so, i hadn't been doing a lot of baking recently, but i settled down to start a loaf of bread this morning for my guests this evening, only to discover grain moth carcasses in both my bread flour and semolina containers. the main all-purpose flour seemed to be uninfested, but i tossed it anyways.
sigh.
i haven't seen any live ones out and about, but for all i know the cats are feasting on them.
and now, the cleaning jihad.
sigh.
i haven't seen any live ones out and about, but for all i know the cats are feasting on them.
and now, the cleaning jihad.
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Date: 2005-09-04 11:28 pm (UTC)They also eat dried fruit and, sometimes, chocolate. And I second the usefulness of the sticky traps. If nothing else, they will let you know if there are any live ones out and about.
The larvae look like little half-inch long worms, yellowish or pinkish depending on what they've eaten. And they make little tiny webby cocoons in corners and crevices that can be fairly hard to spot.