If small brown moths are fluttering around your kitchen light in the evening, and you are finding fine webbing in the flour or cereal, you probably have pantry moths. The moths do not eat much themselves. The damage comes from their larvae, small cream grubs that feed inside packets of flour, rice, pasta, oats, nuts, dried fruit, spices and dry pet food. Kitchens across Mill Park see them most in the warmer months.
The key is to find every source. A single forgotten packet at the back of a shelf can keep the cycle going for months, and larvae often crawl away from the food to spin cocoons in shelf joins, hinges and even the ceiling. The crew we book helps you track down infested food, treats the cracks and corners where larvae hide, and sets pheromone traps that catch male moths and show whether they are still breeding.
- Help tracking down infested food and packets
- Treatment of shelf joins, hinges and pantry corners
- Pheromone traps to catch male moths
- Advice on sealed storage and using older stock first
Before the crew arrives, take everything out of the pantry, throw away anything with webbing or grubs, and vacuum shelves, corners and shelf-peg holes. Check dry pet food, seed packets and gift hampers too. Store new dry goods in glass or hard plastic containers with tight lids, and freeze flour for a few days when you bring it home.
Seeing moths in a wardrobe rather than the kitchen? That is a different pest, so mention it when you call. Call 03 7053 9824 to book pantry moth control in Mill Park.