Worms Found In Kitchen Cabinets
Olivia Luz
When the reader says tiny she means it as she only estimates the worms to be about a quarter of an inch or six millimeters in length.
Small grain beetles eat foods that come from grains such as flour cornmeal and breakfast foods but they will also eat animal foods nuts candies and dried fruit. I poured some lysol under the sink and one crawled out on the floor the worm is about an inch long but where would the pile of earth like stuff come from and what would it be. Stored foods commonly infested include flour cereals cracked grains baking mixes and processed foods crackers macaroni cured meats powdered milk dried fruits nuts popcorn and spices. Wash all unopened jars and cans in hot soapy water.
Underneath shelves and around the edges of jar lids cans and non food items also stored in your pantry or cupboard. Finding little bugs and worms in your cabinets can be unexpected and unpleasant especially when in or around food. Homeowners often find a variety of insects and pests inside their kitchens. A reader wrote to us about some tiny brown worms she has been finding in various places around her house including her laundry basket her bathroom and her kitchen counter.
Wash the inside of the pantry or cabinet with soap and water then with a weak bleach solution. First our reader could have found so called waxworms or the larval form of pantry moths. The kitchen is where food pet food and crumbs are often located and insects gravitate to these areas. Any information would help.
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I found worms under my kitchen sink and what seams to be a pile of brown wood or gravel. You may find larvae and pupae tucked away in door hinges backs of door knobs and corners of wire baskets. Small worms on kitchen counters and in the corners of cabinets are the larval form of indian meal moths and houseflies which are common kitchen pests. As their name implies merchant grain beetles are commonly found feeding on grains such as cereals and products containing corn or corn meal.Referred to as stored product pests or pantry pests merchant grain beetles and indian meal moths tend to gravitate towards kitchen cabinets and pantries due to their particular palates. Typical pantry pests include several varieties of grain beetles flour weevils and indian meal moths. We make reference to moth fly larvae primarily because we presume dirty washing means something unsanitary but there are two other creatures that come up in the context of worms found in kitchens. Use a toothpick to check for eggs or larvae in the cracks around the lids of jars.
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