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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
gets its common name from the _ _ located on each side of the prothorax.
6 sawlike teeth
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
gets its common name from the 6 teeth located on each _ of the prothorax.
side
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
gets its common name from the 6 teeth located on each side of the _
prothorax
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Adults about INCH (2.5-3 mm) long
1/8 INCH
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
body SHAPE. Color _
flattened, brown
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
_ well developed, but not observed in _
Wings well developed, but not observed in flight
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = Mature larva COLOR COLOR
yellowish white
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = Less than INCH (3 mm) long
1/8 inch
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = _, without urogomphi (paired processes projecting from last abdominal segment), relatively smooth
elongate
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = Elongate, without _ (paired processes projecting from last abdominal segment), relatively smooth
urogomphi
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = Elongate, without urogomphi (paired processes projecting from last abdominal segment), relatively _
smooth
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = _, foreign, and squarenecked grain beetles share this same description of larva
merchant
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
LARVA = merchant, _, and squarenecked grain beetles share this same description of larva
foreign grain
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The female lays 45-285 _, _ eggs singly or in small clusters in crevices in the food material during a 2-5 month period
white, shiny
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The female lays 45-285 white, shiny eggs _ or in small clusters in crevices in the food material during a 2-5 month period
singly
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The female lays 45-285 white, shiny eggs singly or in _ _ in crevices in the food material during a 2-5 month period
small clusters
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The female lays 45-285 white, shiny eggs singly or in small clusters in _ in the food material during a 2-5 month period
crevices
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The female lays 45-285 white, shiny eggs singly or in small clusters in crevices in the _ _ during a 2-5 month period
food material
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The larva molts 3 times (range 2-4) and usually constructs a _ cell or cocoon from food particles held together with sticky oral secretions
pupal
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The larva molts 3 times (range 2-4) and usually constructs a pupal cell or _ from food particles held together with sticky oral secretions
cocoon
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The larva molts 3 times (range 2-4) and usually constructs a pupal cell or cocoon from _ _ held together with sticky oral secretions
food particles
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
The larva molts 3 times (range 2-4) and usually constructs a pupal cell or cocoon from food particles held together with _ _ _
sticky oral secretions
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
larva attaches its anal end to some solid object to _
pupate
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
optimal developmental conditions are #-95°F (30-35°C) and 70+% relative humidity
86 deg F
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
optimal developmental conditions are 86-#°F (30-35°C) and 70+% relative humidity
95 deg F
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
optimal developmental conditions are 86-95°F (30-35°C) and #% relative humidity
70+%
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
does considerable damage to _ but it cannot attack _ _
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Its _ _ form permits access through very small cracks and into imperfectly sealed packages.
flat body
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Its flat body form permits access through _ _ _ and into imperfectly sealed packages.
very small cracks
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Its flat body form permits access through very small cracks and into _ _ packages.
improperly sealed
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
Adults are not known to _ and are not attracted to _
Adults are not known to fly and are not attracted to light.
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attacks an extremely _ _ of foodstuffs which include
cereals, bread, breakfast foods, macaroni, dried fruits, nuts,
sugar, chocolate, dried meats, candy bars, drugs, tobacco, snuff, and many other products.
wide variety
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_ _ die when exposed to temperatures of 0-5°F (-18 to -15°C) for
24 hours or to a temperature of 125°F (52°C) for 1 hour.
all stages
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
All stages die when exposed to temperatures of TEMP for
# hours or to a temperature of 125°F (52°C) for 1 hour.
0-5 deg F
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
All stages die when exposed to temperatures of 0-5°F (-18 to -15°C) for
24 hours or to a temperature of TEMP for 1 hour.
125 deg F
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SAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLE - FIELD GUIDE
All stages die when exposed to temperatures of 0-5°F (-18 to -15°C) for
24 hours or to a temperature of 125°F (52°C) for TIME.
1 hour
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