Secondary Pests Archives - ETS Engineering Techniques Service Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:17:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ets-uae.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-cropped-favicon-32x32.png Secondary Pests Archives - ETS 32 32 Dark Mealworm https://ets-uae.com/stored-product-pests/dark-mealworm/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:26:32 +0000 https://ets-uae.com/?p=9121 Dark Mealworm   General Description ·  Adult dark mealworms are the same size as yellow mealworms but are dull black. Larvae are dark brown, as compared to the shiny yellow to light brown yellow mealworm.   Credit: NobbiP   Life Cycle and Common Characteristics The dark mealworm has a similar life cycle and habits to […]

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      1. Dark Mealworm

       

      General Description

      ·  Adult dark mealworms are the same size as yellow mealworms but are dull black. Larvae are dark brown, as compared to the shiny yellow to light brown yellow mealworm.

       

      		 Credit: NobbiP

       

      Life Cycle and Common Characteristics

      • The dark mealworm has a similar life cycle and habits to the yellow mealworm.

       

      Damage and Economic Implications

      • The dark mealworm causes similar damage caused by the yellow mealworm.

       

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    General Description

    ·   Adults of the yellow mealworm are shiny dark brown or black, about 1.25 cm long.

    ·  When the larva is fully grown, it is a little over 2.5 cm.   The body is elongated and cylindrical, and has a harder body wall than the larvae of most other stored product pests. The body has a shiny yellow or light brown appearance, with only a few scattered setae.

     

    Credit: Udo Schmidt

     

    Life Cycle and Common Characteristics

    • Mealworms (adults and larvae) are usually found in dark, damp places in spoiled grain products. In residences, they are common in basements or at soil grade level.
    • Mealworm adults are slow-moving insects.
    • Adult mealworms live only about 10 weeks.
    • Each female lays about 275 eggs, which hatch into larvae that grow to 2.25 cm long.
    • The insect may remain in the larval stage for up to 600 days, depending on temperatures.

    Damage and Economic Implications

    • Larvae are active and are found in all sorts of unusual places in addition to breakfast cereals, macaroni, and feed mills.

     

     

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