There are food pests that are often seen in the home but cannot be named, and there are also food storage pests that have never been seen before. Only by knowing them can we eliminate and prevent them in a targeted manner.
Valley Elephant
Species name: Valley Elephant
Body length: 3-5mm
Main morphological characteristics:
Cylindrical, russet, shiny. The antennae are knee-shaped and 8 segments, and the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax is carved oval and sparse. The elytra are single russet brown and the hindwings are degenerate, leaving only minor marks.
Siam Valley Thieves
Species name: Siam Valley Bandits
Body length: 2.5-3mm
Main morphological characteristics: tentacle stick-like, section 1 thick, broad and flattened dorsal plate of the anterior thorax, densely packed with small notches, two anterior margin horns protruding, and the posterior margin is closely connected to the elytra.
Big-Eyed Saw Valley Thieves
Species name: Big-Eyed Saw Grain Thief
Body length: 2-3.5mm
Main morphological characteristics: similar to saw-grain thieves. The lateral margins of the head are nearly parallel, the compound eyes are larger, about 30-50 small eyes, and the ninth and tenth antennae are wider than long.
Rice flatworm
Species name: Rice flatworm
Body length: 1.5-2mm
Main morphological features: reddish brown to dark brown, antennae 11 segments, rod head 3 segments, transverse rectangular dorsal plate of the anterior thorax, anterior, posterior margin and flanks with distinct marginal ridges.
Two-banded melanomycetes
Species name: Two-banded black fungus
Main morphological features: long ovate, antennae 11 segments, beaded from section 5 to section 11, transversely rectangular dorsal plate of the forethia, elytra oval, untied pointed, a reddish-brown stripe at the base and middle of the elytra.
Long-headed valley thieves
Species name: Longhead Valley Bandit
Main morphological characteristics: large head, about 5/6 of the length of the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax, 10 segments of the tentacle stick, nearly inverted trapezoidal of the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax.
Broadhorn Valley Bandits (Male)
Species name: Broadhorn Valley Bandit (male)
Body length: 3.5-4.5mm
Main morphological characteristics: resembling the Akatsuki valley thief, antennae of 11 segments, approximately club-like, the width of the dorsal plate of the forebreast is slightly too long, and there are 9 rows of carved dots on each elytra.
Warehouse dive
Species name: Cangdun
Body length: 7-8mm
Main morphological characteristics: flattened oval antennae, dark brown, dull. Antennae 11 segments, gradually expanded from the 7th segment to serrated, the sides of the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax are uniformly curved, and the elytra have 9 longitudinal stripes.
Spotted beetle
Species name: Spotted beetle
Body length: 2.4-3.3mm
Main morphological characteristics: the body is oval in shape, slightly raised on the back, shiny. Antennae 11 segments, club-shaped, black forethia dorsal plate, often with an oval white spot in the center of the posterior margin, elytra to dark brown red flower spots 3 stripes, subbasic bands are ring-shaped or half-moon-shaped, sub-middle and sub-terminal bands are wavy.
Hook-and-striped beetle
Species name: Hook-and-looped beetle
Body length: 7-9mm
Main morphological features: oblong-oval, densely covered with fine yellow-brown to grayish-yellow hairs, shiny, rounded head, 11 antennae, enlarged last 3 segments, 1 hook-shaped dark brown hair spot at each anterior corner of the lateral margin of the compound plate.
Four-striped beetle
Species name: Four-striped beetle
Body length: 2.8-4.2mm
Main morphological characteristics: oblong-oval, elytra subbasic and sub-terminal bands each have a reddish-brown marking, antennae of 11 segments, terminal extreme expansion nearly long triangle, its length is about equal to the sum of the 2nd to 10th segments.
White-bellied beetle
Species name: White-bellied beetle
Body length: 5.5-10mm
Main morphological features: oblong oval, shiny epidermis, densely covered with inverted black-brown to gray hairs, most of the sides of the head and cheek area are white hairs or nearly white hairs, 1/4 of the sides of the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax and the leading edge are densely covered with pale white hairs, 11 antennae, and the last 3 segments are significantly expanded.
Red-banded beetle
Species name: Red-banded beetle
Main morphological characteristics: oval black glossy, black hairs at the ends of the two sheath branches 1/2-3/5, 2/5-1/2 at the base with raw ochre red hair bands, and 3 nearly oval black spots between the bands.
Japanese Spider Armor (Male)
Species Name: Japanese Spider Beetle (Male)
Body length: 3.4-4.8mm
Main morphological features: elongated body, small head, covered by the dorsal plate of the forebreast, filamentous antennae, 11 segments, the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax is round and small, the central bulge, and there are 1 white burr on the base and end of the two elytra wings.
Warehousing worms
Species name: Warehouse worm
Body length: 3-4mm
Main morphological features: broad ovate, dorsal bulge, densely rounded small incred dots, compound eye depression, black brown, antennal knee-like, the last 3 segments of the bulge are hammer-shaped, yellow-brown, the dorsal plate of the elytra is wider than long, and there are 7 rows of obvious and uniform dots on it.
Small (hairy) mushrooms
Species name: small (hairy) mushroom
Body length: 2.2-3mm
Main morphological features: oblong-oval, densely covered with light brown to golden-yellow fine hairs, 11 antennae, club-like, pointed end of the terminal segment, wider than long dorsal plate of the forethia, smooth anterior margin horn.
Wet salary armor
Species name: Wet salary armor
Body length: 1.2-2.4mm
Main morphological features: inverted ovate, dorsal bulge, a shallow and wide mid-groove on the surface of the head, inverted trapezoidal of the dorsal plate of the anterior thorax, two anterior margin angles protruding forward, elytra ovate, 7-8 longitudinal dotted stripes on each elytra.
Pink borer
Species name: Pink borer
Body length: 8-11mm
Wingspan 17-25mm
Main morphological characteristics: the forewings are broad, triangular, the wing surface has a white wavy stripe near the inner and outer transverse lines, the two horizontal lines are stained yellow, the hindwings are pale black, there are two white wavy stripes, and there are a column of black-brown spots on the outer edge of the front and hindwings.
A little grain moth
Species name: A little grain moth
Body length: female, 10-12 mm wingspan 24-30 mm;
Male, 8-9 mm wingspan 20-24 mm.
Main morphological characteristics: The female has a pale wavy vein at the sub-margin line and the inner transverse line, and a pronounced large black near the leading edge of the outer mid-horizontal line. The male has a small black spot near the leading edge of the tip of the forked stripe.
Four-point valley moth
Species name: Four-point valley moth
Body length: 3.1-4.5mm
Main morphological characteristics: light grayish brown, 1 black spot in the center of the outer horizontal line, 2 parallel black spots between the middle and inner horizontal lines, and 1 large black spot near the posterior edge of the inner horizontal line.
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