Some Measures For Prevention And Control of Pests In Flour Factory

Some M easures F or P revention A nd C ontrol of P ests I n F lour F actory During the hot and humid seasons, flour pests breed fastest and most vigorously. The biggest headache for flour mills is the problem of flour insects. Not good pest control, not only affect the quality of products, but also have a certain negative impact on economic efficiency, and then on the flour pest control problem, to share with you. The first is the cognition of mealworms . mealworms mealworms are mainly tribolium Castaneum, and their developmental stages are divided into four stages: Egg, Larva, PUPA and adult. The optimum developmental temperature was 27 °c ー 30 °C and the relative humidity was 70% . The life cycle of tribolium castaneum was about 40 days under the condition of 29 °C, 75% relative humidity and whole wheat flour. Each female can lay more than 300 eggs in a lifetime. The rapid growth and reproduction of these insects make it difficult to prevent and control insect pests in f...