ERADICATING THE KHAPRA BEETLE

Duration: 13 min

Year Published: 1957

Creator: Department of Agriculture

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: The khapra beetle is the world's worst pest of stored grain, and its damage in elevators and warehouses in affected areas of California, Arizona, and new Mexico is forcefully portrayed in this film. The striking scenes of control measures make this an unusual and vivid picture - huge elevators and warehouses are with methyl bromide gas to kill these insects, covered with giant plastic tarpaulins and fumigated.