Stored Goods Insects

Date:
Late 19th century
Reference:
WF/C/M/SL/06
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Wellcome Foundation Ltd
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1. Fig. 6. Portion of oak board attacked by Lyctus: note dust-filled galleries following grain of wood

2. Gig. 5. Lyctus-infested oak, showing piles of wood-dust and exit holes

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4. Fig. 1. Cabinet ornament in oak. The outer surface here seen is heartwood. Compare with Fig. 2. Fig 2. The back of the same cabinet ornament, showing the work of Lyctus linearis confined to the sapwood

5. Fig. 8. Lyctus-infested off-cuts of oak sapwood allowed to accumulate in a yard and acting as source of infection to neighbouring piles of timber

6. Fig. 1. Oak board showing exit holes and dust of Lyctus brunneus. The "trails" are caused by beetles crossing over the dust. Fig. 2. Portion of chair arm (American oak) showing apparently sound wood with a few exit holes of Lyctus brunneus. Compare Fig. 3. Fig. 3. Portion of same chair arm showing work of Lyctus brunneus

7. Plate 1. Ephestia elutella Hb., adult. x 9(approx.)

8. Fig. 1. Biscuit infested with the larvae of Ephestia kuhniella. Fig. 2. Biscuit infested with the larvae of Corcyra cephalonica.

9. Fig. 5. a. Lyctus brunneus, Steph. b. Its larva. C. Lyctus linearis, Goeze

10. The species of beetle, the larvae or grubs of which destroy furniture and timber, can be determined by examining the dust which comes from their tunnels. Fig. 1. The dust (frass and boring dust) of larvae of Lyctus spp. (x7). Fig. 2 The dust of larvae of Anobium punctatum (x7). Fig. 3. The dust of larvae of Xestbium rufovillosum (x7)

11. Table 1 - Records of Lyctus Infestation in Imported Timbers

12. Fig. 260. a. Larva of lasioderma serricorne covered with particles of tobacco. b. Side view of lasioderma serricornes. c. Cheroot, showing exit holes of adult L. serricorne (after Lefroy, from Indian Insect Life, 1909)

13. 53. Bruchus granarius - Bean grain-beetle Bruchus pisi-Pea-beetle

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Late 19th century

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