

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1453 



Washington, D. C. 



January, 1927 



THE CHEESE SKIPPER AS A PEST 

 IN CURED MEATS 



PEREZ SIMMONS, Associate Entomologist, Stored-Product Insect Investigations 

 Bureau of Entomology 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Systematic Position and Synonymy 2 



Common Names 3 



Distribution „ 4 



Materials Infested 4 



The Cheese Skipper and Disease. 7 



Nature of Injury to Cured Meats 8 



The Adult Insect 9 



The Egg 22 



TheLarra 22 



Metamorphosis 28 



Emergence of Adult 30 



Life Cycle 30 



Insects Found Associated with the Cheese Skipper 34 



Control Measures 35 



Summary and Conclusions . . . 49 



Literature Cited 51 



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