobruchus as a storage pest. Horse gram and moth bean are legumes of the tropics and subtropics,...

(Capparaceae) plants on the cowpea storage pest, Callosobruchus maculatus Fab. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)", International Journal of Pest Management, 54 (4): 319–326...

colloquial name. This diet damages the food industry, and it is a common storage pest. Because of this, much research has been done to study ways to limit...

pest of greatest concern for farmers is the sweet potato weevil (Cylas spp.), which can enter the tuber prior to harvesting, proliferate in storage,...

practical grain storage uses closed-top #10 metal cans measuring about 3 to 3.5 liters). Storage in grain sacks is ineffective; mold and pests destroy a 25 kg...