Moths In My Food Cabinet

My roommate and i have been living with cupboard moths for the past 2 5 years.

Moths in my food cabinet.

Food moths this extends to pantry moths found in areas other than food preparation such as the garage where dog food cat food wild bird seeds or even guinea pig pellets might be stored. They have since invaded our lives. We used bleach soap and hot water and dichotomas earth on all cupboards and drawers. These are usually easy to spot in the evenings.

Have not seen any larvae today. By the time i got back inside like 5 mins max i had larvae crawling around in the kitchen trash can. They are often found in your pantry closet and cabinet especially if there are food containers or natural fabrics around that area. Several conditions could attract moths that could ultimately lead to a moth.

But don t limit your search to these items. The moths are now in my dining room living room guest bedroom and in the kitchen on top of my oven refrigerator and microwave oven cabinet are the worst areas. Check for cocoon webbing in the corners of the pantry and inside corners of cupboards in the kitchen. The most apparent sign of pantry moths is seeing the moths flying around inside the pantry and kitchen.

Also look for webs as these may belong to moths and not spiders. Like their closet lurking cousins pantry moths are destructive pests act fast before they eat through and lay eggs on the stored food in your cabinets or pantry. Grain based products like flour cereal pasta and baking mixes are moth favorites along with nuts and sweets. Wipe up any spills of crumbs quickly to prevent the moths an opportunity to lay eggs.

Look for larvae in and on food packaging. I then had to go down the hill to get my house trash can. Pantry moth eggs are hard to spot within dry goods so it s better to discard and replace any open food. Any food that shows clear signs of contamination should be discarded.

Inspect any dried foods you bring into the house as well as you can for moths. Well obviously they need a ready food source so your kitchen pantry is the most likely place. Even if it s a minor problem. I went through the dry food cabinet the spice cabinet and the dog pantry throwing old items in the kitchen trash can.

This includes food that you can see the pantry moths in as well as any other opened dry goods. These moths came into our lives by the way of infested borrowed flour. They also show up in other areas sometimes inside the cabinet where they re only dishes. Again regardless of what food the moth is snacking on you can bet it is a flour or indianmeal moth.

Empty the tray under the toaster regularly. Throw away infested and contaminated food. As suggested my roommate and i did a major clean of our kitchen.