Carpet beetles are a member of diverse family of beetles called Dermestidae. There are over 1700 species of dermestid beetles worldwide (Háva & Herrnmann, 2021) with a variety of feeding habits and behaviors. However, feeding on dry plant (seeds, pollen) and animal (hair, skin) matter is common in this group.

Stored product insects are insects that can infest whole grains, processed foods, and even tobacco. These insects can usually be found in grain silos, processing facilities, storage warehouses, retail stores, and even in our own pantries. Stored product insects cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage to (click to view…)

A program cannot work if the pest management professional is always putting out fires or implementing Band-Aid solutions. Pest management starts with considerable preventative effort and is complemented by a thorough monitoring and inspection program.

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Products, October 2021 Q&A with Insects Limited's Colleen O'Rourke

Arthropods are a phylum of invertebrate animals that contain an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired appendages.

Some of the most popular arthropods include scorpions, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, crustaceans, and insects.

Ethan Estabrook had the unique opportunity to see a wide variety of arthropods on his recent trip to the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

One of the biggest issues, when monitoring for insects, is that the insects don’t really want to be caught. Go figure. Regardless of the trap style, whether it be a pitfall trap or a sticky blunder trap, the insects that approach them tend to, by and large, avoid hurtling headlong towards death. We do our best to design traps to outwit these crafty bugs and if you spend some time watching a trap, you’ll see what I mean.

Insects Limited’s, Ethan Estabrook, participated in the Carmel Parks Department Monarch tagging event on September 4th.

At Insects Limited, we attribute our quality pheromone technology to three main pillars – science, education, and innovation.

Drugstore (Stegobium paniceum) and cigarette beetles (Lasioderma serricorne) cause serious damage to stored products.

Technology is changing everything and at Insects Limited we recognized the need to take advantage of these changes and create the SightTrap, a device that will provide daily images, insect identification, and insect population counts allowing for the pest professional to do what they are paid to do, solve pest problems.