Lesser Mealworm
Africa and dispersed via global trade routes. The beetles feed on spilled feed and chicken waste and are eaten by the chickens in turn, posing a risk for [...] disease, Newcastle disease, fowlpox, avian leucosis and infectious bursitis a.k.a. Gumboro disease); and avian coccidiosis. They damage the poultry housing [...] life in cracks and crevices, manure, litter, and under feed and water lines. The eggs are oblong, about 1.5 mm (0.06 inches) in length and creamy white at