Nothing is worse than opening up a bag of flour to make a batch of cookies only to discover that it's contaminated by the larvae of one of the most annoying flying household pests - the Indian meal moth. Fortunately, this guide will provide everything you need to know about this common Owensboro pest. ...
Seeing moths in your house is not usually a big deal. They’ll scare you at first if you mistake them for a roach or a wasp, but then they’ll land on a light. While they’re easy to capture and dispose of when they invade your home one at a time, what happens when multiple moths invade your pantry all at once? Is that even possible?...
One Indian meal moth in your cabinet would be easy to miss. It is only about ⅝ of an inch and it doesn't fly that much. It will crawl around on your stored foods and find a place to lay its eggs. These little moths can cause a big problem. Here are a few more things you should know....
Each moth or beetle lays hundreds of eggs at a time and some of these pests can hatch within two weeks. This means, if they aren’t dealt with swiftly, shortly after they hatch you will then have a hundred more pantry moths or beetles laying eggs in your products....
Stored product pests can be a nuisance. If you’ve ever had to deal with them, you know just how frustrating they can be. Indian meal moths and Psocids are among these stored product pests that can affect both homes and commercial facilities. Let’s learn more about them....
Terre Haute residents don’t want bugs in their pantries and food products. After all, what is more disturbing than opening a bag of chips only to find a multitude of squirming, writhing larvae? Nobody wants to find insects in their food....
Ever wander into your kitchen or pantry to pull out ingredients to do some baking or cooking, only to find that some of the ingredients you need have been compromised? Most likely you are experiencing pantry pests that have contaminated your stored-food products....
Ever been bothered by pests in the pantry? Image the large scale damage that can be done within the food industry when pests like Indian meal moths, grain beetles and flour beetles infest food sources and production areas....
Even if you aren’t much of a baker, there is something about the coming of the holiday season that inspires us all to be Betty Crocker. Warm cookies in the shapes of Santa and Christmas trees, pies, and other sweet treats are great gifts for our friends and neighbors. It is hard to find too much to be sad about when someone hands you a slice of pumpkin pie you know they baked with their o...