Finally
I FINALLY emptied the last of kitchen cabinets today! Hooray! Now on to cleaning and painting!
I have one week...ha ha ...it'll never get done by then.
In the process one other important thing was accomplished.
Quite some time ago we started seeing little pantry moths.
They are much smaller than this but the problem was much bigger!
I googled (of course) and learned this: my pantry has been infested with Indian meal moths, also known as pantry moths. The tiny, nearly invisible eggs come into the house in food packages, and they can hatch into larvae and later turn into moths that wreak havoc on your food stuffs.
And wreak havoc they did. The annoying little things would fly everywhere. They seemed to particularly show up when we had company (why not?)
I bought traps and then more traps (I'd recommend Black Flag traps) The traps worked!!
I have one week...ha ha ...it'll never get done by then.
In the process one other important thing was accomplished.
Quite some time ago we started seeing little pantry moths.
They are much smaller than this but the problem was much bigger!
I googled (of course) and learned this: my pantry has been infested with Indian meal moths, also known as pantry moths. The tiny, nearly invisible eggs come into the house in food packages, and they can hatch into larvae and later turn into moths that wreak havoc on your food stuffs.
And wreak havoc they did. The annoying little things would fly everywhere. They seemed to particularly show up when we had company (why not?)
I bought traps and then more traps (I'd recommend Black Flag traps) The traps worked!!
I had also put EVERYTHING in plastic or glass containers
with tight fitting lids hoping to find the source. Nothing could get in or out.
I checked off and on but never found any container infested...until this
morning! I emptied the last kitchen cabinet and they were found alive and
thriving in two containers from the same bag of white whole wheat flour. The containers went straight into the trash.
Problem solved but such a pain. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
...and the cabinets/cupboards are empty and ready for the next step.
...and the cabinets/cupboards are empty and ready for the next step.


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