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A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other valuable organic matter. [1] Insects make up a large proportion of storage pests, with each type of crop having specific insects that gravitate towards them.
It is a common pest of households and storage facilities ("larders") in much of the world. It eats animal products, such as dried meats and fish, pet food, skins and hides, feathers, cheese, and museum specimens such as dried insects. [2] It may also eat plant material that is high in protein, such as grain. [1]
The wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius), also known as the grain weevil or granary weevil, is an insect that feeds on cereal grains, and is a common pest in many places.It can cause significant damage to harvested stored grains and may drastically decrease crop yields.
2. English Ivy. This invasive ground cover looks great, but does more harm than good. It can kill the trees that it climbs, damage structures, and smother native plants on the ground valuable to ...
Scirtothrips dorsalis, the chilli thrips [derivation 1] or yellow tea thrips, is an extremely successful invasive species of pest-thrips [1] which has expanded rapidly from Asia over the last twenty years, and is gradually achieving a global distribution.
In nature, pests are a severe problem to plant communities as well, leading to the co-evolution of plant chemical defenses and herbivore metabolic strategies to detoxify their plant food. [25] [14] A variety of invertebrates consume plants, but insects have received a majority of the attention. Insects are pervasive agricultural pests and ...
Hundreds of small animals that were shipped from California to Arizona for adoption likely ended up frozen as snake food, officials have confirmed.. More than 300 rabbits, Guinea pigs, rats and ...
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