Нашествие Жучков на Кухне: Жуки Хлебные Точильщики Все Едят: Сухари, Крупы, Фрукты. Что Делать?

= Entomologist, biologist Dr Victor Fursov tells the story about life cycle, biology, damage of food and development of bisсuit beetle, Stegobium paniceum (Anobiidae, Coleoptera) as the commonest pest species of stored products in your kitchen, and how to rid of it. Bisсuit beetle, or drugstore beetle, Stegobium paniceum, belongs to the family: Anobiidae. = = Description of beetles. = Beetles are oval shaped and reddish-brown in colour, the adult is 2.0-3.5mm long. Beetles have a cylindrical body that appears to be humped and are covered in dense short yellowish hairs. A cosmopolitan pest, it can be found all across the world but is particularly prevalent in warmer regions and can survive in heated structures in more temperate climates. They are fond of warmth and so are widely prevalent in shops and domestic larders, infesting a wide variety of dried matter and stored food products. It is also a serious pest of agricultural grain storage. Behaviour of Stegobium paniceum. = This beetle is a pest of cereal products e.g. flour, bread, it is an indiscriminate eater and will feast on a wide variety of products from furs and leather to spices and even pharmaceutical products. With such a varied diet it is found in a wide range of places, as it will survive on any type of food. These insects are winged but tend to travel by transferring from one food source to the next. It lays its eggs on a food source and once they begin to hatch the larvae continue to feed on the food. In...