INTRODUCTION
Stored Product Insects (SPI) are mostly found in dry products such as grain, manufactured cereals, spices, dried fruits, herbs, etc. Most pest come from tropical and subtropical regions. These insects live and reproduce in hot and humid conditions. SPI include several beetles, moths, and a mite that can infest whole grains or processed foods. Some of the common storage pest are Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum), Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella), Grain Weevil (Sitophilus spp.), Flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum, T. confusum) etc.
Why SPI are pests
- Nuisance and annoying
- Primary and secondary crop destroyer
- Reduce crop, raw materials and product quality
- The infested product would make a brand untrusted
Hotspots area for SPI
- Crack and crevices
- Inside grains, flour and processing products
- Inside packaging and raw material products
- Sounds of rat-running and squeaking
How to control SPI
- Chemical control
- Use of commercial insecticide
- Mechanical control
- Protective personal wear
- Sticky trap
- Place any materials, foods inside a tight container
- Quarantine the new and old stocks
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Types of SPI
- Case-Bearing Clothes
- Common (Webbing) Clothes Moth
- Rice Moth
- Tobacco / Cacao Moth
- Angoumois Grain Moth
- Indian Meal Moth
- Mediterranean Flour Moth
- Meal Moth
- Larder Beetle
- Furniture Carpet Beetle
- Red Flour Beetle
- Confuse Flour Beetle
- Saw-Toothed Grain Beetle
- Drugstore Beetle
- Rice Weevil
- Maize Weezil
How Pest Link treats SPI
- Thorough inspection
- Insect Light Trap
- ULV Misting
- Fogging
- Fumigation
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