Evil weevils

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Hi Corona,

As your thread has dropped down the board I've added it to our existing one on weevils in flour where you should get more advice.

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graspandsave

Just to summarise the attack on these little mites:

1. Freeze flour in plastic bags for 24 hours after purchase
2. remove store packaging and empty contents in lock & lock airtight containers
3. Clean infected cupboard with bleach solution
4. use hair dryer to completey dry out cupboard
5. wash containers in bleach solution and leave to dry in sunlight - (some chance its been tipping it down for days here)
6. scatter cupboard with bay leaves
7. and throw in a few measures of cloves
8. Put in a box of matches in cupboard

just one q though: points 6-8 which works best?

FelinePrincess

I'm desperate for some help! I seem to have a weavils infestation and it's getting worse

It started a few months ago I was finding them in open packets of pasta, rice, ryvita ect so I binned all open packets and thought they would go. I started keeping dried goods in jars but they are getting worse not better. They seem attracted to really strange places, I'm constantly finding them in the sink and on the draining board, also in a large melamine bowl which is clean an empty but they keep going in there. I'm finding them on the inside of my porch window, i have even seen one on the bin outside which we use for used cat litter!

They have been driving me mad for ages but tonight was the final straw when I checked on some chicken thighs I had cooking in the oven only to find one on it! Now I don't want to prepare any more food in the kitchen for fear if weevils getting in it - I know they won't harm me but they make my skin crawl.

Please does anyone have any advice?

FelinePrincess

Title was supposed to be weevils everywhere! Predictive text!

shegirl

First things first, are you sure they are weevils?

BitterAndTwisted

I haven't seen any actual weevils but I know I've got ruddy pantry moths. Are they the same things but just different life-stages?

I've tossed out all sorts of foods, newly-bought stuff is in containers, cleaned and vinegared all of the cupboards and the damned things are still around.

Dozey_crow

I was just about to ask the same thing she girl. We had weevils in organic brown rice once. I didn't know what they were and so posted it to the company. They confirmed that they were weevils they told me two things:

1) they are more likely to be in organic whole food because the processes kill them.
2) the best way to get rid of them is to bin the offending food, take all packets out securing with bleach and as you have dinner dime have any empty packets.

I feel sorry for you.. I hated them too..

Lizling

Ant powder perhaps, while your food is all safely sealed away?

FelinePrincess

I can't be 100% sure but I think they are, they are brown, roundish and on average about 2mm long. I do buy organic brown rice, and my pasta and flour is organic too.

I'm a little reluctant to use bleach but I will if I have to. I really don't understand why they like my sink and melamine bowl so much. I also wondered if they are coming in from outside or if they are trying to get out seeing as I'm finding them on the porch window and I've seen one outside

FelinePrincess

Right, I've just braved a google image search for weavils and they don't look like them! They aren't pantry moths either. What I have are like small roundish brown beetles, they have small legs and their heads are close to the rest of their body if that makes sense. I know they definetly like rice though