aye fuck!!!! anyone know how to get ride of pantry moths? they ruined close to $100 of organic grains and legumes i had stocked. anyone know of a (hip)forum that better suited for such advice?
I had a problem with moths a few times and they usually came in the package. Will the manufactures refund them? I know a lot of larger stores will! I hope this helps. Oh and I keep them in air tight containers now or the freezer. Love and Light Honey
http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/homewise/homewise_021300.htm [I found some small, two-toned moths flying around inside my pantry. What are they? If the front half is gray and the rear half is brown and the moths are a little less than a half-inch long, then what you've got are Indian meal moths. Check for webbing in the top inch or two of stored legumes or grains. Inside the webbing, you'll probably also find the moths' larval forms: white, half-inch-long caterpillars with dark heads. "Wherever the larvae go, they spin a silk web," says Bob Stoltz, University of Idaho extension entomologist. "If you have peas or grains in containers and there's a bunch of webbing on top, why, that's Indian meal moth." The adults are "quite active flyers," Stoltz says. They can fly from house to house or from grain storage to grain storage. Sometimes, you can even pick them up at the supermarket. To get rid of them, just toss out their food source. "There's no need to spray," says Stoltz. "But from now on, keep all of your legumes and cereals in air-tight containers--preferably plastic--because the larvae can chew right through thin packaging."] Glass jars in the refrigerator would serve a dual purpose of longevity and protection.
Great ideas thank you!!! i got everything in various sized mason jars now...i've been wanting to do that anyway
Or just pick out the webbing bits, rinse if you're gonna cook it and eat it anyways...or grind it...sift it..whatever RainFoot
