You should have seen red pests in wheat or mustard. It is called the red insect in the common speech and its full name is the red flour beetle. In English it is called Tripolium Casteum. This insect causes great damage to saving wheat and maize. This insect is full of wheat and maize from the inside, and only the peel is out. This insect is not only the problem of India, but its explosion is found in all hot countries. This insect is an intense insect found in food reserves in the hot parts of the world.
The red flour beetle damages the insect, wheat and other stored grains. The pores, broken rash and their damage can be clearly seen in the grains stored from this insect infection. This damage in grains is made by larvae and pests for adults. The lifespan from eggs to adults can be up to 35 days at a temperature of 30 ° C. Adults fly in large numbers after noon. Larva and adult flour, animal fodder and other ground products are eaten.
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In addition, some insects cause more damage at the time of ripening the seeds. These further damage the grains at the time of saving. What is important to note is that if you use a medication to remove the insect, the proper identification of pests is necessary. It is important to know which type of insects are attacked in the grains. In addition, it is necessary to cleanse the space and excuses to keep the grains away from pests.
How to protect against pests
- Use aluminum phosphate pills in the blank warehouse.
- 0.0125 % of the old sacks is Cyberrandan 25 EC. Or Fenwellrett 20 E.C.
- Disinfection by spraying Malathian by 0.05 % of plain warehouses.
- Break the lentils and save it, so that the legumes are protected from the eruption of beef. These insects prefer to attack the variety of legumes, not separated legumes.
- To prevent insects, store food grains in airtight sealed structure.
Storage mechanisms
- Sew all the torn bags before filling the grain.
- Eliminate all broken grains to eliminate the favorable position for the insects.
Chemical law
- Spray the Malathian 50 EC 10 ml/liter at a rate of 3 liters of spray fluid/100 square meters.
- Do not spray pesticides directly into food grains.
- Protect the grain used for the seeds by mixing the Malatian medicine at a rate of 250 g of a quintal seeds.
