Kitchen Moths

While it seems an impossible task eliminating and preventing a pantry moth infestation is quite easy.

Kitchen moths. And are most commonly found in pantries and cupboards. If your pantry has been infested with indian meal moths or pantry moths here s what you need to do to control and prevent them. One of the most telltale signs of a pantry moth infestation is the silky webs they leave on food packaging and nearby areas.

Indian meal moths these moths are about five eighths of an inch in length. These type of winged insects eat flour and grain products. At half an inch long food moths are larger than clothes moths which tend to be a quarter of an inch long and are lighter in colour than pantry moths.

They are extremely active. Fortunately there are simple ways to rid pantry moths from your home and dry foods. Pantry moths are also known as indian meal moths and discovering an infestation in your home isn t fun.

Pantry moths may look small but they can cause big problems in your kitchen. You may have seen moths flying around in your kitchen or found them in your food. Fully grown larvae 1 2 inch have brown heads and are dirty white in color sometimes tinged with green yellow or pink.

The females can lay hundreds of eggs in food material throughout their lifespan. They live in different places too. These moths can infest bags or boxes of flour grains dried beans seeds nuts cereals baking chocolate cake mixes rice nuts dried fruit dog food birdseed teas herbs spices potpourri mixtures and even decorative wreaths that include nuts fruits and or seedheads.

Get rid of them without the use of pesticides. Most of their body is white but they do have coppery spots on their front wings. Pantry moths 5 8 inch wingspan are pale gray in color and are easily distinguished from other grain infesting moths by the reddish brown or coppery luster of their outer forewing.