First they have to get into my pantry full of dry goods. Then they have to know to burrow through a cardboard box. Then they have to know to burrow through the sealed inner lining made of plastic or wax paper. How do they know whats inside that sealed box of Rice-a-Roni? Or Ramean noodles? Or Pudding? All this stuff is sealed up air tight, yet they come out of nowhere and know exactly where to go! What's up? How do they do this??!
2007-06-01 09:02:44 · 4 answers · asked by spociask 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It is generally the moth that has flown into your house unawares and smelled the products. In our pet store, we do not sell items in bins for this reason, because if we did, everyone would be taking a form of the mealworm home with them. We sell only items sealed in air tight bags or in air tight cans.
The moth gets in by chewing a tiny hole in the cardboard and then into the paper liner. Check the ceiling of the pantry for grey cocoons at the ceiling edges. That is where they lay them. Vacuum them off as soon as possible. Then store all your dry products in Zip-loc or Gladware type containers that the moth can't get into. The food will remain fresh longer too.
2007-06-09 07:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by kriend 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Chances were good they were there when you brought it home, maybe in the flour or corn starch.
Once they were ousted, they looked for other foods. It's easy for any insect to get into a sealed box or container (except maybe air-tight ziplock bags)and once they find something they like, such as rice or noodles, they stay. If it's something they can't get into or something they don't like, they move on.
I would throw out all contaminated boxes and clean the pantry thoroughly. Then store flour, baking powder, and corn starch in canisters with a tight-fitting lid.
2007-06-01 09:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jess 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They come from eggs laid on the rice or the grain used to produce the flour.
2007-06-01 09:21:35 · answer #3 · answered by p v 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
already there. hey, it's all good. just don't look that good when you open a box or bag of squirmer's or something like that.
people's ideas of nice clean food can be pretty far off the mark these days. unless you make it from scratch, scratch then don't count on it being pure.
2007-06-01 09:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by johnjohnwuzhere 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋