I just found tiny insects in my sugar when I topped up the suger bowl. they came from the bag what are they?

Question

They are tiny and mid brown in colour. yuk I hate sugar now.

I just threw away everything in the cupboard which was crawling! washed it and sprayed insectercide. I hate myself for not noticing sooner. there were millions of the nasties.

Answer 1

sugar mites the same as flour mites....through the bag out as you've had it too long

Answer 2

Hi when we had our cupboards that were in when we moved in there must of been damp getting in, which obvioulsy attracts things. We found the same tiny little creatures at first in out flour we had in the cupboard, they look like tiny little wormy woodlice things. If you look in your cupboard you might find the odd few on the base of your cupboard if you look close enough.

I dont know what they are but since we have got new cupboards we havent got anymore, but if we have any flour in the house it always goes in a plastic bag, and I always check in it before I use it as they were crawling around in it.

As the sugar is never in the cupboard long enough before it goes into the glass jar then we dont have this problem,

But I think whatever they are they just like damp and when the condensation comes from the cooking in your kitchen they probably breed which is why there is so many of them.

If you can find where they are coming from and get some insect powder. if not you might have to get new cupbards as they might be aleady embeded and made house in the old ones.

Yuk Ive just looked them up and they can even just come in cerals on they own. I know I had some specail K once that had one in I didnt notice until I brushed my teeth,

YUk they can even be in whole grains, and oats, everything that is suppose to be good for you.

Answer 3

A weevil is any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 mm (¼ inch), and herbivorous. Due to the shape of their heads, weevils are commonly known as snout beetles. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum), which belongs to the family Anobiidae.

Many weevils are damaging to crops. The grain or wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius) damages stored grain. The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) attacks cotton crops. It lays its eggs inside unripe cotton bolls, and the young weevils eat their way out.

Weevils are often found in dry foods including nuts and seeds, cereal and grain products. In the domestic setting, they are most likely to be observed when opening a bag of flour although they will happily infest most types of grain including oats, barley and breakfast cereals. If ingested, E. coli infection and other various diseases can be contracted from weevils, depending on their diet
could it be those? I m guessing

Answer 4

Weevils probably. Never keep anything in the cupboards in bags which is opened! Stick it all into plastic containers.

Check everything else in that cupboard now - blasted things run riot once they get a hold!! Sorry!!

Answer 5

Sugar ants, throw it out and check all of your boxed pasta and similar items. Use air tight containers for these items to avoid further attacks from the pesky buggers.

Answer 6

Unless you want to keep them as pets you don't need to know, just bin the lot. Don't use sugar use honey.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

yuk, you didnt close the bag probably, i think they are ants

Answer 9

ants possibly.---they love a bit of sugar

Answer 10

Maybe Melee bugs,don't really know what they are?When I was little that is what my Grandma called them.