We had a case of uninvited guests lodging in our pantry for a few weeks. It was probably longer than a few weeks but it became very noticeable that the lodgers were multiplying and fast becoming a daily occurrence. I bought a few pantry pest traps which were moderately effective by trapping the male moths so they can't reproduce, but then some days I found that there was still some mating shenanigans going on on the ceiling. So I ended up vacuuming twice a day until we had a weekend free to tackle the pests. Upon closer examination last weekend, we had cocoons and caterpillars allll in the nuts and flour and grains in our pantry. At least they were picky eaters so it was easy to get rid of the few infested items. But the bigger problem was that there were cocooners lodged in the lips of cans and under the ledges of bottled water, lunch bags and weaseled under box flaps that were sealed. What I thought would be an hour project of sorting through our food and cleaning down the floor with vinegar, ended up being an all day event of hauling everything out of the pantry and checking each item carefully before putting away and also wiping the whole pantry down with vinegar. Some things that were very questionable went straight out onto the deck for closer investigation..
while the less susceptible things were piled up onto the counters.
Finally we got rid of them all. But even after the clear out, we were getting one moth every day for four more days until we were moth-free.
This last weekend we started painting the baby room to begin sprucing it up and making it more cozy. The primary color is a beautiful key lime pie color and I have to say it was the best paint I've ever used- Mythic Paint. It has no VOCs so it is virtually odor free and is safe from off-gassing toxins into the house, plus it is non-toxic so breathing was easy for me, the painter and it will be better for the baby. But even connoisseurs of paint that don't pick a paint primarily for the health/environment reasons would pick this paint for it's exceptional quality. It applies evenly, smoothly and I only had to do one coat.
3 comments:
Aw cuz, i HATE those moths! we've had the same problem but you know when I discovered them? When I saw the worms/larvae crawling in our kitten's food!! So sad, I wonder how many worms she ate. I found that putting things like flour in the freezer let you store stuff for ages and not worry about those dumb things. And yes, I've also seen the mating escapades on the ceiling, so gross.
Aren't they awful? I can't believe you had worms and moths at the same time!! That's a nightmare! Yeah, we had reorganize and store things differently, but we didn't have enough room in the fridge for our flour and grainy stuff so it's all just in sealed containers now.
Aren't they fearful? I can't expect you had worms and moths at the duplicate abstraction!! That's a nightmare! Yeah, we had organise and stock things differently, but we didn't score sufficiency domicile in the icebox for our flour and gritty bunk so it's all fitting in sealed containers now.
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