在英国,螨类(主要为粉螨属 Acarus,食酪螨属 Tyrophagus 和食甜螨属 Glycyphagus)为害许多贮藏农产品:粮食和粮食制品,动物饲料,奶粉,干酪,纯净砂糖,干果,家禽养殖房的深层草荐,球茎,鳞茎和种子。由于螨类把小麦以及其他谷物和种子的胚芽吃掉,因而使它们丧失了发芽力。用传统方法制造的干酪,螨类为害十分严重,因而在出售之前必须削去许多,甚至完全不能销售。螨类的为害污染了食物,对人和动物而言,这种被螨污染了的食物是难吃的,或者动物吃了染螨饲料后可能会引起严重的肠道疾病。严重的螨类为害也降低了一定动物饲料中的营养价值。有些人接触了螨类或它们身体的碎片之 In the United Kingdom, mites (mainly Acarus, Tyrophagus and Glycyphagus) are harmful to many stored agricultural products: food and food products, animal feed, milk powder, cheese, pure sugar, dried fruit, poultry houses Deep grass, corms, bulbs and seeds. As mites eat the germs of wheat and other grains and seeds, they lose their germinating power. The mites, which are made using traditional methods, are very damaging and therefore have to be cut before they can be sold, or even sold at all. Mites cause damage to food, which is unpalatable to humans and animals, or to animals that eat mites may cause serious intestinal problems. Severe mite damage also reduces the nutritional value of certain animal feeds. Some people have been exposed to mites or their body fragments