Moths In My Kitchen Cabinet

The moths are never near my cabinets.

Moths in my kitchen cabinet.

I would gladly take spider mites in every single one of my houseplants or a basement crawling with earwigs over pantry moths any day. Sometimes az many as 2 a day. Moths and larvae of the kitchen cupboards are commonly known as pantry moths flour moths meal moths or grain moths. The moths are now in my dining room living room guest bedroom and in the kitchen on top of my oven refrigerator and microwave oven cabinet are the worst areas.

Then they weave cocoons in any crevice they can find before emerging to start the cycle again. Pantry moths are also known as indian meal moths and discovering an infestation in your home isn t fun. Fortunately there are simple ways to rid pantry moths from your home and dry foods. They also show up in other areas sometimes inside the cabinet where they re only dishes.

But never any larva since the first time i noticed them. Like their closet lurking cousins pantry moths are destructive pests act fast before they eat through and lay eggs on the stored food in your cabinets or pantry. Pantry moths are the things nightmares are made of. Even if it s a minor problem.

Atleast 1 every two days. Pantry moths lay tiny grayish white eggs in flour cereal pet food and other dry goods. They love to both lay their eggs in and feast on your dried goods.