HOW to GET RID of LESSER GRAIN BORER and PANTRY BEETLE

The pantry beetle is the smallest among the pests. The pantry beetles look similar to a small piece of broken, thin lead pencil. The pantry beetle is dark brown to black and about less than 2 mm long. It is also shaped like a cylinder. Adult pantry beetles can live only a few months. Their jaws are strong enough to make a hole into other materials (i.e. wooden crate). These pests have to feed off of stored food products, animal and human. They are found commonly in paper containers and they only form when the food is in the pantry for a long period of time without being used after open. Pantry beetles can be brought in from packaged foods bough from the store. The reason it is not advised to buy opened or ripped packages is because it can be infested by pantry beetles and lesser grain borers. Warehouses or food-processing plant packaged food may already contain infestations of lesser grain borers and pantry beetles when they package it. These pests can come into the home from nearby apartments as well. Moisture attracts lesser grain borer and pantry beetles.

LESSER GRAIN BORER and PANTRY BEETLE INSPECTION

Lesser Grain Borers and Pantry Beetles can be found in flour, cereal, dry pasta, dry pet food, powdered milk, corn starch, crackers, spices, breads, bird seed, dried nuts and fruits, or any packages that has been left open a long period of time after use, storage areas, and pantry areas, kitchen cabinets. The first sign of lesser grain borers and pantry beetles infestation are the appearance of small moths flying around or the presence of a beetle in or near the food package.

LESSER GRAIN BORER and PANTRY BEETLE CONTROL METHODS

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