Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> Quinch > wrote:
>
>> I've got a persisting problem I could use some help with, if anyone has
>> experience.
>>
>> I tend to buy flour in bulk in large paper sacks that would ideally last
>> me about a year or so, if not more. The problem is that, inevitably and
>> usually in the summer, moths manage to crawl inside at which point the
>> whole batch is pretty much unrecoverable. Trying to seal the sack has,
>> at best, only delayed the inevitable, so I'm wondering, does anyone have
>> any advice on how to deal with this?
>
> Freezing the flour will kill the larva or eggs.
>
> I keep one of these sticky pheromone traps in the pantry. I try to
> remember to replace it every year. There are usually a couple
> moths caught, but I haven't seen one flying in years.
> http://www.amazon.com/Pantry-Moth-Tr.../dp/B0019R0VKM
>
> Jim
>
There's a bit too much of it - a fifty-kilo sack - to routinely freeze
for prevention. I'll look into the traps, though - giving them a more
appealing {and deadly} target sounds like it might work.