Avoiding Pantry Pests
Plagued with pantry pests? Here are a few tips to avoid them:
- Find the source of the infestation. Check packages you seldom use, especially cereal, flour, raisins, spices, pet food and bird seed.
- Wrap heavily infested packages in a dense plastic bag and dispose of it.
- Heat or freeze susceptible food packages after you have had them for 60 days.
- Store food in tightly-closed glass, metal or plastic containers.
- Other things to look for are small moths or beetles flying or crawling around the pantry area.