These can combat inside & outside infestations without chemicals… thorough cleaning as mentioned above is important & these dont kill the adult moths basically targets & eliminates the beginning of the cycle. Men sometimes have their head elsewhere Well this is a follow up from my other two posts . One question though… Will they ever completely go away? Cover house surfaces in food-grade DE. He used to yell at me for doing that. So GROSS. Gross. and even after spraying them with BLEACH, they were still wiggling!!! It killed the moths and I’m hoping that it won’t hurt anything…. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. And my next stop will be the hardware store for some of those Terro moth things. In my kitchen on my ceiling This went on for about 6 months and as of today we haven’t seen any for at least 8 months. I only purchase small bags, but those critters are back in my pantry. Finally nailed it this morning. I brought these little demons in with a bag of dog food and have been fighting them for months. I also caught them mating late at night. They were dead! Wow – I commend those of you who are fighting the good fight against persistent pantry moths! I did most of the things everyone else wrote about – cleaning, looking for the webs, etc., etc. Ever since my deep clean I have not seen any in the kitchen for about a month now. Where are they coming frim how do i stop them it just started over night. Occasionally I do catch one and feel excited and proud like the karate kid when he caught the fly with chopsticks.LOL. Tomorrow we will wash it all down again, spray with lavender oil and place bay leaves on each shelf. I could not find a source, or even a single pupae or cocoon. we then went to ortho home defense as a last hope. Wasp spray $.25 can. We completely emptied the pantry, wiped with soap and water, sprinkled DE on all the edges, corners and cracks, left two traps, then sprayed the entire pantry with Aunt Norma’s spray two days ago. It’s cooled off a bit so I’ve been leaving our bedroom window open, hoping to slow their life cycle. The main sources were a box of granola and a bag of bulk oatmeal as well as larvae in a plastic container of masala (Indian spice). I am seeing them mostly outside the kitchen which is strange since I thought they needed food. I’m so thrilled! Ugh. You will only catch those moths that enter it by mistake. Use the BioCare moth traps, as those are the only ones that seem to work. They apparently love fererro rochet as well lol. Doing what i did (previously posted June 17th 2014) worked. Also inside cd cases and books found them on the pages in the binders! They are flying into my bedroom and my art studio, will moth balls do any good. I remener my grandmother putting moth balls in her boxes etc.probably 6 months ago we opened a sealed pack of food and noticed alot of webbing in it,and then maggots,larvae not sure but looked like maggots to me.I didn’t know what to make of it,so I did nothing.a few days later same thing,and it became nearly everything in the cabinet that we got out.I threw everything out and sprayed the cabinets with lysol and wiped them out.less then a week letter a sealed package had webs and no bugs..I had noticed a few moths flying around prior to all this but didn’t put the 2 togther,until I noticed moths actually coming from inside the cabinets when we disturbed them.my husbAnd thought I was crazy, when I toldhim I thought the moths were laying eggs in everything,he had neverheard of it either.we didn’t know moths had maggots?? So GROSS!!! I’ve washed all shelves and jars and containers and even vacuumed cracks all to wake up to more flying nightmares days later. I think keeping the doors closed may help keep them from setting up shop in another room. Anyway I cleaned out the holes sprayed with raid let it dry, then I sprayed the whole cabinet with Clorox, wiped it down with white vingar & peppermint oil n a spray bottle. I put up fly ribbens. How do these pests get in sealed packages of food? I realize this is an old comment, but I just wanted to say that I am now dealing with these, but they’re ONLY in my bedroom. My search for info brought me here. They survived all the stuff you’ve all done. I EXCLAIMED TO THE PERSON I WAS WITH “WHAT ARE THEY DOING FOLLOWING ME AROUND”!!!! I could not understand where the hell they were coming from all of a sudden. Saw these moths flying around and thought, what cute little buggers! These things are horrible! so again like a lot of you did I googled my problem and found this site I also saw a post from Glenn up above and he is right. EVERYTHING MAKES ME FEEL LIKE GAGGING AND EVERYWHERE I GO AND SEE SOMETHING FLYING I THINK IT IS A MOTH. Once you get an infestation and have it for a while, you will find the larvae EVERYWHERE. Would zip lock bags work? I’ve been battling these little buggers for three years. havent seen them in our food yet but will keep my eyes open. I have bird food in the garage and am going out tomorrow to look at it. I’m wondering if they’re getting possibly poached by a spider? i think oats left by a tenant is the problem. All dry goods will remain in the fridge for the time being. Should I start buying stock i bug strips??!!! I scrubbed my pantry, threw out EVERYTHING! We’ve been having moth problems soo bad!! Is this possible? I had some cocoons that were spun flat under items, under matting, under dish drainer, under microwave, behind microwave, in the notched crevice of a lid on an unopened jar etc. OMG, I found these in the dog food (which I kept in the pantry)! So this process took me all day, but I was not about to stop until I had done everything I could do. But now we have downstairs neighbors that have a lot of birdseed. In the meantime there is no longer a cloud of moths circling the panty. Upon closer inspection I realized that they were in fact really tiny worms hanging from strings from our dry rack that we have over the sink. He has had clothing moths along with pantry moths! Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. I never thought about them coming into my bathroom through the connecting hall. to of and a in " 's that for on is The was with said as at it by from be have he has his are an ) not ( will who I had their -- were they but been this which more or its would about : after up $ one than also 't out her you year when It two people - all can over last first But into ' He A we In she other new years could there ? The cordless drill in its little black carrying case stood next to that…and sure enough, there were little worms and webs all around the inside of that too. I’ve tried everything including the traps. The worm crawls in everywhere. I hung old fashion fly paper (glue strips)in my dining room and kitchen. I even had those moths in my bathroom. I have a toddler & 3 dogs so I don’t want to leave chemicals down (like bug spray/traps), but I’m at a loss. This should kill any living anything. Oh I forgot to mention, before I put every thing back in, I got a can of kilt stay & sprayed it n the holes! Gotta be vigilant on this one!!! I can honestly say I think I can claim success. I run the diffuser with peppermint oil in the kitchen occasionally and have not restocked pantry but have been keeping what dry goods I’ve bought in the fridge as a preventative measure. I have to get a jump on this. But I have not seen any moths flying around could this be the same thing? I switched to grain free dog food 3 or 4 years ago and haven’t seen once since (fingers crossed)!! After recently getting rid of a light infestation ( because I got on it right away ) caused by bird seed but not finding any other infested food or larvae, I am worried that there is a nest somewhere I haven’t found. I have not seen any moths or anything else until today. Or corn. I have had a pantry moth problem for well over 18 months. Every time I do that when the moths are active, I find three or four floating in the wine. To my surprise, there were those little worms crawling around. Any sign of infestation and the bag is being pitched. amazing! – but had to be it. I thought I was done with the moths at the end of last summer. I use all the above methods. I have always been told to throw away all boxed food and clean, clean, clean… I had never heard of the pheromone traps for Indian Meal Moths before, although I have heard of the parasitic wasps, but only being used to control flies, so that is great to know! Lol! Twice we bought trail mix from Sprouts. I don’t know where they’re going, but I’m trying to make sure they don’t get there! Just do your homework — the info is easy to find if you know how to do proper research. EWWW, now I have to pick them off the ceiling and dispose of them. Google it to get all the usages. I was battling these pests for over a month, was going crazy! I clean these up with paper towels, and every few days re-do the counters. Ive searched around my entire house, thrown everything out, bleached everything, gotten traps, sprays, bayleaves. I have seen these larvae survive things that one would not think they could. HELP PLEASE!! No moths for a couple of months now. I started leaving them in all the rooms overnight and would find several in the bowls. I’m pretty sure they arrived via bags of wild bird seed which I naively stored in my kitchen. The eggs hatch, and the larvae squeeze into the containers. SO, Now I just wait and see if those are left overs or if I need to call the professionals. Bird seed is stored in the freezer. It kills naturally by cutting into their exoskeleton as they craw across it. It is so gross! After reading all comments I am now convinced it is moth larvae that I have. When the cabinets against the ceiling were taken down to could see thousands of dead ones that had nested between the ceiling and the molding all the way around. eggs in the interior of your dust buster/vacuum cleaner for example, or actually surviving the vacuuming). They seem to be mostly in the bedrooms and are all over the windows. Repeat for 11 months. I have just found out about them by your article, and I was looking for a safe way to rid them. I have found some moth in my pantry. I couldnt find caccoons, infested food, nothing. I sealed off all the outlets, vents, and doors and placed a moth trap in every room upstairs. I do know it isn’t the pantry. I knew that there had been these little moths flying around and I knew that they had come from the bird seed that I had bought at walmart, because I noticed them flying around down that isle, but I had the seed in a airtight container. Glad to hear you enjoyed this content. They were also in my drapes & curtain rods & tassels! For about 4 days I’ve noticed these small, white rice grain sized worms or lava (I’m not sure what to call them) appearing on my kitchen floor and in a bathroom as well (on the floor). These eggs can live without growing into worms from 8 to 300 days, so you must be diligent for almost a year and kill every moth that hatches. Nothing is working!!!! Unless gray specks in a bag of flour are eggs. The trap in the kitchen is completely empty. It cost a fortune throwing out a significant amount of food items ( I like to store – just in case) so not happy but with throwing out those items. SO BEWARE OF GOING TO ANYONE’S PLACE THAT HAS THEM. Reading all these posts at least lets me know I am not alone in this battle. They were gone for a while but they’re back, along with some wimpy-looking spiders. Either buy dry goods to be consumed that day, or keep them in the freezer. So they always smell fresh. But after reading the comments of them being in unopened boxes.. I’m terrified. I am very frustrated. These moths can even get past the seals on OXO and Tupperware, don’t ask me how. I said NO POISON IN THIS HOUSE. A moth drops in my drink, I just scoop it out. My husband bought some birds seeds at a pet shop. When I stood on a step stool to reach the upper shelves, I saw the worms all over along the edges between the ceiling and the walls all around the entire walk in pantry! Everything I hope to save I’ve washed in soap and water or wiped with bleach. (It’s quite normal to see a few fluttering around) That was 4 months ago and haven’t seen one since. And use the bleach generously. We washed every can with vinegar water, took all shelves out and washed them on all edges and sides. I tried everything. Does this mean that their supplies are easily infected? Yes it sounds like I’m over doing, but I will also set off some de-foggers a half day. Omg! I didn’t expect anyone to reply to me. So thankful for these comments!! time some them if no percent so what only ⦠Adding these wasps to your other cleaning habits (I would suggest releasing them every other week for 2-3, even 6 months, just to be sure you haven’t missed a breeding cycle) works wonders, and when the food supply runs out (new moth eggs) they die. I don’t know how to say this exactly AND I don’t want to jinx myself AT all! hope this helps! So how do you kill the moths? 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