weevils
Snout-nosed crop destroyers
Weevils are small beetles with elongated snouts, notorious for infesting stored grains, flour, rice, and other dry goods.
The larvae develop inside seeds and kernels, making infestations hard to detect until adult beetles emerge.
Finding weevils in your pantry means discarding contaminated food: The rice was crawling with weevils.
Hard-winged insect
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
rostrum · mandibles · thorax · abdomen · chitin · metamorphosis · coleoptera · arthropod
Household provisions closet
- flourMilled grain powder
- riceStaple cereal grain
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- cerealProcessed grain for breakfast
silos · contamination · spoilage · infestation · food security · airtight containers · freezing · larvae
Plant fiber for textiles
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- infestationPest takeover situation
damage · destruction · blight · plague · swarm · outbreak · nuisance · menace
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
- insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- preventionStopping something before occurring
monitoring · trapping · spraying · biosecurity · quarantine · inspection · crop rotation · biological control
beetle
Hard-winged insect
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
exoskeleton · rostrum · mandibles · thorax · abdomen · chitin · metamorphosis · coleoptera · arthropod · invertebrate
pantry
Household provisions closet
cereal · silos · contamination · spoilage · infestation · food security · airtight containers · freezing · larvae · holes
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
infestation · damage · destruction · blight · plague · swarm · outbreak · nuisance · menace · scourge
fumigation
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticidesChemicals destroying harmful organisms
- insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
prevention · monitoring · trapping · spraying · biosecurity · quarantine · inspection · crop rotation · biological control · sanitation
- beetlesbeetle, beetles, scarab beetle, scarab, scarabs
- weevils
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- farm pestsaphid, aphids, armyworm, corn borer, cutworm
weevilsbeneficial insects
Arthropods aiding agriculture
pollinators · bees · ladybugs · parasitic wasps · ground beetles
weevilscaterpillars
Larval moths or butterflies
moths · aphids · locusts · grasshoppers · mites
- boll weevilBeetle infesting cotton plants
- grain weevilBeetle infesting stored cereals
- rice weevilInsect infesting stored cereals