Developmental time is about five weeks. They are pale gray or yellowish white, wingless, soft-bodied louselike insects with poorly developed eyes and long, slender antennae. They often are found with food products stored under moist conditions. Actual damage to the food products is hardly detectable. They are pests primarily by their presence, thus the contamination of the food product.
Developmental time is about three weeks.
Grain mites Grain mites are tiny, pale grayish, wingless, soft-bodied creatures much smaller than psocids. They often are found in stored grain and eventually may be brought into the home in grain food products. In damp conditions, they may build up rapidly to populations that make infested food seem to be alive with the mites. Developmental time is about two weeks. Steps in controlling pantry pests Pantry pest infestations may be eliminated by following a systematic and complete control program.