Beetle Among World’s Most Invasive and Destructive Insect Pests BALTIMORE – Labeling it one of the largest concentrations of Khapra beetle larva they have ever seen, Baltimore Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists on Friday ordered an entire container of Pakistan rice to be re-exported or destroyed to prevent one of the world’s most destructive and invasive insect pests from threatening United States agriculture. CBP agriculture specialists discovered 40 dead Khapra larvae during an inspection June 16 and submitted specimens to a local Department of Agriculture (USDA) ento

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Beetle Among World’s Most Invasive and Destructive Insect Pests BALTIMORE – Labeling it one of the largest concentrations of Khapra beetle larva they have ever seen, Baltimore Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists on Friday ordered an entire container of Pakistan rice to be re-exported or destroyed to prevent one of the world’s most destructive and invasive insect pests from threatening United States agriculture. CBP agriculture specialists discovered 40 dead Khapra larvae during an inspection June 16 and submitted specimens to a local Department of Agriculture (USDA) entomologist. The entomologist confirmed on Friday that the larvae were Trogoderma granarium (Everts), commonly known as Khapra beetle. Stephen Sapp

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