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Title: New York State Museum bulletin
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: New York State Museum
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : University of the State of New York
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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oDermestci lardarius Linn. HOUSEHOLD AND CAMP INSECTS 63 on animal matter such as ham, bacon, various meats^ old cheese,horns, hoofs etc. The very hairy, brown grub is about one-halfof an inch long when full grown. Meats and other foodstuffs attractive to this insect should bestored in places inaccessible to the beetles. It is said that oldcheese can be used very successfully for trapping the parent insects.Cheese or meat infested by the grubs should have the affected partcut away and the surface washed with a very dilute carbolic solu-tion. The packing of meats in tight bagging is of considerableservice in preventing attack. Cheese Skipper The cheese skipper^^ is the young of a small, black, glistening flyabout three-sixteenths of an inch long. The white, cylindric mag-gots are easily recognized by their peculiar jumping power. This
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I Fig. 25 Cheese skipper: a, maggot or larva; b, puparium; c, pupa; d, male fly; e,female; all enlarged. (After Howard, U. S. Dept Agr. Div. Ent. Bui. 4. n. s. 1896) is accomplished by bringing the two ends of the body together andthen suddenly straightening with a quick muscular action. Themaggots of this insect are likely to occur on cheese, particularlythat which has been kept for some time, and also upon ham. Thisspecies has proved to be a serious pest in some packing houses. Itis more or less abundant about cheese factories. Piophila casei Linn. 64 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM This little pest can be best controlled by storing products likelyto be injured, in a dark place. Scrupulous cleanliness is a mostefficient preventive. Rubbing daily the bandages and sides ofcheese, in hot weather, has been recommended for the purpose ofdestroying or brushing off eggs. The cheese may be washed withhot whey or with lye, the latter acting as a repellent. Smokedmeats should be put in places inaccessi

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