Little moths everywhere

[journey11]

I think maybe they're called "Millers". They're those little moths that get into your flour, about 3/8ths of an inch long and plain brown in color. I've never had them before, but now suddenly they're turning up everywhere. I had to throw out 2 quart jars of dehydrated peppers after I found them in there. So bummed out, lost one jar of my paprika. The other was fine. Both were tightly sealed with a plastic screw on lid and both were from 2014's garden, so I'm not sure how they got in there. Also found them in the dog's biscuits and a bag of cat treats. Had to throw those out. Then I found one pupa attached to a piece of tulle fabric in my craft room when I went to get it for a Christmas craft, which I thought was an odd place to find one. I'll have to check the whole tub of fabric. I think I might have some wool in there too.

Where do they come from, and any idea what I should do to kill them? I'm afraid they'll take over my whole house. I've been keeping my flour and grains in the freezer. I only have so much room, though!

 

[Nyboy]

Don't know how you feel about toxins n your home, but I would set off bug bombs. Worked when I have a invasion of fruit fly's.

 

[journey11]

Don't know how you feel about toxins n your home, but I would set off bug bombs. Worked when I have a invasion of fruit fly's.

I'm afraid that it might come to that. At least it would get the stink bugs and spiders at the same time. I'll have to read up on it and see if it leaves much toxic residue. The parakeets would have to go to grandma's for a few days. I don't know if I could get my dog off of her pillow long enough to set one off though!

 

[Nyboy]

Not bad 2 hours closed windows then 2 hours open windows then safe o enter.

 

[Nyboy]

once when I found a snake in my kitchen, and the Bronx zoo willn[t sell me a mongoose. I called a pest removal company,i told them make my house glow so it can be seen from outer space.

 

[so lucky]

You can get a pheromone trap from "Safer." They come two traps in a box, and cost about $7. The moths are attracted to it and get stuck in the sticky trap. If you don't, they will reproduce and you will find tiny weevils in your dry food.
Weevils could have come in months ago in bird seed, dog food, flour, just about anything with grain in it.
Personally, I would not fumigate a house just for weevils. But then, we have brown recluse spiders living happily in the basement, so my tolerance level may be different than some people's, haha.

 

[thistlebloom]

My sister bombs her house a lot. At least she used to and it would make me cringe every time she mentioned it. All I could think about was all that residue settling on every surface. Reality or not, the invisible poisons give me the willys.

I'm like So Lucky, with a high tolerance for some bugs and spiders in the house, as long as they aren't taking over. It sounds as if you have a genuine infestation though Journey.
I'd try the traps first personally.

 

[Nyboy]

I smoke and drink so tend not to worry as much about bombs. Raid has 4 pack for under $10 at home depot.

 

[digitS']

Yuck.

This all reminds me of when Mom had a pot roast on the stove and we all went off somewhere for a couple of hours.

I don't know if she left the backdoor open on purpose (so, the firemen could get in without turning the knob ) or what. Oh, no fire ... but the flies in the barnyard must have luv, luv, luved the smell of that beef roast!

Everywhere in that kitchen - flies! So, what did we do? Sprayed everything with DDT, of course ...

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Flies are a whole 'nother category!
DH goes on the hunt with flyswatter in hand if there is the remotest hint of a fly in the house.

I don't know if she left the backdoor open on purpose (so, the firemen could get in without turning the knob ) or what. Oh, no fire ... but the flies in the barnyard must have luv, luv, luved the smell of that beef roast!

Haaa!