Insect Management Handbook

Includes

Cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)
Drugstore beetle (Stegobium panicum)

Pest description and damage Small (0.1 inch) beetle pests of stored products. May feed on any organic material, including grains, cereals, book binding and pages, and spices.

Management

Includes

Cheese mite (Tyrolichus casi)
Grain mite (Acarus siro)
Mold mite (Tyrophagus putrescentiae)

Dermestidae

Pest description and damage These closely related beetles are about 0.125 inch in length, brown, and oval. They feed on a wide variety of stored products: cereals, seeds, spices, tobacco, dried fruits and nuts, dried skins, feathers, and preserved animal products.

Management

Boisea rubrolineata

Pest description and damage About 0.5 inch in length and dark color with red longitudinal lines on the back. Annoying when they cluster on and migrate into dwellings. Boxelder bug populations vary considerably from year to year depending on environmental conditions.

Management

Tipula paludosa

Pest description and crop damage Small, gray-brown, worm-like larvae that develop a tough skin and are commonly called leatherjackets. They feed on clover and a number of vegetables.

Management-chemical control

Includes

Chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus)
Shaft louse (Menapon gallinae)
Chicken mite (Dermanyssus gallinae)
Northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviaum)
Scaly leg mite (Knemidocoptes mutans) - May cause leg deformities if not treated.

Management-chemical control

Primarily Onychiurus pseudarmatus

Pest description and crop damage Small, white, slow-moving, soil-dwelling insects that feed on germinating seeds or roots of small plants, causing reduced stands and loss of vigor in surviving plants. They usually are in localized or irregular spots in the field.

Management-chemical control

See also:

Spinach-Collembola (Springtail)

Bean aphid (Aphis fabae)
Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
Melon aphid (Aphid gossypii)

Includes alfalfa looper (Autographa californica)

Pest description and crop damage Mottled gray moth, 1.5 inches in length, with silver markings on forewings. Worms are slender (1 inch) and dark olive-green with a paler head marked with three light stripes.

Management-chemical control

Includes

Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)
Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)