
What Are Those Bugs in My Flour?!
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I have a small larva that is EVERYWHERE in my home if I set anything with sugar in it down,it is infested with worms/larva. Does anyone know what it might be
I have a few a day. I think they could've come in on a bag of stone ground corn meal. I've never had them before. The sticky trap works well, and I'm not bothered by fluttering wings. I think they took up residence in a credenza that I had put a lot of dried orange peel in. The orange peel was to get rid of a musty smell (it was from my late father in-laws' house). I'm switching to glass jars and rigid plastic canisters. And lots of bay leaves. They like to settle up very high on the wall. I manage to swat a few most days, but they leave a black sooty smear. It's a nuisance to clean.
Better than mice, at least.
I had an infestation of these annoying pest due to storing bird seed in my basement. Needless to say I don't feed birds anymore as these little monsters were driving my wife crazy, not me so much but still annoying and embarrassing. This was over a year ago and now this spring I been noticing a few of these flying around. I'm going to try the traps as discussed here. In the mean time I just try to kill the ones flying around. If I catch one sleeping hanging on a wall, etc. instead of smashing them and getting the mess on the wall it I've been using handheld cordless vacuum to suck them in, works great, give it try. We have one of those Dysons so I think they also get chopped up as it sucks them in.
We have them everywhere! I've cleaned the cabinets out. What else can I do? They are on the ceilings in the kitchen, living room and bathroom! They are making us nuts! Do I have to clean the tops of the cabinets too? Will bleach be a good option? Traps? I really don't know. It's making me crazy.
I was horrified when I first discovered my infestation! I threw away everything in my pantry that wasnāt jarred or bottledā¦. Cleaned the entire shelves and walls with vinegar and still battled.
Emptied the entire pantry and caulked ever single crevice! That took care of them there but all of the places they traveled to were still a problem!
I vacuumed all window framing that were not caulkedā¦. Bought pheromone make trasp off of Amazonā¦. Dr. Killigans Pantry Moth traps. I put out all 6 throughout the main fooor of my home. After a week, the ones that were void off moths, I moved to different areas and even my spice cupboard and bread drawerā¦.
It only catches the males but they work! The females usually end up on a wall or ceilingā¦. Sometimes fly around light sources at nightā¦.
Just keep killing the females when you see them. Let the traps do their magicā¦.
It was a battle for a few monthsā¦
One will appear now and then in a trap. One now and then on a wallā¦. But itās just about over!!
Tools, patience, timeā¦.
Iām actually going to order another 6 pack of traps to freshen and keep the peace Iāve finally found!
This has been a nightmare that I donāt want to revisit!
Good luck!
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