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Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:

> On Aug 25, 9:33*pm, Kajikit > wrote:
> > I saw one of the little buggers flying around last night and one the
> > night before (maybe the same one?!) so I had a nasty feeling about our
> > pantry... when I went to cook a packet of pasta today it was
> > confirmed. ARGH!!!!!! Two hours later, everything in the pantry was
> > checked, some really old stuff was discarded, and everything else was
> > sealed in plastic or glass jars for bug-quarantine. Good thing I've
> > been saving peanut butter jars for preserving - they were just the
> > right size to hold small amounts of stuff like ginger and tapioca... I
> > didn't see any signs of bugs in anything else, so I'm hoping it was
> > just a bad pack from the supermarket and that the rest of our food is
> > safe! I bought that packet of pasta at Walmart last week so it hadn't
> > been sitting around for very long.
> >
> > That said, how do you deal with pantry moths? What foods DON'T they
> > like to eat?
> >
> I got them from a bag of Black Glutinous Rice. You can make a version
> of flypaper that works for pantry moths by taking one of those thin
> plastic cutting board things (the floppy ones), and painting one
> surface lightly with peanut oil, then hanging it in the pantry. The
> moths land on it and get stuck. They wash off with hot water, then
> repeat. When you don't need it anymore, the oil residue will come off
> in a hot dishwasher.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --Bryan

That's one I'll have to remember. :-)
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