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Stored Product Insects

You’d be surprised what insects can make a meal out of. All kinds of stored products whet their appetite - from grains and cereals to timber, perishable goods and more. Discover the feeding habits and lifecycles of all the insects below, or learn what damage they can do if left uncontrolled.

Angoumois Grain Moth

Learn more about the Angoumois Grain Moth

Biscuit Beetle

They enjoy a high carbohydrate diet?
Learn more about the Biscuit Beetle

Booklice

Bad news for libraries.
Learn more about Booklice

Broadhorned Flour Beetle

They're much cuter in someone else's garden.
Learn more about the Broadhorned Flour Beetle

Cadelle

Learn more about the Cadelle

Cheese Mite

Do they like camembert or cheddar?
Learn more about the Cheese Mite

Cigarette Beetle

Not a healthy lifestyle?
Learn more about the Cigarette Beetle

Coffee Bean Weevil

Learn more about the Coffee Bean Weevil

Confused Flour Beetle

The pest that can’t work it out.
Learn more about the Confused Flour Beetle

Copra Beetle

Where do they live?
Learn more about the Copra Beetle

Cowpea Beetle

They can eat more than you think.
Learn more about the Cowpea Beetle

Flour Mites

Amazing destructive capacity for their tiny size.
Learn more about Flour Mites

Four Spotted Bean Weevil

Do they eat other legumes?
Learn more about the Bean Weevil

Golden Spider Beetles

A spider, a beetle or just plain confused?
Learn more about Golden Spider Beetles

Grain Weevil

Where could you expect to find these?
Learn more about Grain Weevils

Grain Borer

Their ability to destroy things is anything but boring.
Learn more about Grain Borers

Indian Meal Moth

Not welcome on any menu.
Learn more about the Indian Meal Moth

Khapra Beetle

How are they different from Copra Beetles?
Learn more about the Khapra Beetle

Larder Beetle

Can you guess what these pests eat?
Learn more about the Larder Beetle

Leather Beetle

Don't let them eat away your goods.
Learn more about the Leather Beetle

Lesser Grain Borer

Learn more about the pest that likes to lay its eggs in cereals.
Learn more about the Lesser Grain Borer

Lesser Mealworm

They make a meal of your building's insulation.
Learn more about the Lesser Mealworm

Maize Weevil Beetle

What else do they eat?
Learn more about Maize Weevil Beetles

Merchant Grain Beetle

They make a beeline for stored grain.
Learn more about Merchant Grain Beetles

Mill Moth

Will make themselves at home almost everywhere.
Learn more about the Mill Moth

Rice Weevil

This pest can't get enough of the stuff.
Learn more about Rice Weevils

Rusty Grain Beetle

Learn more about the Rusty Grain Beetle

Saw-toothed Grain Beetle

Learn more about the Saw-toothed Grain Beetle

Tropical Warehouse Moth

No building is too large for this pest, as long as its hot.
Learn more about the Tropical Warehouse Moth

Warehouse Moth

What damage can this pest do?
Learn more about the Warehouse Moth

Yellow Mealworm Beetle

They’ll make a meal of your property.
Learn more about the Yellow Mealworm Beetle