Confused Flour Beetle (Also see Rust-Red Flour Beetle)
Granary Weevil (Also see Rice Weevil)
Mediterranean Flour Moth or Mill Moth
Red-legged Ham or Copra Beetle
Rice Weevil (Also see Granary Weevil)
Rust-Red Flour Beetle (Also see Confused Flour Beetle)
Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth (Also see Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth)
Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth (Also see Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth)
Appearance
Adult : Pinkish and sparsely covered with white wax. Nymphs, also called crawlers, are orange.
Life Cycle
Eggs (350-500) laid in loose cottony egg sacks. Crawlers hatch after 5-10 days.
Notes
Difficult pest to manage because of its habitat – lives in protected areas such as cracks and crevices of bark, at undersides of leaves and inside fruit bunches (grape). Eggs are protected by filament like egg sacs, and late instar nymphs and females have a waxy coating. Secretes a sweet liquid called honeydew, which is coveted by ants who in turn 'farm' it and also protect it from natural predators. Fallen honeydew also leads to growth of mould on leaves, shoots and bunches of fruit.
