Photo of pantry moths. How to get rid of moths in the house or the pantry involves first removing everything from the pantry shelving including all food items and shelf liners. We have vacuumed where the ceiling and wall meets finding the larva as we went. People often get confused because once pantry moths enter your home through food or grain products that you bring in they can fly to and set up shop in other parts. Place the remaining items in airtight containers and freeze them for one week to kill any eggs.
Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images. Telltale signs of pantry moth infestations include webbing along the corners of packages or on the product inside flour or cereal products with an unpleasant odor or sticky secretions that cause grains to clump together. But this problem goes on and on. When youre done vacuuming scrub the inside of your pantry with soap and hot water.
A few hanging from the ceiling. John lyle university of florida. Pantry moths may look small but they can cause big problems in your kitchen. I have washed behind most of the pictures with bleach.
Pantry moths and clothes moth look different and you can figure out which you have most easily by comparing the moths you have to pictures of both a clothes moth and a pantry moth. No need to register buy now. Indian meal moths can be difficult to eradicate especially if theyve completed their life cycle and dispersed throughout your pantry. To get rid of pantry moths start by taking everything out of your pantry and throwing away any food that contains eggs larvae or adult moths.
Find the perfect pantry moth stock photo. Inspect each food item for insects and discard infested packages into a garbage bag. The presence of small caterpillars or adult moths in or near the pantry is a sure sign of infestation.