Fungus gnats are insects in the family Sciaridae. As their name implies, their larvae dine on fungi, roots, and other organic material in the soil. They're typically about the size of a grain of rice, and mostly translucent (apart from their “food channel” guts).
THRIPS. Eggs: The long cylindrical or kidney-shaped, pale white eggs look like tiny grains of rice. They're inserted into leaves, stems, or flowers. The females do not need to mate for reproduction and each female can produce up to 80 eggs, which hatch within days.
Fly eggs look like small white grains of rice and are often laid in groups. They can be hard to spot due to their small size, but they are frequently found on rotting food or organic material, either food scraps or household waste.
If you notice little brown bugs in your flour, cereal, grain or rice, those are called weevils. Weevils look like little grains of rice, but they're brown and they move.
Granary Weevils
The granary weevil is more cylindrical than the rice or maize weevil and is about 1/5 inch long. Its coloring is similar to the rice and maize weevils: reddish brown to black. At about a quarter of its body length, the granary weevil's long snout extends down from its head.
Adults weevils are distinguished by their long rostrum and elbowed antennae. Vine weevils have a dark, matt appearance and orange tufts of hair on the wing cases (elytra). They are nocturnal creatures and have fused wing cases which make them flightless beetles.
Weevils are not harmful to humans, pets, houses, furniture, or clothing and don't carry any diseases. They are temporary nuisance pests that damage stored food products. If weevils infest a garden or field, they can damage plants and reduce crop yields.
Clothes moth eggs are about the size of a pinhead. They are a creamy-white color and they look like tiny grains of rice. The eggs of clothes moths are usually laid on woolen items, but they can also be found on other animal products such as fur, feathers, and leather.
Bed bug eggs are pale white and about the size of a pinhead. They look like tiny oval grains of rice but with lids at one end. You may find bed bugs on your body during the night or when you are resting.
Eggs start off white, but turn brown before they hatch, making them very difficult to spot in soil. It's highly unlikely you'll be able to see the vine weevil eggs in compost or soil as they're so tiny - less than 1mm. If you see clear eggs, these aren't weevil, but slugs or snails.
Cockroach eggs often look like small, dried kidney beans, or darkly colored grains of rice.
Adult weevils look for shelter when it is hot and dry outdoors. They will come in through tiny cracks and crevices into your home or they gain entry into your house through purchased containers of while-grain cereal products that were already infested during the food processing and packaging stage.
Flea eggs have a soft shell called a “chorion” that has an off-white color, similar to a grain of salt, though they are more oval in shape. Because flea eggs are easy to mistake for dry skin or sand, it's usually not the first thing pet parents notice if their pet has a flea problem.
The most common pantry pests are moths, weevils and small beetles. Annoying and waste good food but not dangerous and easy to eliminate if you follow a few simple tips. Pantry Pests can be maggot-like caterpillars, moths or beetles.
Weevils are the largest family of beetles. There are over 6,000 described species in Australia. Adult vegetable weevils (sometimes called the brown vegetable weevil) are 8 mm long, greyish-brown in colour and have a noticeable and inconspicuous V-shape marking (grey brown) on the wing covers near the rear of the body.
Cloves and bay leaves act as natural repellents to weevils. Place a few bay leaves in your dried food containers to ward off these pests, and position several cloves of garlic around your pantry and kitchen to deter these bugs from making a home in your pantry. White vinegar is also known to kill pesky pantry weevils.
Any open containers packets of food should be sealed and thrown away at once. Even unopened cardboard food cartons may contain these pesky critters if they don't have sealed inner liners that are intact. Thoroughly vacuum food-storage areas and clean them with hot soapy water – then give them a wipe with white vinegar.
There are also false chinch bugs that are 1/8 of an inch long and are a brownish gray color. They have an X on their backs, but if you're looking at them at your home they will just look like a bunch of coffee grounds. Chinch bugs do not fly. So you will see them climbing on the walls and things, but not flying around.
There are no good chemical solutions to this problem.
All of the items on the shelf should be wiped off to remove and kill wandering mites before they enter another container. A rag with hot soapy water can be used to wipe up and clean out the mites on flat surfaces. Wash out the rag frequently and keep it soapy.
The adult weevils are 1/8th inch long and have slender, hard-shelled bodies that appear pitted or scarred with tiny holes. They are brown to reddish brown in color. The rice weevil has four faint yellowish spots on the back of the abdomen. The granary weevil is uniformly colored with no spots.
The Grain Weevil is shiny, while the Rice Weevil is dull and it has round punctures on its wings, which are not present in the Grain Weevil. The Grain Weevil is not able to fly, whereas the Rice Weevil is able to fly and this is often used to differentiate between the two weevils.
What is a Boll Weevil? A common name for an insect that infests cotton plants is the boll weevil. The adult boll weevils are reddish-brown, gray, or almost black in color and are normally less than 0.24 inches long. In addition, the adult has a long snout and two spurs on the first joint.