How does one get rid of those little black bugs, which are the size of ants but which look more like miniature worms, in one's kitchen cabinets?
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1-29-02, 06:10 AM
chanceygardner
This sounds like a plague sent by ???

11-29-02, 08:35 AM
kittypal
UGH! I know how you feel, we had them for what seemed like forever. These little bugs sometimes come from foods that have flour or in spices and they must reproduce at an alarming rate. I finally had to throw away a lot of things that had been opened and washed the inside of the cabinets out with a damp towel and I used the vacuum attachments to reach in the corners. I was afraid to use any sprays because of the food. Good luck, every once in a while I still see one.

11-30-02, 03:21 AM
tsaeb
I think that I may have caught them from the supermarket. They are low in number, but they are difficult to get rid of entirely.

12-03-02, 01:19 AM
jejelale
Try sprinkling cayanne pepper in your cabinets. It gets rid of my unwanted guests!!

12-03-02, 06:06 AM
tsaeb
I haven't seen them lately. Are they able to know that I am after them? Ha, ha!

12-05-02, 02:02 AM
Nadca2
You may want to check your pasta etc. Nothing worse than cooking dinner to find a few of our ugly little buddies lurking in your noodles. I just basically threw most of my open pasta rice etc out and cleaned with major bleach. Didn't see them again. I also started storing all of my things in glass or tupperware containers. Good luck.
N

12-08-02, 02:08 AM
tsaeb
I keep the pasta boxes elsewhere in large lawn bags. These critters like to hide and proliferate in oatmeal cookies.

12-08-02, 04:01 PM
kittypal
Yuck, I will have to try the pepper thing. I must have gotten them from the super market too. Even though I did that total cleaning I still find ONE every few weeks or so. I just bought a bunch of rubbermaid containers for all my flour and grain products. Ewwwww found one in the poptart box...bleck.

01-02-03, 03:02 PM
emkayess
I too have had an infestation of these critters.
With the kids gone I have to learn to shop for only two. The way I understand it the eggs for these bugs are present in just about any flour product(ick!). If the box sits around long enough
they will hatch.(I forget who told me this, and I hope they are wrong.) A good strategy is buying only what you will use in a month - no matter how good a deal it is and you would love to stock up.
I don't bake anymore, so the flour is in the fridge, brown rice is in the freezer and I only buy 2 mac-and-cheese boxes at a time

01-03-03, 10:29 AM
Di
emkayess

What you heard is correct. These are weevils and the eggs are present in all grain products. Keeping the items in the refrigerator or freezer is the only way to prevent their hatching if you are storing them for a lengthy time.
I agree, yuck!, it doesn't bare thinking about!

Di

05-06-03, 09:24 PM
Dixie
One bay leaf in a container of corn meal keeps the bugs from hatching. I read this once, and it really works. I am pretty sure it will work for flour and other things, too.

05-06-03, 10:25 PM
Tree
tsaeb,

Take a look AT THIS

05-15-03, 07:51 PM
cattywampus
Wonderful, wonderful Washington! No cockroaches or fireants; worms, beetles and ants stay outside where they belong. Mice come in occasionally, and there are spiders, but I've lived in my house nearly 3 years now and I've seen 2. Also no hurricanes, tornados or typhoons, no drum-rattling thunderstorms or scary lightning blasts, no floods, no forest fires. All we have is rain, and not all that much of that. I wouldn't live in Tornado Alley if they gave me the place. I'm staying here!

Catty Cool

05-15-03, 08:32 PM
Tree
ummm, catty....

You're close to where I live!

Although we don't suffer from
hurricanes and tornados etc.
don't forget our looming threat
of earthquakes!

Wasn't there a fairly large one
in Washington not too long ago??

They keep talking about the BIG
one, but I DON'T WANNA EXPERIENCE
IT!


05-15-03, 11:23 PM
cattywampus
That's right, Tree. It did some damage in this town, all right. Yep, we have volcanos and earthquakes, but they are rare. I've been to BC several times; one of my granddaughter lives in Whistler. Canada is wonderful, but I'll take Western Washington any time.

Catty Cool

05-15-03, 11:33 PM
Tree
I LOVE your spirit, catty!


05-16-03, 08:53 AM
cattywampus
Why, thank you, Tree. I love your avatar - does that really look like you?

Catty Cool
05-16-03, 12:25 PM
Tree
Yep, if you drink a quick 2 glasses of
wine, stand on your head and squint while
also fluttering your eyelids - it DOES
look a bit like me.

Yours? (LOLOL!!)

05-16-03, 04:54 PM
cattywampus
What? You're already laughing and you haven't even seen my picture!

Catty

This message has been edited. Last edited by: DorianGreyed,

I agree with Nadca2. Storing open food in airtight containers really does make a difference. I really prefer Tupperware but it is quite pricey. Rubbermaid works well too. At Target you can buy an entire Rubbermaid 22 piece set for about $10.00 or a 50 piece set for about $20.00. Containers stack easily and they keep the bugs out. I never have oatmeal cookies around that long in my house for bugs to get to them.