CONTROL OF INSECTS ATTACKING STORED TOBACCO 



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The adult and larval stages of the clerid beetle Thaneroclerus girodi 

 Chev. (fig. 10) are found in stored tobacco in Florida preying on 

 larvae and pupae of the cigarette beetle. This insect has been found in 

 Virginia also, in stocks of tobacco received from Cuba and Puerto Kico. 



Figure 10. — Adult (a) and larvae (B) of the clerid beetle Thaneroclerus girodi, a 

 predacious enemy of larvae and pupae of the cigarette beetle. Greatly enlarged. 



The tobacco moth also is attacked by several natural enemies, some 

 of which help to reduce the populations. The braconid parasite Micro- 

 bracon hebetor (Say) preys on well-grown larvae of the moth, but it 

 has not been observed in sufficient numbers in tobacco warehouses to be 



