food moth infestation control

[wendyl]

A friend has an infestation of food moths . Does anyone have information about how to deal with this successfully. Environment health no help and traps purchased although catching moths does not appear to be breaking cycle and she is desperate for help please

[Buenchico]

Any use?
http://www.pan-uk.org...alt~dir/foodmoths.htm

Chris

[thugulike]

Clear out all opened food. including flour and pasta. The cupboards should be thoroughly cleaned and all opened food in the future should be kept in plastic boxes with tight fitting lids or the like. The moths can crawl into any cupboard and they leave larva wich can take a while to develop. I had this problem and it was difficult to cure. Only throwing away all the opened food worked. I even found larva in an unopened pack of lasagne pasta.

[wendyl]

sorry for delay in replying thanks Chris and thugulike ( she has alrready done all this) and has now ordered a spray which hopefully will do the trick

[NikkiBareham]

Although food product moths are pests traditionally associated with food factories, bakeries or commercial food stores, they are now becoming increasingly common in the home, with people finding tiny moths in their kitchen and wondering what they are all about.

The Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) is sometimes referred to as the Pantry Moth. They are a common grain-feeding pest found around the world, feeding on cereals and similar products. The Mediterranean Food or Flour Moth is larger than the Indian Meal Moth. Although flour is the favourite food, grains, bran and breakfast cereals are also attacked.

Other signs that may suggest food moth activity are maggots in kitchens or on kitchen walls and ceilings. These maggots are actually the larval stage of kitchen moths.

Here are some tips on how to get rid of food moths for good:

1. REMOVE - Remove your food from the affected drawers or cupboards and vacuum really thoroughly paying attention to edges, cracks and crevices inside and out.

2. CLEAN - Thoroughly clean all surfaces that may be affected and leave to dry. Discard any infested foodstuffs away from your house.

3. KILL - Spray the affected storage unit to kill any eggs and / or larvae

4. MONITOR / PREVENT - Place moth traps close to affected areas to monitor for adult moths and to break the breeding cycle

5. REFRESH - Keep moth traps current and replace every 3 months – with warmer houses food moth damage and infestations are now a year-round problem, and moth prevention is better than cure.

For further information on products, and great advice, visit MothPrevention.com http://www.mothprevention.com