How can I get rid of the bugs and larvae I keep finding in my cupboards?

Question

I've tried Bay Leaves, spearmint gum, etc. but still find the bugs and the casings in my cupboards.

Answer 1

My wife and I had that problem a few years ago. We found them spreading from an old, open bag of flour that was untouched for ages. We cleaned out the pantry closet, threw everything out that wasn't either canned or in an unopened jar, thoroughly cleaned the closet from top to bottom ... we went one step farther and painted it too. After that, we kept all open things like breakfast cereals, sugar, flour, pasta and the like, in Tupperware containers and we've never had the problem since. I should mention that, while we didn't experience any insect problem anywhere else in our home, it had been a particularly rainy Spring and the kitchen pantry is right next to a sliding glass door that opens to our back yard ... an easy path for flying and crawling critters!

Answer 2

Maybe that's because of what your using, now if you want to get down to business and be serious. You can either have these larva in your food or get rid of them but, you have to get real.

Clean out your cupboard, everything that's over three months old and dry like cereal that you don't use much, toss out. All open containers. Go to Wal Mart and buy some plastic containers, big enough to contain these items and be air tight.

Everything you don't use, toss out, then take everything out, scrub the cupboards out with hot soapy water with a dash of bleach in it. Wipe all the containers off. Then spray everything down with Lysol spray. Leave everything out for a day or two and check the cupboards the next day. You may have to spray with "Raid" if you have a bad infestation between the cracks etc, that you can't reach.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

As a former exterminator for Truly Nolen, I can tell you the answer .

Get some ordinary household borax, and some air-puffing device, like a turkey baster, fill it with the borax and apply it to ALL of the crack and crevices in your kitchen, including window sills, wall spaces in between plumbing under the sinks- any sources of moisture, and even the electrical outlets- be CAREFUL though!!

Bugs MUST run through the material, ingest it when they groom themselves, killing all the protozoa in their gut, rendering them unable to digest their food. Essentially they will all starve to death . This take a few months to totally work, but it is the safest, cheapest solution. Doesn't work on arachnids, unfortunately!!

Answer 5

Yes, everything that is open needs to be checked and then disposed of, also buy gallon sized and sandwich sized zip loc baggies,

Only use those to properly contain and store the foods.

anything that hasn't been used in the last 6 months goes to the garbage.

Answer 6

Maybe from cereals. Old oatmeal, cheeroats, etc. Clean out cupboards.

Answer 7

You have to take everything out, throw away all open food, wash everything and inside the cupboards and then put it back!

Answer 8

call an exterminator. he/she will give you some tablets to put out that the bugs will be atracted to but when the bugs eat it they will die.
GOOD LUCK!! :-)

Answer 9

YOU HAVE TO FIND THE NEST WHERE THE BUGS ARE HIBERNATING AND SPRAY AND SPRAY FOR THEM.