How to quickly get the mole in the kitchen

Moths in the kitchen are often not as easy to bring out as they might seem at first glance, especially to those who are inexperienced in the fight against this pest. The reason for this is that the main habitat moth larvae - dry food, and they can be removed only by getting rid of all the affected stocks, and then - without fail, having exterminated adult butterflies.

Thus, to bring the mole in the kitchen, you need to approach this task comprehensively. Quick one-time measures to destroy the kitchen moth will not work, but with the right approach, it can be withdrawn quickly and efficiently.

On a note

Often people, having seen the characteristic greyish-yellow butterflies in the kitchen, begin to puzzle over where this mole comes from. The reason for its appearance does not depend on the owner of the apartment - it just gets into the house with purchased contaminated food.As a rule, these are cereals, flour, sugar, dried fruits, nuts, and sometimes even pasta. The moths in the kitchen almost never appear, having flown from the street - only the larvae in the food are distributed. As a rule - in expired and untreated pests.

The fight against moths is not only and not so much the direct destruction of insects as the competent prevention and compliance with the rules of food storage. But first things first.

 

Monitoring the state of food

As a rule, the larvae of the moth enter the house in food, and already pupate here, turn into butterflies and make themselves felt. That is why in order to effectively fight moth in the kitchen, you must:

• Check all stocks of cereals, nuts, flour and sugar. Upon detection of cobwebs, cocoons and the yellow-white larvae themselves, the entire stock should be immediately thrown out. Below on the photo - kitchen moth on dried apricots. Adult butterflies, caterpillars and cobwebs are visible:
• Do not purchase or store large amounts of food at home. Even if they are not infected, one “stray” lot is enough to infect other stocks.
• Buy only high-quality products of famous brands, even if they are more expensive.As a rule, it is precisely because of the savings on heat treatment that the manufacturer can reduce the price and thereby provide butterflies flitting around the kitchen with customers.
• Check products when buying. It is not difficult, even if the cereal or flour is in a transparent package. The slightest hint of lumps and cobwebs is a signal that it is better to refrain from buying.
• To clean the kitchen, in the pantry and on the balconies - the kitchen moth can successfully develop into sugar or flour spilled out of the bedside table.

It is especially important to check all bins and storerooms: usually it is in a long-forgotten package, for example, with buckwheat or dried bird cherry, and the main incubator of the kitchen moth is present.

In the photo - a moth doll in semolina in the kitchen:

It is interesting

Generally speaking, the kitchen moth is the collective name of several species of butterflies in the moth family. Most often in the house there is a granary and flour moth, but sometimes other species can be found. A distinctive feature of the barn flare is a light transverse strip on dark brown wings. Its caterpillars differ little from those of the codling moth.

 

Kitchen furniture processing

This set of measures is aimed at the destruction of larvae crawling out to pupate. As a rule, all the moth caterpillars leave food and crawl all over the room in search of convenient places to create a cocoon. At these moments, they are caught in the kitchen on its walls, the ceiling, at the junction of furniture with the walls.

Insecticidal aerosols used in the fight against ants and cockroaches, as well as insecticidal pencils (for example, the well-known crayon Masha) are good for treating. At the same time, strongly smelling repellents here will have almost no effect, but will simply scare away butterflies from the locations of odorous substances.

There are also special anti-moth remedies - for example, Armol, Raptor from moths - but their effectiveness against moths in the kitchen is much lower than against the clothes moth.

Feedback:

“Where could a mole come from in the kitchen if we had never had one?” Butterflies crawl on the walls under the ceiling. In the bag with buckwheat their cocoons. I threw them out of the house, only it did not help. Now I will buy money against moths. ”

Irina, Odessa

It is important to understand that even once having mite the larvae of moths with a reliable aerosol,sometimes only a temporary effect can be achieved: the caterpillars leave foodstuffs which are not consistent, and within two or three days after processing the kitchen, new caterpillars can appear in it.

There are drugs manufactured on the principle of microencapsulation, they provide a prolonged action. The best known of these drugs is Geth, which allows output not only the mole but also cockroaches, ants, and even resistant to excretion by various insecticides bugs. Of course, it is necessary to use this tool only against the larvae in the kitchen furniture, since the drug should not be in contact with food.

It should also be borne in mind that to deal with the kitchen moth only with the help of special preparations is not effective. Still, the main part of the pests is precisely in food, and it is with this part that one must first of all conduct a purposeful struggle.

 

Destruction of butterflies

Now imagine another, also common situation: you had a mole in the kitchen, but all the products were checked and enumerated, the larvae were destroyed and discarded with contaminated products.However, moth butterflies survived and continue to fly through the kitchen, and in large numbers.

In this case, be sure to bring the case to the end and get to the extermination of butterflies. After all, they are able to lay eggs imperceptible to the eye for food, giving the opportunity to a new generation of pests.

To moth butterflies is quite simple. Usually, this does not even have to use chemicals. A fly swatter and a simple sneaker is quite enough to clap even a few dozen adult individuals.

Feedback

“I don’t know where the mole started in the kitchen, but this infection has hurt a lot. It's okay, while the butterflies flew, but when the worms got, I could not stand it at all. But most importantly, how many do not push them, they all appear and appear. It turned out climb from last year's nuts on the balcony. Threw nuts, kilogram of infected yachki, passed all the butterflies - and peace and grace became. I didn’t expect that I would cope with a scourge so quickly. ”

Antonina, Yeremeyskoe

In the warehouses or kitchens of public catering establishments, insecticidal aerosols are used to destroy moths butterflies — professional Tetrix, Diazinon, or the common use of Combat, Raptor, Raid.The grain moth in the kitchen is usually destroyed on a special day off, and after processing the room it is thoroughly cleaned.

On a note

It is not recommended to fight adult kitchen moths with the help of dusts or pencils. Their action is very long in time, and while they act, butterflies will have time to lay eggs.

 

Preventive measures

After all contaminated products are thrown out of the house, and the larvae and butterflies are destroyed by special means, you should not relax: a moth may appear in the kitchen again. To avoid this, you must:

• check all products brought into the house
• maintain cleanliness and remove all products scattered on the floor or at the table (nightstand)
• throw away or use old food stocks
• use special repellents in food storage areas. For this purpose, special sections against moths and some folk remedies are suitable, which should be placed in bedside tables and cabinets.

Only such an integrated approach will finally remove the mole in the kitchen. However, before the start of the struggle, one should mentally prepare for the fact that a mole cannot be removed in a day or two; at best, this will take a week or two.

 

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