ENT 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fried Green Tomatoes, Public Enemy, Ootheca
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Stored dry food - another monoculture a. b. Insect stored product pests destroy 10% of the world"s food. Brains and grain products (wheat, corn, rice, flour, etc) i. ii. Biggest pests- tiny rice, maize, granary weevils; and tin grain, saw-toothes, dr flour beetles (coleoptera. Lepidoptera next - angoumois , indian meal and med. Dried fruit, beans, peas, peanuts, nuts, spices, snuff, etc. , Some not so dry - fresh fruits, vegetables, potatoes, etc. Cotton, wool, fur, feathers, leather - carpet, clothing, furnishings i. The keratin eaters - beetles and moths again b. Paper, books, documents, wall paper, felt, etc. i. The ants will do a lot of damage but they attack things that are already destre. The bees do not make too much damage just small holes . Ideal environment for many pests - food, water, warm, humid. The german cockroaches - most likely found in the kitchen. a)
