Secondary insect pests
There are approximately 35 species of insects and grain mites recognized by the Canadian Grain Commission as being secondary pests. This includes over 22 species of beetles, 11 species of moths, 2 species of booklice and grain mites.
Secondary pests generally feed on grain that is damaged or is going out of condition. Damaged grain kernels have exposed endosperm that is accessible food for insects and fungi. The presence of secondary insect pests often indicates that the grain is not at optimal condition and that measures should be implemented to protect the grain from a further decline in quality.
List of secondary insect pests
The secondary pests listed below are arranged alphabetically by order, family and scientific name. The grain mites are listed at the end of the insects because they are not insects but are considered secondary pests of grain.
- Cigarette beetle
- Drugstore beetle
- Spider beetles
- Whitemarked spider beetle
- Hairy spider beetle
- Silken fungus beetles Atomaria
- Silken fungus beetles Cryptophagus
- Dermestids
- Black carpet beetle
- Larder beetle
- Glabrous cabinet beetle
- Mottled dermestid beetle
- Ornate carpet beetle
- Warehouse beetle
- Plaster beetle
- Squarenosed fungus beetle
- Spotted hairy fungus beetle
- Hairy fungus beetle
- Sap beetle
- Foreign grain beetle
- Lesser mealworm
- Black fungus beetle
- Broadhorned flour beetle
- Smalleyed flour beetle
- Yellow mealworm
- Dark mealworm
- American black flour beetle
- Black flour beetle
- Stored-product moths: various species
- White shouldered-house moth
- Brown house moth
- Almond moth
- Mediterranean-flour-moth
- Indianmeal moth
- Meal moth
- European grain moth
- Clothes moths
- Psocids
- Silverfish or firebrat
- Grain mite
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