It all began innocently enough. I watched a cute little rocket crawling on my kitchen wall last September. I produced my buttock, scolding him as he came inside, and thought nothing more of it. but then I saw another rocket in the kitchen. I secretly put the third one on the stove to add the spices to my spaghetti sauce. This was enough for me to head to the computer and do the “molecules in my kitchen” survey. He revealed the question sentence: Indian mealworms. Well, yes, I remember that some moths got into the house in the summer. And they also did some hanging for a while, because I didn’t want to bother pulling out the step stool and killing it (for what harm can a moth do?). Oh, and of course I saw one or two in the boxes, but maybe they just flew by chance. this was an infestation.
I am a veteran of roaches and mice, so the moth problem seemed to be mild. However, I decided to defeat this intruder. I continued to investigate further and found several discussion threads on the Internet devoted to this particular topic. I learned more than I wanted to know about this small pest. Moths store in food, in the cracks and holes of your cupboards where they can be entertained. or even in the food that fell behind the fire. The larvae that are born are at first too small to appear and feed on the food product. they are in until it is time to pupate. From there they leave food so that they can find a place to make their shelter. Before too long, a new generation of moths emerged.
I quickly found the source of my problems – an an old walnut bag of spice on my desk. The inspection of the ark made the rockets numerous and large. I looked carefully into the corners. The award goes to the most interesting place to puppeteer for the half dozen or so ghosts that choose to climb into the grooves of my spice jars where the cover screws (hence the explanation for my friend the plopping rocket). Who can know the mind of a party rocket moth?
If you find yourself with a repair moth, here are some steps you can take;
- kill the moths you see in your house
- locate the source of your problem in an old package of porridge, pasta, nuts, cereals, etc.
- will send out a malicious package
- check your storage carefully and after your tools, etc.
- You may have eggs or larvae in other packages in the vicinity of your first infested package. You may choose to 1) throw these items away, 2) place these items in the freezer for 48 hours to kill any eggs/larvae or 3) enclose the items in a re-sealable plastic bag and keep them for several weeks for any moth/moth activity
- There are sticky traps available that use pheromones, odors that are insensitive to humans but attractive to moths, to lure the moths inside. These plots are not intended for control, but for machine detection. If your traps are empty, your moths are probably gone.
How did the story end? For several weeks I wanted to see a moth or two and find a missing cover here and there. Eventually, I didn’t see any more moths… until I saw one flying right by a few months ago. Then I saw another one, then two more. every war
For more: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/Pubs/insect/05598.html
