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C. Prevention and control

Introduction

An old problem
Competition for food
Pests can ruin stored goods
Why not just eat the insects
Some insects are unhealthy to eat
Allergy to pests
Transmission of infectious diseases

Where do pests come from?

Synanthrope species
(1) The house dust mite and the sugar mite
(2) The firebrat and the silverfish
(3) The German cockroach and the forest cockroach
(4) The rust-red flour beetle and the confused flour beetle
(5) The merchant grain beetle and the saw-toothed grain beetle
(6) The cigarette beetle and the drugstore beetle
(7) The rice weevil and the granary weevil
(8) The pharaoh ant and the common black ant
History of the dark flour beetle
Pests in bird's nests
Mould fauna

The Look and Behaviour of pests

Insect appearance
Internal
Insect development
Insect senses
Behaviour
Water and Moisture
Temperature
What insects live off and live in
The Air
Mites

Bug Indentification

The various species

The flour mite
The sugar mite
The common house mite
The Lardoglyphus zacheri
The prune mite
The cheese mite
The house dust mite
The Cheyletus eruditus

The Silverfish
The firebrat

Cockroaches

The German cockroach
The Oriental cockroach
The brown-banded cockroach
The American cockroach
The extermination of cockroaches

Butterflies

The Mediterranean flour moth
The warehouse moth
Tropical warehouse moth
The brown house moth
The Indian meal moth

Grain beetles

The saw-toothed grain beetle
The merchant grain beetle
The rust-red grain beetle

Flour beetles

The yellow mealworm beetle
The lesser mealworm beetle
The dark flour beetle
The confused flour beetle
The rust-red flour beetle
The bolting cloth beetle

Furniture beetles

The drugstore beetle
The cigarette beetle

Bostrychidae

The lesser grain borer

True weevils snout beetles

The granary weevil
The rice weevil
The corn weevil

Bean weevils

The common bean weevil
The coffee bean weevil

Skin beetles

The bacon beetle
The dermestid beetle
The leather beetle
The khapra beetle
The reesa vespulae

Chequered beetles

The red-legged ham beetle
The red-breasted copra beetle
The black-legged ham beetle

Spider beetles

The Australian spider beetle
The white-marked spider beetle
The golden spider beetle
The smooth spider beetle

Plaster beetles

The common house fly
The lesser house fly
Blowflies
The grey flesh fly
The cheese skipper
Fruit flies

Hymenoptera

The common black ant
The pharaoh ant
Wasps

The domestic pigeon
The house sparrow
Prevention and control of birds

The house mouse
The yellow-necked mouse
Mouse prevention
Mouse control
The brown rat
The black rat
Rat prevention
Rat control

Imaginary pests

Niches of food pests

A: The Waste Niche
B: The seed niche
C: The dead plant niche
D: The sugary excrement niche
E: The carrion niche

Prevention and Control, Integrated Control

A. Inspection of the company and its environment

The environment
The premises
Examination of raw materials and food on site
Sampling
Laboratory methods for detection of pests in food

B. Statement of the problem

C. Prevention and control

1. Proper organisation of the company
2. Proper operation
3. Exclusion, proofing buildings
4. Packaging
5. Non-chemical control measures
6. Chemical control
Resistance

D: Effective monitoring and communication

Literature
Extermination with poison
International trade
Colouration of small, pale animals

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