Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

Temperature and Stored Product Pests

Temperature plays an extremely important role when it comes to stored product pests (SPP) that infest cereals, grains, seeds, nuts and dry processed foods in kitchens, restaurants, warehouses and food processing plants.

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New Product Available: All Moth Pheromone Trap
Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

New Product Available: All Moth Pheromone Trap

All Moth Kits feature Insect Limited’s signature pheromone lures that blend the powerful pheromones for Food Moths and Clothes Moths into a single, easy-to-use lure that will attract these moths over a 3-month period. s and Clothes Moths.

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Product of the Month: Food Moth NoSurvivor Kit
Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

Product of the Month: Food Moth NoSurvivor Kit

This Food Moth Kit includes 10 NoSurvivor™ Hanging Traps and 10 pheromone Bullet Lures™ for Indian Meal Moths (Plodia interpunctella), Mediterranean Flour Moths (Ephestia kuehniella), Almond Moth (Ephestia cautella), Tobacco Moths (Ephestia elutella) and other food moths.

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Insect of the Month: Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

Insect of the Month: Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

One insect is found more often than any other on stored food and grain in the United States. This is the dreaded Indian meal moth (IMM).

Since they feed on items containing grain or cereal products, the Indian meal moth alone is responsible for most of the insect problems associated with the food industry. This is one of the easiest stored food insects to identify because the adults have a colorful appearance and the larvae (which look like yellow worms) leave a silken webbing trail wherever they crawl.

Newly emerged adults have bi-colored (copper and tan) wings and measure about 1/2" from top to bottom. The IMM larvae most commonly feed on grain products including flour, cereal, nuts, bird seed, and pet food.

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Watch: Saw-toothed Grain Beetle Life Stages
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Watch: Saw-toothed Grain Beetle Life Stages

Saw-toothed Grain Beetle Life Stages - The saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis is a common pest in kitchens, pantries, food processing plants and other food storage settings.

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Product of the Month - All Beetle Trap Kit with RTU Gel Cartridge
Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

Product of the Month - All Beetle Trap Kit with RTU Gel Cartridge

Working closely with the pest control industry, Insects Limited recognized pest control operators and residential customers alike needed a Ready-To-Use (RTU) device to monitor for beetles that could fit in areas suspected of insect infestation without taking much space.

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Insect of the Month: Saw-toothed Grain Beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis)
Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

Insect of the Month: Saw-toothed Grain Beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis)

Female grain beetles will deposit 50-300 eggs in food during a 6-month -3 year life span. Eggs hatch in 5-12 days, and the larvae can mature within 35 days or if 50 days depending on temperature. These insects are very good at crawling on any surface including glass, and steel. Despite their size, they can roam some distance from infested food products.

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Product of the Month - All Beetle Trap Kit with RTU Gel Cartridge
Casey Vollmer Casey Vollmer

Product of the Month - All Beetle Trap Kit with RTU Gel Cartridge

Working closely with the pest control industry, Insects Limited recognized pest control operators and residential customers alike needed a Ready-To-Use (RTU) device to monitor for beetles that could fit in areas suspected of insect infestation without taking much space.

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