The Great Pantry Moth War.

[the_great_she_elephant]

For the last few weeks we've been having a problem with pantry moths, so a couple of nights ago. We had a blitz on the pantry to try to get rid of them.

OMG what a shock!  I know I'm not the world's most organised housewife, and  with only the two of us living here now, half used packets of rice, cornflour etc tend to get forgotten and migrate to the hidden corners of the pantry, but, those little suckers were absolutely everywhere! They'd somehow squeezed themselves into a takeaway food container full of sultanas, they'd munched their way through several sachets of porridge oats and even managed to get into an unopened packet of tea bags - chewed through the plastic wrap, through the cardboard, and even through the paper on the teabags themselves! 

It took us hours to sort through everything  but I think we finally emerged from the fray victorious.We chucked out anything that looked even slightly suss and I went out and bought a heap of sealable plastic containers with clip on lids. Mr Elephant got busy with the label maker number 4 son gave him for  Christmas present and the pantry has never looked so neat and organised.

I've put a moth trap on every shelf and so far no corpses, so fingers crossed.

[latina4621]

yes they are not nice to have, we had an invasion of them here last week, pretty much had to do the same thing and also make sure all flour is now kept in air tight containers.

it makes it costly too when you have to replace it all.

[mugssy65]

I'm tiered..... I read PANTY moth.

ahhh the life of a FIFO wife, can't sleep when he's not here....don't get any rest when he is! 

Stop laughing at me Elly night night!

[the_great_she_elephant]

I'm tiered..... I read PANTY moth.

ahhh the life of a FIFO wife, can't sleep when he's not here....don't get any rest when he is! 

Stop laughing at me Elly night night!

Couldn't raise so much as a giggle, Mugssy - my mind is too busy boggling.:^O

[rabbitearbandicoot]

"I've put a moth trap on every shelf and so far no corpses, so fingers crossed."

maybe they evolved into cane toads and hopped out the door :-x

[rabbitearbandicoot]

"I've put a moth trap on every shelf and so far no corpses, so fingers crossed."

maybe they evolved into cane toads and hopped out the door :-x

well .... you did say it's been a while since you cleaned the pantry out - millions of years?? :-x

[debra9275]

A friend of mine had trouble with those in the hot weather and I noticed Big W had something for getting rid of them. Not sure what it is though, it's in a box and i didn't read it

[*mrswormwood*]

Bay leaves are good for keeping pantry moth away.

I have a few leaves in egg cups on the shelves and a leaf sticky taped to the tops of flour containers etc

Seems to do the trick!

[freakiness]

I've never heard of pantry moths until here

[katydidthat]

What do pantry moths look like?  How do they act?  We've got some creatures that live behind the sink and come out at night.  They're grey in colour and move quickly and don't like the light ... and they get into the cupboards, but are more likely to be on the benchtops.