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How to eradicate an
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There are several kinds of pyrals: the almond borer, the Mediterranean pyral, etc., and the Indian pyral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also known as the Flour Or<\/strong> Indian Flour Pyral,<\/strong>the Indian pyral is present across Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a real scourge for large food chain stores, warehouses, silos, bakeries, pastries, attics and our homes. An infestation of these insects<\/strong> can cause the destruction of whole stocks of grains, cereals and other foodstuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When one imagines that a single female of this grain pest can lay up to 400 eggs and produce 6 generations per year, it is easy to understand that only a professional exterminator<\/a> will rid you quickly and efficiently. But what do we recognize the latter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And first of all, what does the Indian pyral itself look like? What is its life cycle? What are his habits? How can we anticipate an invasion of these grain and grain pests?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Animal Alert answers these questions for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nom fran\u00e7ais<\/td>\nPyrale indienne de la farine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nom anglais<\/td>\nIndian Meal Moth<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nom latin<\/td>\nPlodia interpunctella<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classe<\/td>\nInsectes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ordre<\/td>\nL\u00e9pidopt\u00e8res<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Famille<\/td>\nPyralid\u00e9s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Infestation of Indian pyrals: what do we recognize them for?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Indian moth is a butterfly that measures between 5 and 8 mm long, sometimes 10. This insect is a food moth, not to be confused with the moth of clothes.<\/u>\n \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its wings have a wingspan of 15 to 20 mm. The anterior ones have two distinct colors: whitish grey with dark spots near the body, and reddish brown with coppery highlights, crisscrossed with irregular stripes at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the hind wings, they are silvery grey. The larvae have a brown head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Indian pyrals spread: how do they reproduce?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Indian pyrals are insects that breed with lightning acceleration. Females can lay up to 400 eggs. Depending on environmental conditions and food availability, they can produce up to 6 generations and a laid egg may take up to 6 weeks to become an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young adult will reproduce and his female will in turn lay up to 400 eggs; and the cycle will start again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian pyral develops in four stages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Indian pyral eggs are often deposited in cereals and other food sources for larvae. Females sometimes lay eggs inside cereals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larva<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The egg turns into a larva. With a brown head, Indian pyral lavas have a cream-coloured body. But the color of the rest of their body varies depending on the materials they consume. It ranges from white to pink beige, and can even turn pale green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The larva is about 1.5 cm long. At maturity, it can be 2 cm long. He is owed the tangle of cereal seeds. This process is done thanks to a fluffy substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The environment in which the larvae are found can influence their development. This can take up to 35 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian pyral larvae move at a rate of 5 cm per minute or 3 metres per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The larva in turn turns into a chrysalis. The latter locks itself in a cocoon to take the shape of a butterfly that we know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

adult insect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The adult of the Indian pyral does not live more than two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hantavirus, definition and mode of transmission<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hantavirus is a severe lung syndrome caused by a virus. It is secreted in the urine, feces and saliva of infected animals. Most often these are rodents. When humans come into direct or indirect contact with these secretions, the virus is transmitted to them. Ditto when they are bitten by infected rodents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the virus is not transmitted from human to human, only from animal to human. This type of disease is called zoonoses because they can only be transmitted to humans through an animal. It has been found that domestic animals (apart from the domestic rat<\/strong>) and livestock cannot contract hantavirus so there is every reason to believe that only rodents can carry it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Symptoms of hantavirus<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Being a lung disease, one of the characteristic symptoms of hantavirus is difficulty breathing. At the beginning of the disease, the infected person begins to feel fever, chills, headache and muscle pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is about two weeks after the appearance of the first symptoms that they are usually accompanied by a feeling of shortness of breath. Nevertheless, this last manifestation of the disease can be observed after two days as after six weeks; it depends on the organism of the individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hantavirus can also lead to kidney disease or infection. And although they are rare and very few people are prone to them, there is currently no treatment to combat these ailments. It is therefore better to be careful not to contract them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Why is Indian pyrals harmful?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the egg stage, Indian pyrals are not a problem. It is at the stage of larvae that they are formidable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian pyral larvae feed on all kinds of seeds, cereals, flours, pasta, dried fruit and biscuits. But they also consume chocolate, powdered milk, dried plant and animal substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll find them wherever there’s food. They can even puncture bags and packaging that are a little thick like cardboard boxes, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pyral leaves its feces and silk cloths in food; which changes its colour and is a source of food poisoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This insect also causes enormous damage to attics, food processing warehouses and stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian pyral, in adulthood, does not cause any problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How to anticipate an infestation of flour pyrals?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With a little prevention and discipline, it is possible to prevent Indian pyrals from infesting us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n