Warehouse insects are the insects that mainly attack warehouses because there are foods such as flour, cereals, nuts.

​Usually the storage insects are from the families of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. The stages of development of the specific families are egg – larva – nymph mature etc. they are fully metabolous.

​According to the literature, the stage that causes the greatest damage to stored products is the larva. The best and most effective method to combat them is fumigation, because it is not only effective at the specific stage of development but at all.