On Sun 01 Mar 2009 05:50:14p, Phyllis Stone told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> NO, Barb, I couldn't either. It gives me the willies. Years ago I
>> found a moth in a box of cereal. I threw out the entire contents of
>> the pantry. Ugh!
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>> OTOH, I have known people would have just sifted the meal and moved on.
>> I don't want to eat there.
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>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
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>> "One man's meat is another man's poison" - Oswald Dykes, English
>> writer, 1709.
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> About the moth thing, what did you do? I have recently seen 'a moth'
> flying around in the den. I thought it was just a stray moth who found
> himself inside and ignored him/it. Now I have learned that moths are a
> real household pest. I have even killed some of them. I haven't found
> any in the pantry but I know they must have some food source. So what
> did you do about your moth? Did it turn out to be just one or were
> there more? Did you call an exterminator?

Luckily it was confined to the pantry and only a couple of boxes of cereal.
There were numerous moths and larvae in the two toxes. I think I must have
brought it from the store when I bought the cereal, but none of the
products were old. Still, I was afraid of further contamination. After I
disposed of everything, I washed everything down with bleach water and
allowed it to dry. I didn't restock for several days. Didn't need an
exterminator.

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Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.