Linda Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Eeewwww! I've checked my flour cupboard and found some creepy crawlies too. Just how I wanted to spend my day off, washing out my kitchen cupboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 After the infestation from Tesco, I regularly turn out my cupboard and clean it with a hot Milton solution, but I still get the little blighters in the cupboard, just not in the flour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It is the flour that is infected so even in plastic you can get them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I must have been lucky to have clean flour since then Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It isn't that common I have only had the problem once too Clare but by the time I found it they had spread so I am not sure which product they entered the house in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I opened a pack of dried porcini mushrooms once and lots of tiny moths flew out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 There's got to be a joke there somewhere about someone's wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 whilst the crawly things are most likel;y to be flour - I recently had lots of crawly things which were moth pupae - they like just about any kind of dried food.. they were in rice, flour, sugar, cereals - you name it - I think I started a thread about them a while ago.. http:// http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5532&highlight=moths they were Indian meal moths... it took me ages to eradicate them - but now my larder looks like a page out of that famous magazine - Habitat Anally Retentive Food Keeper Monthly.. everything is in plastic or glass storage tubs - Anthea Turner would be proud! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paola Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 whilst the crawly things are most likel;y to be flour - I recently had lots of crawly things which were moth pupae - they like just about any kind of dried food.. they were in rice, flour, sugar, cereals - you name it - I think I started a thread about them a while ago.. http:// http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5532&highlight=moths they were Indian meal moths... it took me ages to eradicate them - but now my larder looks like a page out of that famous magazine - Habitat Anally Retentive Food Keeper Monthly.. everything is in plastic or glass storage tubs - Anthea Turner would be proud! Phil Weeeeeeeeee, heeeeeee, heeeeeeee I have laughed so hard I think my sides have split Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Weeeeeeeeee, heeeeeee, heeeeeeee I have laughed so hard I think my sides have split "NURSE NURSE", come quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I used to inspect residential care homes, and in one small home for people with learning disabilities the staff were perplexed by maggots climbing over the kitchen walls. They'd asked an environmental health officer about it, and he'd told them the maggots must have hatched out of eggs in the paint on the walls! I asked them to show me their cereals cupboard, and an old packet of porridge oats was completely crawling! Nice when a bit of feminine intuition (or personal experience? ) can get you further than the professionals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
