Category: OLI
Minimum Life Cycle: 17 days.
Distribution: Worldwide; attacks many types of produce particularly if moisture is high or after fungal attack.
Biology:
Eggs - At least 100 per female; egg stage can tolerate several months at 0°C.
Immature stages and adults - Attack cereal embryos, dormant stage resists starvation, desiccation, and chemical treatments.
Grain Mite, Cheese Mite, or Flour Mite (Acarus silo).
(Slide and top caption courtesy of ICI Americas, Inc.)