September 9, 2009

Infestation continued

So it turns out we were infested by Indian Meal Moths. We thought by throwing away the moth/maggot infested nuts that we'd be in the clear. For a couple days, I was still finding stray moths in the pantry. My mom saw the post and alerted me: "They are not gone. You have to get moth traps. Now throw everything away. Everything!" I quick ordered up some moth traps which have yet to arrive. Surely, they're just stragglers which I was sqooshing on sight. But the number of moths in the pantry was still not decreasing. I started looking through other packages of cereal and crackers. And there they were - the larvae, which I thought were maggots. In just about every package, I found at least one larvae. Some in cocoons, others just hanging on. Even in unopened boxes. So, we grabbed two giant trash bags and dumped it all, washed the shelf liners in the tub and Lysoled the hell out of the room. My flour and rice, on the other wall and other shelves, seemed fine under close examination. But, I'm so skeeved out that I might have to dump all that as well. Now, I'm off to purchase some airtight containers, and still wondering if I've ingested any moth eggs. ???

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