{"id":798,"date":"2016-01-01T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T02:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/?p=798"},"modified":"2016-01-01T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T02:55:47","slug":"beware-of-khapra-beetles-in-your-bowl-of-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/beware-of-khapra-beetles-in-your-bowl-of-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Khapra Beetles in Your Bowl of Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Khapra-beetle-01.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-799\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Khapra-beetle-01-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Khapra beetle (01)\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Khapra-beetle-01-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Khapra-beetle-01.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/khapra-beetle-02.bmp\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-801\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/khapra-beetle-02.bmp\" alt=\"khapra beetle (02)\" width=\"381\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>Khapra beetle is one of the most destructive pests to stored grain and other cereal products.\u00a0 Believe it or not, such a\u00a0teeny-weeny pest can destroy 30 to 70% of your grain and seeds.<\/p>\n<p>One of the shocking cases has it that,\u00a0back in early\u00a02011, the US customs\u00a0officials seized a shipment of Indian rice that came in from Saudi Arabia after they had discovered that the rice\u00a0was infested with live\u00a0khapra beetles as well as\u00a0their larvae!\u00a0 As a result, the questionable goods were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Khapra beetles are difficult to eliminate, not to mention the difficulty in controlling the infestation caused by such pests.\u00a0 This is because khapra beetles are highly resistant to surface insecticides and fumigants.\u00a0 Moreover, they can\u00a0live without food for long periods of time; ergo, they are one of the strongest survivors in the insect family.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of khapra beetles in many regions of the world has made them an almost worldwide nuisance.\u00a0 Fortunately for us Malaysians, to date, there hasn\u2019t been a reported case of serious infestation or outbreak according to the report by EPPO.\u00a0 However, we have to be made aware that, wherever there are grain stocks around, there is always a possibility that such creepy critter could be lurking nearby.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/8242593\/Worlds-most-dangerous-pest-found-in-bag-of-rice-at-LA-airport.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/8242593\/Worlds-most-dangerous-pest-found-in-bag-of-rice-at-LA-airport.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hungrypests.com\/the-threat\/khapra-beetle.php\">https:\/\/www.hungrypests.com\/the-threat\/khapra-beetle.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabi.org\/isc\/datasheet\/55010#20127201272\">http:\/\/www.cabi.org\/isc\/datasheet\/55010#20127201272 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khapra beetle is one of the most destructive pests to stored grain and other cereal products.\u00a0 Believe it or not, such a\u00a0teeny-weeny pest can destroy 30 to 70% of your grain and seeds. One of the shocking cases has it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/beware-of-khapra-beetles-in-your-bowl-of-rice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beware of Khapra Beetles in Your Bowl of Rice - Antipest Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antipest.com.my\/apblog\/beware-of-khapra-beetles-in-your-bowl-of-rice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beware of Khapra Beetles in Your Bowl of Rice - Antipest Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Khapra beetle is one of the most destructive pests to stored grain and other cereal products.\u00a0 Believe it or not, such a\u00a0teeny-weeny pest can destroy 30 to 70% of your grain and seeds. 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