Tenebroides mauritanicus
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Tenebroides mauritanicus, commonly known as the cadelle, is a cosmopolitan and common pest in storehouses and granaries. Adults and larvae feed on grain and grain products, predate upon other insects infesting grain, and bore into wood. They typically pupate in wood cavities that they make. It is one of the longest lived insects that attacks stored grain and is very destructive and easily dispersed. It is also one of the largest (body length 10 mm.).[1]
The larva were nicknamed "bargemen" by saylors because they frequently infested ships' biscuits and be noticed when they would crawl out of the biscuits and onto the "barge", a small tub used to hold biscuits on the mess table.[2]
References
- ^ Cotton, R.T. (1926). The Cadelle. Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Department bulletin No. 1428.
- ^ Macdonald, Janet (2014). Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era. Barnsley, S. Yorkshire: Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1848327474.
External links
- University of Kentucky
- ZinRus Very high quality image.
See also Home stored product entomology
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