Post by winic1 on Jan 18, 2021 14:31:13 GMT
The moths lay eggs in a food source, probably grain or your grain-based foods (pasta, crackers, rice, etc.) When they hatch, the larvae stay in the food source to eat. But, if they are the same kind I had, when the larvae are ready to change to moths, they will climb as high as they can before they pupate (make a cocoon). My moth worms were very pale white/cream, almost translucent, small--like maybe a cm, and they would make just a tiny little fuzzy bit to hide inside up in the corners of the ceiling while they transformed. You almost wouldn't even notice any of this, except that one day I spotted a worm working its way up the wall right at my eye level, and then we knew what to look for.
Hubby made a bent wire on a stick for us to use to scrape them off the ceiling with.
The other huge moth discovery was when we found the REAL source. Of course we thought they were in the bird seed, and all the seed bits that fall from the cages and are impossible to ever keep completely clean. Put the seed in airtight sealed containers. Vacuumed like we were after gold dust. Started wrapping all boxes of pasta and other grains in plastic wrap to make sure no moths got in through the box seams. Still had moths.
Until the day I went into the back bedroom (storage) and picked up an old group of that decorative, colored, dried corn on the cob that is used for fall decorations. HUNDREDS of moths flew up. The darned little b*&^&*^*s had been breeding and feeding inside those ears of corn for months and months! Every kernel was hollowed out. Threw out that bunch of moth-infested corn, finally got rid of the moths for good.
So, look for some other, innocent source of moth food.
Hubby made a bent wire on a stick for us to use to scrape them off the ceiling with.
The other huge moth discovery was when we found the REAL source. Of course we thought they were in the bird seed, and all the seed bits that fall from the cages and are impossible to ever keep completely clean. Put the seed in airtight sealed containers. Vacuumed like we were after gold dust. Started wrapping all boxes of pasta and other grains in plastic wrap to make sure no moths got in through the box seams. Still had moths.
Until the day I went into the back bedroom (storage) and picked up an old group of that decorative, colored, dried corn on the cob that is used for fall decorations. HUNDREDS of moths flew up. The darned little b*&^&*^*s had been breeding and feeding inside those ears of corn for months and months! Every kernel was hollowed out. Threw out that bunch of moth-infested corn, finally got rid of the moths for good.
So, look for some other, innocent source of moth food.