PANTRY PEST:

Confused Flour Beetle and Red Flour Beetles

Cigarette and Drugstore Beetles

Sawtoothed Grain Beetle and Merchant Grain Beetles

Mediterranean Flour Moth

Indian Meal Moth

Identification: Differences Between Beetles and Moths

FABRIC PEST:

General information: Fabric pests:Moths and Beetles
Recommended Control Measures for Fabric Pests: Moths and Beetles
Casemaking Clothes Moth
Webbing Clothes Moth
Black Carpet Beetles:
Furniture Carpet Beetles:
Varied Carpet Beetles:

Damage by Pantry Pests

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Once they have entered the home they can multiply and spread to other uninfected products causing contamination.

The larvae and some adults of these insects feed on grains (rice, barley, corn, wheat, bird seed), grain products(oatmeal, cornmeal, pasta, cereals, flour, cake mixes, pancake flour, granola, dry pet food), nuts, dried fruits, and other dried plant material (dried flower arrangements, ornamental corn, seed displays).

The contaminants consist of live insects, cocoons, webbing, feces, caste skins, dead carcasses, and in some cases bacterial decay.

Many of these pests are able to enter packages through extremely tiny holes or openings.

Many are capable of chewing through packaging. They also can survive in any cracks or joints in the cupboards or pantry.

Infested foodstuff is covered with silky webbing and excretion from the larvae, rendering it unsightly and inedible

There are a number of insects which may infest stored food products in our homes. They lower food quality and can render food unfit to eat.

Additionally, as an infestation matures and the food materials and containers break down other organisms may be attracted causing a secondary infestation of other insects, bacteria, or rodents.