And there, easily spotted against the contrasting color of white bucket lids, were hundreds of tiny black bugs. They were in the cabinet under the bathroom sink, the carpet and a vase full of sea shells. No problems. Adult weevils can live for a year or more, so it’s good to check at least once or twice a month. I think many of us have been guilty of procrastinating on such issues at some time or another. Anyway, it took a long long time, I cleaned EVERYTHING ,and used a lot of a specific bug spray, and eventually stopped seeing the little bugs everywhere .I have recently started seeing the little bugs everywhere again..but none in my food cupboards. As my scissors got closer to the crunching and crackling bag, I almost couldn’t do it. I also noticed that when i shaked my clothes a few dropped off the clothes! I thoroughly cleaned everything under the sink, (I found lots of them), I filled the vase full of shells with boiling water and bleach, threw out the carpet, scrubbed the linoleum floor with a bleach and detergent solution, re-caulked around the tub and toilet. I’ve had tea bags stored in the cabinet for years and have never had weevils get into them. Would they be infested, too? I kept seeing one or two on my bed and one on my leg and thought maybe they came from outside. I wheeled the barrel to the waterstove. Weevils are not an eusocial insect. We got the dreaded pantry moths in a bag of corn we had. But on the third day, when Xia brought yet another jar crawling with little black unidentified bugs to me, I realized I might need to investigate into this a little further. Crazy. As much as I hated to do it, I was going to have to destroy that bag of wheat. sprayed oils, everything! Weevils can be found in all kinds of body shapes and colors, but most are a brown to black shade. Thanks for this post. You might also notice larvae in the pantry. Yuck, ewe,OMG, beyond augh. One more thing- I have not seen any of the creepy crawly weevils throughout the house… Just the larvae under the dishwasher. I am so thankful I read this. I am guessing you might have the dreaded Indian meal moth infestation. I’m not sure if they do sometimes, but I’ve never had that problem. Oh yes my friends, if you have dry grains or beans, you can guarantee you’re eating bug eggs. I still put all grains, cereals, cake mixes etc in Mason jars right away when I buy them. These are super tiny and hard to see. And then I thought about the kitchen…sigh..too late, as they had already gotten into grains, cake boxes (yeah I’m lazy sometimes when I need to be but have a cake to make.) I was trying to look for reviews about Weevil Away and came across various blogs, where “nicole schooper” commented with her identical message featured above. The next day, Xia found a few more of those bugs. I need details lol, For my every day use I have a NutriMill . I wonder what those are…”. Oh, I got ants every spring for 4 years in this house—DE sprinkled under mats at all doorways, around baseboards, no ants–wouldn’t hurt to sprinkle DE in cabinets if no bay leaf. While you regrettably won’t be able to see nay food that has eggs in it, you should be able to see the adults. Whenever one is spotted on the floor, or wall, or countertop, we dutifully pick it up and drop it into the potty. If logic dictates here, repelling them will just move them farther away from the food, it won’t get rid of them. They are very stubborn and will nest just about anywhere. They have these little adhesive sticky pads that have a natural/organic solution on them. Live and learn I guess, thank God it wasn’t all of your food storage! Sprinkle a generous amount of food-grade diatomaceous earth along the edges, and then let it sit for a couple of days. How was I to get it outside? They started from corn hole bags. Thanks for the reminder to each of us…and so delightfully told too! Be sure that you’ve eradicated the source of their hatching! They escaped and we are finding them under the baseboards. There can be several. I just found your article and at first thought I had found my problem but then I saw where you said they don’t fly. Luckily, I was able to remedy the situation, but not without a great deal of work and stress that I had ruined my entire stores of wheat. So you leave it in the flour for cooking? I hope I am wrong but google Indian meal moths and their stages of development. Not easy to get rid off, get air tight containers once you’ve gotten rid of the problem. Typically – as in our case – they infest grains and starches such as pasta, cereals, flour, rice, and, of course, wheat. That’s so strange that the larvae would be under the dishwasher. Therefore, you need a hard plastic or glass container that will keep air out. thank you. That is EXACTLY where the infestation was. I’ve been scooping the grains out of the firebox and tossing them to the chickens, so it wasn’t a total loss. Each and every item in Xia’s room had to be thoroughly examined and then removed if I was to find all of the bugs. I dont even use 5lbs of flour a yr. Diatomaceous Earth will get rid of those bugs. Grinning proudly, she looked up at me and exclaimed, “Look Mommy!” And she opened her grasp to reveal a palm-full of little black bugs, scattering in a mad-dash for freedom. We just noticed weevils in our high-end bird seed that was stored on a shelf in the garage for three months and always sealed with a binder clip. The grain or wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius) damages stored grain, as does the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) among others. A quick google search confirmed what I already knew in my heart. I hesitated, afraid of what I’d find. I prayed that I wouldn’t have to learn this lesson too expensively. If you leave flour sitting around for quite some time, weevils are more likely to lay their eggs inside. Sad part is, I’ve got a box of half-gallon glass jars sitting right next to them waiting to be filled. I run a grain company- if youre not ready to store the grains in an oxygen-free enviornment yet, you can add diatomaceous earth (we use 10 lbs/ton) and it does a good job. If the room is carpeted, remove the carpet if it is affordable and treat the sub floor with the oil too. Create a 50/50 mixture of the two and wipe down your shelves with it. I shuttered at the thought of what was going on in the other, still closed barrel. I was going to offer the bayleaf as well. The next morning as we checked our water bowls, there they were, floating in the water and some still in the shower. After you’ve removed contaminated food, you need to wash and vacuum your pantry. For years everything that I buy, cereals , pancake mix, flour, rice, beans, pasta of any kind go in the freezer as soon as I get home from the store. so I don’t have room for dry goods for days. They know I fear them. until today when i decided to clean the closet..i notice 2 bags of rice and yes, they were tons of them inside. You just saved us $400-$700. Yeah. I know, it can save a ton of time and money to buy in bulk! And fast! We were blessed that not all of our 250 lbs of wheat was ruined! My mother told me years ago to use either baking soda or baking powder.NOT sure which one,She has passed,So I put some of both in a couple of lids, I also sprinkled it in the cabinets,Now waiting to see if it works, This was and old home remmidey,It worked for my sister that had them in her bird seeds,I would think the baking soda would cause them to explode, the baking powders a thickner, it would cause them to swell up dehydrate and die,Im hopping one or both works. So to find another creepy crawly in the house was nothing out of the ordinary. Glad you didn’t lose much!