Tiny bugs in the house!

Emjay86 · 13 Jul 2013 at 18:31

Hey people,

I went to make some rhubarb crumble the other day and upon opening up my pack of flour I saw loads of little bugs, they were ranging from a pale brown to a black and were the size of about a half grain of rice.

Upon further inspecting the cupboard they were in my cereals, my rice, my pasta and ive even found some on my windowsill of my downstairs loo. The loo isnt too far from the kitchen so I can see how they may have simply walked the distance.

Any idea what these things are?

I had a feeling they were weevils but im not entirely sure. Also the rice they were in was sealed in a plastic container so im really confused how they got in there and also how to stop them spreading.

Ive got all my dry foods outside of the cupboard around the house until I can sort the problem.

Ive bleached the cupboard and its remaining contents twice and im still getting the buggers. I went around my hard flooring earlier with a steam cleaner hoping that also will help but im still looking for a more conclusive method of removing these pests.

Thanks in advance.

Hyburnate · 13 Jul 2013 at 18:36

pics?

Haze · 13 Jul 2013 at 18:39

sound like flour weevils that have spread

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Weevils-(Flour-Bugs)

Emjay86 · 13 Jul 2013 at 19:02

I don't have any pics as as soon as I saw them I threw everything out and continued to squish those that were out with my fingers.

Im fairly certain they are weevils though.

I did have a bag of flour that I forgot about in the cupboard for about a year so it makes sense.

IronWarrior · 14 Jul 2013 at 02:53

I wish I didn't read this and I wish I didn't look up weevils. :l

bitslice · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:31

Protein, free too.

Although I hadn't heard of that bay leaf tip before, so thanks Haze.

Gilly · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:48

IronWarrior said:
I wish I didn't read this and I wish I didn't look up weevils. :l

And also the fact that every time you eat flour you're likely to be eating weevil eggs at the very least!

Emjay86 · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:57

I have bay leaves sat in the cupboard they first started in and I can't see them but im still a bit reluctant to believe they are gone.

Can you get them from rice too?

I only ask because my rice had the buggers in them and it was in a solid, sealed shut plastic container so I really cant see how they'd get in.

Ive actually got a new bag of flour thats sat in the fridge while I worked out what I can do. Guess ill be plonking it in the freezer!

Gilly · 14 Jul 2013 at 11:26

Yes I would think so. Anything dry.

Nightglow · 14 Jul 2013 at 11:52

Usually any food with starch.

Cedar wood & Cedar oil is very effective in clearing out a lot of bugs, they hate it.

Had them once, ended sealing all the cracks & gaps with silicon sealant, hoovering & thourghly deep cleaning, even removing the kickboards.

Renton · 15 Jul 2013 at 10:02

I wouldn't get too carried away, Flour beatle have a very short life cycle and if you remove there source of food (throwing away the old flour and cleaning the cupboards ect) then they will all die pretty quickly

Diagro · 15 Jul 2013 at 13:00

Meh, Extra source of protein