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Weevils also are known to infest oats, rice, corn, corn meal, sorghum, and cereal, so you might want to apply the same practice you do to your flour as those items as well.
The maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais), known in the United States as the greater rice weevil, [1] [2] is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. It can be found in numerous tropical areas around the world, and in the United States, and is a major pest of maize . [ 3 ]
Most weevils have the ability to fly (including pest species such as the rice weevil), [2] [3] though a significant number are flightless, such as the genus Otiorhynchus, and others can jump. One species of weevil, Austroplatypus incompertus, exhibits eusociality, one of the few insects outside the Hymenoptera and the Isoptera to do so ...
Adult wheat weevils are about 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long with elongated snouts and chewing mouth parts. [2] Depending on the grain kernels, the size of the weevil varies. In small grains, such as millet or grain sorghum, they are small in size, but are larger in maize (corn). [3] The adults are a reddish-brown colour and lack distinguishing ...
Sphenophorus parvulus, commonly known as the bluegrass billbug, is a species of beetle in the true weevil family Curculionidae. [2] [3] It is found in North America, especially in the eastern United States. [3] [4] It is a pest of Kentucky bluegrass, corn and grain crops.
Curculio is a genus of weevils belonging the family Curculionidae and subfamily Curculioninae. [1] [2] Members of the genus are commonly referred to as acorn weevils or nut weevils as they infest the seeds of trees such as oaks and hickories. The adult female weevil bores a tiny hole in the immature nut to lay her eggs, which then hatch into ...
Two species of Tribolium, T. castaneum and T. confusum, are probably the most common secondary pests of stored plant products. A few other species are occasional minor pests. [3] They are known to feed on wheat, maize, flour, starch, peas, beans, nuts, dried fruit, spices and herbarium specimens, and food products made from these such as bread ...
Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures and is threatening harvests of ...
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