These things appeared in friends flat. What are they?
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Grain moth larva. Good luck. The damn things are a pain to get rid of once you have them. You’ll want to pitch any food that isn’t 100% air tight sealed (bags or boxes of cereal, rice, flour, sugar, noodles, etc.) and then clean out any cabinets really well to make sure you get rid of as many eggs as possible. After that make sure you don’t leave any food unsealed for the next few months because odds are they will keep popping back up ocasionally for a bit and if they can get into anything when they do then the infestation starts all over. As far as infestations go they aren’t the worst to deal with but they are anoying.
I hear they are very nutricious 🤔… Everything is so expensive now. So… Endless food source? Shittylpt?
Nono, you got a point.
I just fought them off in my apartment. Everything they said is correct. I just want to add that I bought some kind of spray to kill them and it was very effective. Got rid of them in two applications.
Not just sealed. They will get into sealed cardboard boxes and through thin plastic. Like bags, forget it. Everything either needs to go into glass, metal, the fridge, or thick plastic, like tupperware. Also they will eat stuff you’d never expect, like spices, even hot pepper.
Yup. I had an infestation thar took months to get rid of. Turns out they were in an old bag of dried peppers.
Lol, Commander in Chief, giving instructions. Got it.
person gives helpful instructions on how to clear an insect infestation
“lol bossy”
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I’m not giving anyone orders, just trying to convey how ridiculously anal you have to be about it get rid of them. I went through several rounds of “surely these things will be ok, they aren’t open / in a ziplock / not something it would possibly want to eat” repeatedly failing to get rid of them before finally putting EVERYTHING into glass, Tupperware or the fridge.
A flamethrower might work too.
Whay they 👆 said, have fun. They’re a pain in the ass to get rid of.
Yes, it is. If they’re in a flat, probably flour moths. Your friend should check any containers with food, especially grains.
We eventually found the source. They came from a pack of dried figs.
Do yourself a favor and throw out all other food ad well, unless it’s completely sealed off. Their eggs take a while to hatch, so you don’t want to see them pop up again in a month.
Then clean the entire kitchen with a spray of vinegar and water. Pay extra attention to corners, crevices, and places like screws. Their eggs are tiny.
You can also get a pheromone trap to avoid them spreading further.
Free protein kind king!
Not free if they eat your shit.
…but if you seal everything and make small holes in to your neighbours flat…
HAKUNA… MATATA!
Looks like some fried rice I got once in Santa Carla back in the 80s. Thinking about it, eating take out with some dudes in a cave under a pier probably was not the smartest of things to do.
You’re still going on about that? They were only noodles, Michael! Noodles and rice. Tell me, how could a billion Chinese people be wrong?
I’m quite outside of my expertise here, but I think it might be a mealworm. A beetle larvae. That would technically make it not a maggot (which are fly larvae).But it’s just a guess.@PonyOfWar@pawb.social’s suggestion fits better.
That’s a mealworm, and they make great fish bait, or lizard food.
