Flying pantry pests. Brown with wings, originated in rice & cereals. How to eliminate?

Answer 1

First throw out anything that is contaminated. Stuff that is not contaminated should be temporarily moved to the freezer- the cold will keep them from hatching. Wipe down the shelves in your cabinets, spray a pyrethrin insecticide labled for use in food storage areas. Purchase some pantry pest traps and place them around your food storage areas, and replace them when they are full. These should be available in a garden center, and contain a pheromone to lure miller moths to the glue surface. When you do put your food back in your cabinets, keep a couple traps in the cabinet and check regularly to monitor for infestation before it gets serious. And keep in mind that the moths are attracted to whole grains first- so buy them in quantities you will use in a reasonable length of time, consider storing some things you seldom use in the freezer, and always remember to rotate your food stuffs- first in first out.

Answer 2

First of all, clean up your pantry and check in flour, rice, pasta and cereals. When you buy new food always put them in plastic container and get rid of the original paper/carton boxes. Usually, these pesky pest are already in the box if not it's because they're too old (remember they are date on every item you buy today).

Answer 3

These pantry moths are a darn nuisance, I remember them well. We had to get traps to lure them in and get rid of them that way. As someone else has said keep all your new cereals etc in airtight containers, so that they can't get contaminated by each other. Usually these pests are in the flour etc when you buy it. (in the form of eggs or larvae.) We also get them in poppadums.