Moths In My Kitchen Cabinet

I would gladly take spider mites in every single one of my houseplants or a basement crawling with earwigs over pantry moths any day.

Moths in my kitchen cabinet.

Pantry moths lay tiny grayish white eggs in flour cereal pet food and other dry goods. My kitchen is a great room and i find them in the living room side of it only pretty much. Then they weave cocoons in any crevice they can find before emerging to start the cycle again. They also show up in other areas sometimes inside the cabinet where they re only dishes.

Atleast 1 every two days. The moths are never near my cabinets. The moths are now in my dining room living room guest bedroom and in the kitchen on top of my oven refrigerator and microwave oven cabinet are the worst areas. Even if it s a minor problem.

Throwing away infested foods cleaning the pantry out thoroughly and taking measures to prevent further reinfestation will all keep your home free of this. Pantry moths are also known as indian meal moths and discovering an infestation in your home isn t fun. Like their closet lurking cousins pantry moths are destructive pests act fast before they eat through and lay eggs on the stored food in your cabinets or pantry. Moths and larvae of the kitchen cupboards are commonly known as pantry moths flour moths meal moths or grain moths.

Fortunately there are simple ways to rid pantry moths from your home and dry foods. But never any larva since the first time i noticed them. Sometimes az many as 2 a day.