Oh my gosh , I moved out the electric range and couldn't believe the
mess of spun webs. The range was a new one only 5 months old, but in
the few crumbs there , the telltale spun webs at both sides. Now I am
thinking that if they find even a crumb in the carpet, they will hatch
again. I'm almost resigned to living with them. Yet in my heart there
is still some hope.
My food stuffs, even the flours, cereals, noodles, are all in the
freezer. Only metal and plastic is left in the pantry.
And again thank you for the sup****t.
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:23:40 -0600, Lar <larflu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Also clean out any old bowls of potpouri you may have around along with
>dried floral arrangements that have been around for awhile. We had the
>occasional one flutter by and was driving me nuts trying to find what
>they were in. A daughter about 12 years ago made a sock full of dried
>corn for a back massage. The wife had stuck in box and put it on a shelf
>in the closet with other keep sakes.....
>
>
>Gloria@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> Thank you so much for your response. I really appreciate this as I
>> have tried so hard to get rid of this pest.
>>
>> 2 years ago I first noticed one or two would fly past the TV screen in
>> the eavning. One day two moths led me up the stairs. I was catching
>> them as they showed up, not being sure where the origion was. It was
>> only when I took out the jar of rice from the pantry closet that I
>> found two dead ones in the jar. Now this was a closed jar, but I
>> suppose the lid was not down tight and a couple of caterpillars
>> managed to crawl in.
>>
>> After another few months, another hatch appeared. I checked the foods
>> but could not find any.
>>
>> After another few months yet more. Thats when I decided to throw away
>> all the noncanned food out. Wash the shelving and spray with the
>> insecticide.
>>
>> However after a few months noticed one or two more moths.
>>
>> These moths are just all wing and dust, with almost no body and have
>> to be admired for their survival skills. I'd suppose they could lay
>> the eggs even on the carpet, and if the caterpillars can find a scrap
>> of food, they will grow and pupate, have *** and lay eggs again..
>>
>> Now I don't have any starchy ricey or cerealy type food any more, ever
>> since I cleaned up. But they switched and crawled into the almond
>> jar.
>>
>> I now put any food other than canned, into the fridge.
>>
>> But now the fridge is too full. I am hoping that no more appear for a
>> few months.
>>
>> I don't suppose eating some of the caterpilars, which I am sure I have
>> wouldn't do me any harm.
>>
>> Again thanks so much for the reply to my cry for help.
>>
>> Gloria.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:37:02 -0600, Lar <larflu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Gloria@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've trown out all open cereals, flour etc.
>>>>
>>>>These guys seem to get in throught the tiniest of openings into even
>>>>containers with lid.
>>>>
>>>>The panty closet was completely emptied, washed, sprayed with residuel
>>>>Raid, All product without complete seal was thrown out.
>>>>
>>>>Yet 3 months later, another infestation in a jar of almonds.
>>>>
>>>>I opened the lid and was blasted by a dozen moths..
>>>>
>>>
>>>They are Indian meal moths. What is happening is that you find what
they
>>>are in and what you think they are probably in and throw it out. What
>>>you missed is that the caterpillars will crawl away from the food
source
>>>to pupate in corners, underside of the shelves, countless hidden away
>>>places. Then the newly emerging moths mate and get into another product
>>> and after a few weeks the population is built up again where you now
>>>find them in mass numbers. You really don't need to use insecticides
for
>>>them, just concentrate on thorough cleaning in all the corners and on
>>>the underside of the pantry. You might even open the new boxes of
foods,
>>>not so much to see if they are in the food, but if the caterpillar has
>>>made a cocoon on the underside of the flap of the box hidden away. You
>>>should be able to find pheromone traps for the moths at most hardware
>>>store, place a couple out and they will attract some of the newly
>>>emerging moths and help you monitor if you still have an undiscovered
>>>population in more foods.
>>>
>>>Lar
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