So basically a few of them are present on the wall along with the window. Is it a matter of concern? Should I tell my landlord?
by hilarious_vase
So basically a few of them are present on the wall along with the window. Is it a matter of concern? Should I tell my landlord?
by hilarious_vase
5 comments
Flour moths.
Some of your food is the source of this infestation. Disposable everything contaminated and clean your cabinets.
They like specially dry stuff like rice, nudels or cornflakes and chews even through paper and foils.
And no, it’s not your landlords business
Looks like the larvae of the flour moth. It’s a pest and gets into all carb-y foods you have. In most cases you get them by buying infected products like flour (hence the name), so your landlord can’t and won’t do anything about it. Check your whole pantry, throw everything away that looks suspicous, fill everything else in airtight containers, get traps and get stuff to fight them (e.g. Schlupfwespen).
Good luck, they are a fricking mightmare.
For preventation get some moth traps. Place them inside your cupboard. If the fly in from outside they get stuck on the glue.
Soulmates
welcome to hell.
those little fuckers will be your best friends for the coming few months. once you see them it’s already too late. they don’t just live in that one packet of flour anymore, you must assume that every. single. container. that is not airtight has already been discovered.
what you need to do; food needs to be stored in airtight containers for the foreseeable future. if you can’t fill it with liquid and hold it upside down without leaking, it’s not good enough. they will squeeze through the tiniest of cracks, and they will chew through plastic (foil) and paper to get where they want to get.
you absolutely need to open and check every. single. box/bag/whatever of dry food in your food storage. this includes coffee, tea, spices, protein powder, etc. if it’s dry and made of food, they are interested. if you see any webbing, toss everything in the container, it’s too late already.
if you don’t see anything, put it in an airtight container.
buy hormone traps. you can get them at DM/Rossmann, or in most supermarkets. put one in every cabinet and within 1 meter of every food storage you have around your house(!). don’t forget the basement or the secret stash of snack food under your bed. they are mobile. it takes 4-6 weeks from egg to moth, and the traps only catch the male moths, so just because the traps are clean for a while that doesn’t mean they are gone. if they aren’t busy sticking to the traps, they might be busy with the girl moths.
you can also buy Schlupfwespen online that will help fight back, but you need to do multiple rounds of treatment with those to be effective.