I tried putting flour and sugar into air-tight containers in the cupboard, but they got in. Place shallow water bowls around your basement, they will climb in and drown, it does work and its free and chemical free. Oh, wait, you mean you didn’t know there were bug eggs in your food? We got rid of the beans and the bugs and have never seen anymore but the problem is that the odor is still in our house. Immediately empty the canister outside so the weevils don’t remain inside your house. We have animals too, so maybe it will all just be animal feed. As my eyes scanned the small space, I focused on more of them making their way up the walls, and the door frame, and the door…. Fortunately, their numbers are dwindling to one or two a day. About nine hours into the project, I was finally ready to really tackle the issue. However, if you know you are struggling with a weevil infestation, it may make more sense to buy your dry foods in smaller quantities. Everything has been effected, and the bag didn’t expire til next year. Consider an Insecticide. Larvae spend their winters in the ground, emerging as adults the following spring. Spray Diatomaceous Earth in your closet, around your base boards, etc. They have these little adhesive sticky pads that have a natural/organic solution on them. If you're here because you've found lots of little brown bugs in a bag of flour, rice, beans, lentils etc., then it is very likely that you have an infestation of weevils or beetles. Four years ago I had an attic fire. The I woke up at 4am to see 3 crawling up the walls. I’m glad you’ve got it under control now. I’ve been through my pantry I am so out of ideas. What do they become? Weevils. And then I thought about the kitchen…sigh..too late, as they had already gotten into grains, cake boxes (yeah I’m lazy sometimes when I need to be but have a cake to make.) I swear by this! While it is deadly to most insects, it is completely safe to use around children and pets. Did we really have to see what was in there? The larvae will develop inside the grain and then bore their way out when they are fully developed. So we called two different exterminators and we’re told we needed a quarterly maintenance plan which cost $700 from Orkin and $400 from TNT Exterminating. My fear is that somewhere there is still an un-dealt-with box full of 4 year old wheat berries. Because meal moths are creepy looking worms, they have teeth apparently and can chew through plastic bags. They multiply quickly. Any tips to getting rid of the remaining ones? Grains, and it isn’t just wheat and barley, should always be stored in tightly-sealed containers, preferably made of metal. Honestly, it’s no big thing to find bugs in our house. D- just keep killing them as you find them. Because even though i threw the rice bags away with them. I hope this helps. Works well for fleas too, cover critters, floors, kennels, carpets, mattresses, etc. Their feces and cast skins quickly contaminate the food they infest, causing significant damage beyond just what they choose to eat. I cringed at the thought of what I would find in there. After pausing for a moment, I opened the door. It works well. A Weevil is any beetle from the ‘Curculionoidea’ superfamily. I even took the pressure washer and some bleach to that carpet thinking that would get rid of them for sure. Your bedroom shouldn’t be infested with weevils, but even if it is, it should be pretty easy to get rid of them. Xia just brought me two more. Why not stock up while it’s cheap? I found birdseed full of it. Thanks, Nicole! Where did you get the stips, we’ve been fighting with them for a while. I had stored most of it in buckets, and the “mostly empty” bag fell behind the buckets and got forgotten. A quick google search confirmed what I already knew in my heart. Looking at a study by the University of Birmingham, it seems like we have the Romans to thank for the introduction of the grain weevil into the UK as before they arrived we don’t seem to have had any. While you regrettably won’t be able to see nay food that has eggs in it, you should be able to see the adults. (I only got the bugs in the buckets with the bay leaves in them.) Close to the size of a lady bug. They hatch out in your dried goods. About how long until you didn’t see any more of these little bugs? It had trapped and killed at least a dozen of my little friends. The adult weevils have a snout and are about one-fourth inch long. 🙂. There are two main species of weevils. I figure that I could only lose it to bugs in quarts. I think they must have been in hiding ,and I brought them with me when I moved house ….But so it starts again .. Grinning proudly, she looked up at me and exclaimed, “Look Mommy!” And she opened her grasp to reveal a palm-full of little black bugs, scattering in a mad-dash for freedom. we had little white grubs crawling out of our acorns and they had long red snount they happened to be called weedles and they live in acorns.squirlls seem to tell if tere good or not so..it took a minute to find some good ones.if they can hurt you tell me please they are in my house,and in my kitchen witch has alot of acorns! Problem was, with five 25-pound bags of wheat inside of it, that barrel weighed more than I did! These pests do have the ability to fly, but they aren’t likely to do so. For 4 years, never a bug…yet. Once you get the queen, you get them all but she is very hard to find. They are found in fields, gardens, orchards, and even worse, in your home. I hope I am wrong but google Indian meal moths and their stages of development. Until I find their home in my home, shallow water bowls will at least help with my ongoing infestation. Make SURE you keep the DE dry, its water soluble and doesnt work if you mix it with water. He had been called to the flat to deal with an infestation of carpet beetles but when he arrived, he found something very different – weevils. I love in northern Nevada and temperatures are very cold… Is it possible that they could be under the linolium with it still being cold outside? You should assume any link is an affiliate link. The Pea Weevil is definitely considered a pest in the farming world. Remember also that food grade Diotomaceous Earth can be sprinkled in your grains to deal with this also. Due to the shape of their heads, weevils are commonly known as ‘snout beetles’. A few of these critters could have wandered inside to the kitchen about 15 feet away. I haven’t seen an weevils throughout the house and just in this one area…. But I do have lots of dried goods in the basement just sitting in bags. Nothing like a good ol’ bug infestation to kick you in the hind end with a dose of motivation! The owners had brought the seed in the winter to feed the birds and then had some left over. Typically – as in our case – they infest grains and starches such as pasta, cereals, flour, rice, and, of course, wheat. Later that evening she had a jar with even more to show me. Enjoying life, and everything that has to do with self sufficient living. It is horrifyingly possible. P.S. I too say “hmm…”. Every single blanket in the chest, every piece of clothing, every toy, every everything had to be looked over, then taken to another room in the house. The next morning as we checked our water bowls, there they were, floating in the water and some still in the shower. And again, I quickly got the wheat properly stored. Granary Weevil image licensed under CC. I can’t fathom starting over. I have not tried this myself yet, but I will be as I begin stocking beans, wheat and various flours. And indeed, she was right. I did not find them in my pantry (luckily), but they were in a guest bedroom and bathroom. The rice weevil can fly, while the granary weevil cannot. An infestation can leave an entire pantry inedible! But, when they make their presence unannounced…I am seeing a horror show in living color in front of my eyes. I think many of us have been guilty of procrastinating on such issues at some time or another. I am so glad to learn about the freezing trick. These will prevent weevils from taking up residence in your pantry. The rice weevils may also look blackish in colour, but they have four yellow or red spots on their wing covers. This does work folks, be patient, as it will take quite a few days to rid them. What’s frustrating is that I KNEW BETTER! Aren’t we glad we looked. And the sound continued, even after I quickly covered it back over. If you have bulk items, store them in jars or buckets with oxygen absorbers. Step 2 - Vacuum. Remove all the food from the shelves and use your vacuum to suck up loose bits of flour or food.