STORED PRODUCT PESTS PEST CONTROL PERTH

These are insect pests which are found in or associated with food products. This group covers a large number of insects. They can infest a variety of stored products including grains, cereals, dried fruit, nuts, seeds and tobacco.

The five major Stored Product Insect (SPI) Pests

• Drugstore beetle
• Flour Beetle
• Saw Toothed Grain Beetle
• Indian Meal Moth
• Fruit Flies

Stored product insects are a health hazard in both private homes and in business where the economic losses through damage and contamination of food products can be very significant.

Any contamination of Stored Product Insects or their by-products will make your food unfit for human consumption.

Businesses like food processing or grain storage are strongly advised to employ a pest management program to contain and eradicate infestations, along with high standards of hygiene and sanitation, including stock rotation practices.

In the home, discovering pests in your food stuffs can be distressing. Owing to the risk of contamination they will most likely spoil and damage any food they come into contact with. It is important to be able to identify the earliest signs of a problem to enable a quick solution and a guaranteed control measure which prevents a re-infestation.

Products that Stored Product Insects may infest in the home:

• Stored grain
• Dried fruits
• Milled and processed cereal products
• Sweets
• Cheese
• Meat and any other dried food
• Dry ginger
• Dried fish

Common signs of Stored Product Insects (SPIs) include;

• Damage to food products
• Live or dead insects (small beetles and moths), larvae, pupae or silken webbing on food storage bins on shelves
• Infestation, webbing, holes, larvae on the outside of food wrapping
• Larvae, pupae or webbing in food harbourages in cracks and crevices
• Larvae, pupae or webbing in food spillages
• Larvae, pupae or silken webbing sills and flat surfaces
• Indications of the pests in insects traps

HOW PESTS OUT WA HELP

Successful control of Stored Product Insects requires planning followed by an extensive and thorough treatment by a professional pest control company. To eradicate this persistent pest requires a close understanding of its biology, lifestyle and habits.

The treatment of Stored Product Insects requires an integrated pest management approach with a close partnership between the customer and the pest manager. This involves disposal of contaminated, or potential contaminated food stuffs, good sanitisation, the use of residual insecticides approved for the treatment area and the use of lures and detectors.

Pests Out WA has that expertise and years of practical field experience. We know exactly which products to use, when to use them and where.

Our number one priority when undertaking this work,  is the health and safety of your family and pets.  The main insecticide products we use in this situation are modelled on natures very own insecticide ‘pyrethrum’ derived from the Chrysanthemum flower and are completely colourless, odourless, simple and effective.