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FLOUR BEETLE
Tribolium destructor Uyttenboogaart
Description
Adult - 4,5 to 5,7 mm long. Its color is dark brown to black, the eyes are very close to the sides.
Larva: yellow with cylindrical pairs of legs 3, active between 30 and 32 ° C relative humidity 70 to 75%. Mue 7 or 8 times.
The pupa is formed in the food source. Grows preferably in the flour and makes its own pupa in food.
Lifecycle
Females lay 400 to 500 eggs scattered in the source of food groups.
Larval development is completed in a month under ideal conditions
The development time is approximately 44 days.
Adults can live up to a year.
About 20 days at 35 ° C, 45 days at 25 ° C. Adults can live up to six months.
Habitude
La larve se dirige en général vers les endroits sombres et en hauteur
Elle est sensible au froid jusqu'a -15 C°, et en hivers elle reste en hibernation, jusqu'au printemps.
Dans les lieux chauffés, faute d'hibernation ou de vie ralentie, il peut naître 3 à 6 générations par an
Les larves de cette pyrale se nourrissent de la farine, aux grains de céréales (blé, maïs, riz).
Habits
The diet of flour and cereal products
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