Giant mealybug no threat to public health : Experts

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FE Team | Published: April 25, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

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There is nothing to worry over giant mealybug, an expert said Thursday, reports BSS.
"This insect is not a threat to public health. It does no harm to humans. However, any sensitive person may feel itching from the touch of it," Professor Dr. Mosammat Noor Mahol Akhtar Banu of Entomology Department in Shei-e-Bangla Agriculture University said.
Reports were published in media following an outbreak of giant mealybug at Home Economic College in the city.
Dr. Akhtar Banu, who researched on morphology, life cycle and all other aspects of giant mealybug to obtained her PhD degree, said this insect was first seen at Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University in 2003.
Then the number of the insect was less. But later the number gradually increased and spread in other areas, she said.
The spread of this insect in India, Pakistan and China was seen since much earlier, she added.