How do I rid my pantry of a grain and salt eating insect parasite?

Question

My pantry is full of little, crawling insects, which appear to have wings but which I have never seen fly. They are dark and each a bit smaller than a grain of rice. Here's what I've done in an effort to get rid of them.

I disposed of all grain products, dry food products, and products with salt or refined sugars. I bleached down tin cans of food, glass bottles of vinegar and molasses, and aerosol cans of butter substitutes. I washed the cabinet out with bleach water and double washed all cookware with bleach and hot water.

I painted the inside of the pantry and the shelves with "KILZ" white paint. I put cocoa proucts and spices which appeared free of insects in the pantry and have not yet moved them back.

BUT THE BUGS ARE BACK! Even though there is no grain...they latched onto a jar of table salt I put back in the pantry a few days after the paint dried and they are everywhere!

Help!

Answer 1

It sounds like you have done the right things. Maybe (probably) what you are now seeing is the latest hatch.
If your pantry is empty you could try one of the commercial insect bombs that you set off and close the door while it works. This should get the bugs before they reproduce. Some how you need to interrupt their breeding cycle.
In the meantime keep your food items sealed up against these intruders.
You can win the battle.