Скачать или смотреть Lots of Weevil Bugs Hiding in Basmati Rice!

Always wash your rice before you cook or eat it! We are not 100% sure where the weebles appeared from so I am in no way blaming the Bombay Market brand of Basmati Rice!
Actually I find the little critters are sort of cute how they go about in their little world in my kitchen minding their own business not causing trouble. :p


WIKI NOTE: Adult rice weevils survive for up to 2 years. Females lay 2-6 eggs per day and up to 300 eggs over their lifetime. The female uses strong mandibles to chew a hole into a grain kernel after which she deposits a single egg within the hole and seals the hole with secretions from her ovipositor. The larva develops within the grain, hollowing it out while feeding. It then pupates within the grain kernel and emerges 2--4 days after eclosion.

Male S. orzyae produce an aggregation pheromone ((4S,5R)-5-Hydroxy-4-methylheptan-3-one) to which males and females are drawn . A synthetic version is available which attracts rice weevils, maize weevils and grain weevils. Females produce a pheromone which attracts only males

Control of weevils involves locating and removing all potentially infected food sources. Rice weevils in all stages of development can be killed by freezing infected food below 0 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of three days, or heating to 140 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of 15 minutes