Insects and Spiders -

Insects and Spiders on Jul 27, 2020

Submitter has sample

Description of specimen

Inside grain bin and in around my tack room/milk room

Commentary

There are many, various moths and beetles that infest stored grains and are of no concern. You can kill them by freezing the material and continue to use the feed for grain. What I think you are calling eggs but looks like dust is likely a mixture of grain dust and frass (poop) from the insects.

Christine Buhl
Aug. 6, 2020, 12:54 p.m.

Location

We live on a farm and have noticed some weird bugs that we’ve never seen before and inside my milk room/tack room I’ve noticed some weird eggs being laid on the glass jars. And today I opened one of my grain bins and noticed thousands of eggs in one grain bin. Not in any of the others, grain is purchased from Idaho. I’m really worried about them all hatching and then being an invasive.I am really worried about them all hatching and then being an invasive type species we won’t be able to get rid of. have not seen any hatch yet so not sure if they are the weird bugs we have been seeing around.

Expert Reviewer

Christine Buhl
Oregon Dept. of Forestry

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