Posted by Racer on September 17, 2004, at 12:33:05
When we moved, four and a half years ago, I bought moving boxes -- which were infested with weevils. Since then, I've been fighting a losing battle in my kitchen. (And in other areas of the house, but mostly the kitchen.) So far, I've put everything I can think of in the kitchen into airtight plastic, glass, or metal containers; taken everything out of the cabinets a couple of times and scrubbed them down; checked every package of every type of food or spice to see if there were any weevils and replaced anything that had 'em; and I've cried a few times in frustration. I've also looked online, where I've found a few articles about weevils, but none that tell me anything useful for GETTING THEM OUT OF MY KITCHEN!!!
Now, I'm a generally nice person, I hardly ever abuse animals, I'm kind to my web-footed friends, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTING A LARGE POPULATION OF ICKY BUGS. If they want to eat flour, they can go out and get jobs to support their habit. I'm tired of paying their way.
Can anyone recommend any solutions to this problem? The two things that probably won't work are bug bombs (cats, and too much 'stuff' that can't be moved out of the way) and loud parties to irritate them into packing up. Anyone know where the little buggers hide when they're not buried in my bouillon cubes? Do they have nests that I can find and destroy? Can I feed them Nutrasweet until they forget to attack the flour?
Please -- before I try to flood them out with more tears!
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