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Stored product pests are not typically called urban pests, however because of urbanisation and the concentration in towns and cities of the population world-wide, silos and other types of grain warehouses and mills are also nearer to cities or are even built right into the cities. One of the greates...

Rodentia is the biggest family in the order of Mammalia, with over 40% of the species. The populations of a relatively few species that live in close association with humans sometimes cause economic damage or become threats to the health of humans or domestic animals. A few species of rodents are st...

Cereal grains are the major source of food for humans and most domesticated animals. In many developing countries, overall post harvest losses of cereals of between 10–15% are fairly common. The grain weevil, Sitophilus granaries is a pest of wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice and corn. Grain weevils ca...

A warm air treatment is a non-toxic method to eradicate all stages of stored product insects or insects interfering with food hygiene and human health. The heating units reach temperatures of 50° to 60°C inside the buildings and rooms everywhere and are maintained during a sufficient period of time....

The poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, is the most important ectoparasite in European egg production. The mites hide in cracks and crevices in the near vicinity of the resting places of the birds, coming out to feed mainly during the night. Large mite populations may cause anaemia or even death...

At present actual presence of termite is not confirmed. Currently, for export shipments to more and more overseas and EU countries you can use only woodenware (wooden pallet, box, barrel, etc.) that underwent the so called quarantine and preventive treatments. According to ISPM 15 regulation, applic...

The synthetic stored product insect pheromones have been used effectively for monitoring insects in food processing plants, warehouses, and grain storage facilities. It is a highly effective tool for early detection of insect infestation. However, the pheromone monitoring in these places induces ins...

Mites are known as causal agents of bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis among food industry workers as well as in urban populations. Mites inhabit stored grain commodities and contaminate them by faeces containing digestive enzymes as the allergenic substances. Among them, amylase...

The Pantry PatrolÔ is a new trapping system for use by professional pest managers and for introduction into the domestic market. Sex pheromones for Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia kuehniella, E. cautella, Lasioderma serricorne, Trogoderma variabile, and T. granarium and aggregation pheromones for th...

This review concerns aspects of climatic and microclimatic effects on biology and pest status of synanthropic pest species. The number of medical and synanthropic pest species in an area parallels overall species richness and the pest faunas of tropics and subtropics are more abundant than the fauna...

The control of bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) as well as pigeon ticks (Argas reflexus) in human dwellings is usually carried out by a treatment with residual insecticides/acaricides combined with special flushingout- preparations. As the hiding and breeding places of bed bugs and pigeon ticks can be sp...

Sulfuryl fluoride is a gas fumigant mainly used for the control of structural and household insect pests. A laboratory study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of the fumigant on eight stored product pest insects (Sitophilus granarius, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Tribolium confusum. Stegobium p...

Dry leaf petroleum ether crude extracts of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms administered to the fifth instar larvae of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: curiculinadae) and Corcyra cephalonica (Staint) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by a food treatment method inhibited growth and metamorphosis of ...

Laboratory comparisons of pyrethroid toxicities on a range of insect pests demonstrated greater kill activity than expected for the photolabile allethrin series compounds relative to other pyrethroids. Further investigation in chamber and warehouse trials confirmed the utility of S-bioallethrin in s...

Five representative types of bakeries were surveyed in the city of Riyadh, K.S.A. to ascertain pest situations and various schemes on pest control management. The principal pests include stored product pests (e.g., Tribolium confusum Duval, Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.), Mus musculus and Rattus rattus...

Anoxia resulting from contained atmospheres of ~ 0 .1 % oxygen (1,000 ppm) was lethal to all stadia of a variety of insect pests commonly encountered in museums and other sensitive areas. Low % 02 in a closed system was achieved and maintained by displacement with gaseous nitrogen. The effect of ano...

Microbial (bio) insecticides are products based on living micro-organisms which are pathogenic to insects. These micro-organisms have a long history of study and are considered to have great potential as pest control agents. However. in the past research has concentrated on pests of agriculture and,...

A new type of bait has been developed, aimed at control of pest insects, and tested successfully on the model insect Blattella germanica (L.) - the German cockroach. The active ingredient, termed a nutritional metabolism disrupter (NMD), is a non-toxic composition of the compounds oxypurinol and xan...

Psocids, and particularly the species Liposcelis bostrychophila , have become an increasingly recognised pest of stored food products and grain. In the UK, L. bostrychophila is the most important cause of consumer complaints in some areas of the food industry. A similar picture emerges from other Eu...

Patented Film Forming Aqueous Spray Technology or 'FFAST' has been used to develop AquaPy, a water based product containing synergised pyrethrins for use in the control of public health and hygiene pests. This product is highly flexible and can be applied undiluted through Ultra Low Volume (ULV) spr...

The small (1mrn long), wingless, psocid, Liposcelis bostrychophila (Badonnel) (Psocoptera, Liposcelidae), is found throughout the world and is frequently a pest of farinaceous food stores. Since the early 1940's, when this insect was recorded for the first time in southern England, it has spread to ...

Pheromone usage in Urban and Stored Products Entomology has been confined predominantly to insect pest monitoring to date and only in a few cases have pheromones been used for direct population suppression. Thls paper reviews the advances that have been made over recent years in the use of pheromone...