The Pest Library section from Pest Solutions is here to help you understand the pest species that could be threatening your property or business and guide you on the most effective course of action to take. Among the most serious and often overlooked threats are stored product insects. These pests are responsible for major losses in food production and storage facilities across the UK, and infestations can escalate rapidly if not professionally dealt with.
Stored product insects are found in a wide variety of environments, particularly where dried food products are present. This includes flour mills, bakeries, warehouses, supermarkets, restaurants, and even domestic kitchens. These pests infest and contaminate food products such as grains, cereals, flour, rice, dried fruit, spices, and pet food. Once inside a property, they can multiply quickly and be incredibly difficult to eliminate without expert help.
At Pest Solutions, we take stored product insect infestations extremely seriously. These insects are not just a nuisance. They pose a direct threat to food hygiene, product integrity, and business reputation. For any organisation that handles food, failure to control a stored product insect problem can result in regulatory action, costly product recalls, and serious damage to public trust.
Pest Solutions provides rapid, effective, and discreet stored product insect control services for commercial and residential clients. Our technicians are trained to identify the specific insect species, locate the source of the infestation, and implement a tailored pest management plan to eradicate the issue and prevent re-infestation.
Common Stored Product Insect Species in the UK
To support your identification and control efforts, we have provided dedicated species pages for the most common stored product insects found in the UK:
- Australian Spider Beetle
- Biscuit Beetle
- Booklice
- Broadhorned Flour Beetle
- Confused Flour Beetle
- Drugstore Beetle
- Flat Grain Beetle
- Golden Spider Beetle
- Grain Weevil
- Indian Meal Moth
- Larder Beetle
- Lesser Grain Borer
- Mediterranean Flour Moth
- Merchant Grain Beetle
- Rice Weevil
- Rust Red Flour Beetle
- Saw Toothed Grain Beetle
- Tobacco Beetle
- Tropical Warehouse Moth
- Warehouse Moth
- Yellow Mealworm Beetle
Click on any of the species above to learn more about their behaviour, the damage they cause, and how Pest Solutions can deal with them quickly and effectively.
