There is a lot of Mi Chong in the rice. After Mi Chong was cleared, the rice with insects just found can still be used for cooking, because Mi Chong will not produce toxic substances.

Mi Chong's scientific name for rice borer is Indian rice borer, and its aliases are Indian rice borer, capping borer and Indian rice borer.

Indian corn borer is widely distributed in all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions except Tibet. Indian rice borer harms all kinds of foods and processed foods, such as beans, oilseeds, peanuts, dried fruits, dried vegetables, milk powder,

Candied fruit, Chinese herbal medicines, tobacco leaves, etc. Larvae like to eat the germ of grain, which affects the germination rate of seeds; Eating dried fruits and vegetables can lead to holes and nicks.

Larvae often spin silk, even spin silk.

Particles and excreta, and netting to seal its surface, make it agglomerate and deteriorate, which is easy to breed carcinogenic Aspergillus flavus, so the deteriorated rice can not be eaten.

The picture below shows the larvae and adults of Mi Chong.