. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 378. — Trap forCockroaches. Fig. 379.—Cockroach. Fig. 380.—LarderBeetle. (HerrickSanitary ScienceSeries No. 3, CornellReading Course,Oct. 1, 1913.) The Mediterranean flour moth, the Indian meal moth, and the mealmout moth also eat meal, flour, bread, cakes, and cereals. The chief sourceof objection to the members of this group is that they web up in the cereal. The insects which show a liking for grain rather than the products ofgrain are the cadelle, the saw toothed grain beetle, the angoumois grain moth,the granary weevil, and the rice weevil. The body o

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. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 378. — Trap forCockroaches. Fig. 379.—Cockroach. Fig. 380.—LarderBeetle. (HerrickSanitary ScienceSeries No. 3, CornellReading Course,Oct. 1, 1913.) The Mediterranean flour moth, the Indian meal moth, and the mealmout moth also eat meal, flour, bread, cakes, and cereals. The chief sourceof objection to the members of this group is that they web up in the cereal. The insects which show a liking for grain rather than the products ofgrain are the cadelle, the saw toothed grain beetle, the angoumois grain moth,the granary weevil, and the rice weevil. The body of the granary weevil contains an irritating poison somewhatsimilar to cantharidin obtained from Spanish fly. It was used as a substitutefor Spanish flies in the southern states during the war. Herrick suggests thatif granary beetles are ground up in flour the mixture might prove seriouslyinjurious to persons eating it. Other pests capable of infesting pantries are the pea weevil, the beanweevil, the broadhorned flour beetl

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