Friday, January 30, 2009

Storage Pests - "Hama Gudang"

In common Storage Pests - ("Hama Gudang") is agglomerated bases eating trick, which is:

1. Internal Feeders.
Attacking seed that stills whole (before is processed) and life at in it.
Example: Sithopilus oryza (rice weevil- "kutu beras"), Ryzophertha dominica (lesser grain borer), Sitotroga cereallea (Lepidoptera, gelechiidae)

2. External Feeders
Eating digit from outside (whole and also pasca processes).
Example: Tribolium spp (flour beetle - "kutu/kumbang bingung"), Lasioderma serricorne (tobacco beetle - "kumbang tembakau"), Stegobium paniceum (drugstore beetle), Trogoderma granarium (khapra beetle).

3. Scavengers
Eating digit already being processed or damage physically and also effect another pest attack.
Example: Oryzaphilus surinamensis (sawtoothed grain beetle), Ephestia kuehniella (mediterranean flour moth - "kupu kupu malam"), Plodia interpunctella (meal mouth's indian)

4. Secondary Pests
Eating digit already wrecks, damp/rotting or mould growing.
Example: Tenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm), Alphitobius spp (lesser mealworm beetle - "kutu Frengki").

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