Preferring low-moisture foods, khapra beetle larvae can destroy a significant proportion of unprotected grains stores due to their "dirty eating" behavior - a feeding habit, where the beetle eats ...

The earlier incident, on July 26, involved what the agency said was a dead khapra beetle larva and one cast skin. "The khapra beetle is an extremely serious pest of grain and other stored products ...

CBP agriculture specialists at BWI found two live adult Khapra beetles, one dead immature larva, and several cast skins in two pounds of insect-infested, prohibited cow peas. The items were being ...

A khapra beetle cast skin and larvae was discovered Aug. 16 in two, 10-pound bags of rice that were among a shipment of personal household items, Customs spokesman Brian Bell said. It was ...

they were so thickly coated with wiggling larvae. The Khapra beetle doesn’t leave much behind. Other insects will maybe take 30 percent of a crop, Cline says. The Khapra will take 70 percent.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that the 43,000-pound shipment of rice from Pakistan was infested with Khapra beetle larvae. Authorities say only dead larvae were found.

After the first shipment arrived on May 19, it was inspected at a warehouse and a live larva of the khapra beetle was found inside the seam of the rice bags, according to the statement.

On May 28, CBP agriculture specialists found khapra beeetle exuvia, or the material the beetle sheds, and dried larvae inside plastic bags containing chickpeas. CBP officials said the beetles fed ...

"Khapra beetles are not native to the U.S. and its ... brown invasive species had been unleashed. They can leave larvae or skin castings in rice, cereal and even dog food. It’s not the first ...

Inside the two pounds of cowpeas, two live, adult Khapra beetles, one dead immature larva and several cast skins were found. "It's a very destructive pest. It mostly affects a lot of stored ...

On July 26, 2012, the USDA confirmed that the larvae (approximately 1.6 to 1.8 mm long) were, in fact, Trogoderma granarium Everts, commonly referred to as Khapra Beetle.{} Due to the manner in ...

One of the world's "most feared" pests was discovered on American soil. The Khapra beetle, in larva stage, was identified by customs officials last week in a 10-pound bag of rice that came from India.