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Softcover,
184 pages
248
x 170 mm page size
231
colour illustrations
ISBN:
978-1-84076-060-6
Price £32.50
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David
Rees, BSc (Hons) Applied Zoology and Agriculture
CSIRO Entolomology, Australia.
Insect infestations in grains and other stored food and fibre products
cause annual losses worth many millions of dollars worldwide. This
illustrated guide enables specialists and non-specialists to distinguish
the major pests of durable stored products found throughout the
world.
It describes how to identify each pest group or species and summarises
the latest information on their biology, ecology, geographical distribution,
the damage they cause and their economic importance. Hundreds of
colour photographs illustrate the identifying features of the most
important beetles, moths, psocids, bugs and wasps found in stored
products.
Essential details on inspection and trapping are included to aid
in the early detection of infestations, allowing more time to plan
and undertake effective pest control. An extensive bibliography
provides a convenient entry point to the specialised literature
on these insects.
This concise yet comprehensive reference is an essential tool for
the people responsible for the storage and handling of dried durable
products of plant and animal origin worldwide.
Contents:
Acknowledgements.
Preface. Insects as pests of stored products. Insects associated
with stored products. Beetles (Coleoptera). Moths and Butterflies
(Lepidoptera). Psocids, Booklice, Dustlice (Psocoptera). Bugs (Hemitera).
Ants, Bees and Wasps (Hymenoptera). Finding and Trapping Storage
Insects. Collecting, Preserving and Shipping Specimens for Identification.
References and Resources. Index to Species: by scientific name and
by common name.
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