How to Control and Prevent Pantry Pests

!±8± How to Control and Prevent Pantry Pests

There are many kinds of pests that you can bring into your house from the wet market. Moths, weevils, beetles, and cockroaches are just some of the many pests that you might unwittingly bring with you into your hearth and home. Flower arrangements, decorative dried corn cobs, cake mix, chocolates, spices, mouse and rat bait, cookies, crackers, granola bars, and other foodstuffs are some of the things that can invite pests to lodge in your home. However, since these things are necessary, being food or household items in daily use---indoor pest control is needed to ensure that you and your family remain safe from pests.

If these foods are improperly stored or are kept for a long period of time, pest eggs can hatch in the food containers themselves without your knowing it. Here are some tips you can follow to help as pests control:

When infested with moths, weevils, or beetles, emptying all drawers, cabinets and pantries of any possible infested item helps to prevent the spread of the infestation. Containers or items which are a possible source of the infestation must be cleaned or gotten rid of. Putting items into Tupperware containers, air-tight canisters, or zip-lock plastic bags help prevent these pests from getting into them. If you wish to save foodstuff that you think might be infested, placing them in the fridge for five to ten days will kill the pests that might be residing in them. Ensuring that canned goods' rims are cleaned, and that the sides and edges of jar lids are cleaned ensure that pests cannot reside in them.

Using aerosol sprays with crevice tips, such as the CB-invader will allow you to spray not just the obvious areas where pests might roam around or may be seen, but those nooks and crannies where they hide and breed. Spraying these areas will kills all adult pests, however it should be noted that some pupae or eggs can still survive and develop a resistance to the insecticide. To rid yourself of cigarette beetles, a treatment on Precor IGR solution on cracks are crevices work. It is very good in decimating the beetle population. For some similar pests, Gentrol Point Source or Gentrol will prevent premature pests from developing into adult ones, thus killing off their population by preventing reproduction. Using this method prevents re-infestation and facilitates in efficient pest control. For persistent pests, a secondary or tertiary treatment of the odorless CB-invader for some weeks will do the job.

If you are having trouble with Mediterranean Moths, Indian Meal Moths, or other moths which infest flour and grains, placing moth traps are useful for eliminating them, since they catch adult moths and prevent them from laying eggs. The trap itself is highly inviting to moths since it is laced with a very strong sex pheromone which baits them into 'mating' with the trap, only to be caught in the sticky glue.

Common pantry pests are highly irritating and annoying, especially if they infest a household. However, one can easily manage to eradicate these pesky critters by following some of the simple tips stated above. When infested with the flour moth, the first, second, and third step may be undertaken. However, there are some exceptions, such as in the case of still hatching pupae. By cutting down on the pesticides until they hatch, you have a better chance of killing them.

If still your pest problems persist, contact an integrated pest management service. They will gladly assist you in eradicating your bane once and for all!