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Effective & Eco-Friendly Pest Control Solutions
Pantry Pests
Pantry pests, such weevils, moths, and beetles, can be surprisingly invasive, infiltrating our food storage areas and causing significant damage. They often enter homes unnoticed, hitching rides on groceries or packaging.
Once inside, they reproduce rapidly, leading to infestations that can compromise the quality of stored food. It's essential to take preventive measures to keep these pests at bay and protect your pantry from their unwelcome presence.
What Problems Can Pantry Pests Cause?
1. Food Contamination:
They can contaminate food with their droppings, webbing, and shed skins, making it unsafe to consume. They will take over your cabinets in a short amount of time.
2. Damage to Food Packaging:
They can chew through packaging, allowing other pests to enter and further contaminate the food.
4. Nuisance:
While pantry pests typically don't pose a direct health risk, they can significantly impact the quality and safety of your food.
It's very important to contact us to help prevent health risks, damage to food, or building structures
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Pantry Pests We Service:
Indianmeal Moths/Grain Moths/Angoumois Grain Moths
Indian meal moths are considered pests for several reasons. They lay their eggs in a variety of dried food products, including flour, cereals, grains, nuts, and dried fruits. The larvae that hatch from these eggs feed on the food and contaminate it with their webbing and (excrement). This can render food inedible and necessitate discarding infested products.
The larvae can chew through packaging materials like cardboard and plastic, allowing other pests to access the food.
Adult moths can be a nuisance, flying around homes and businesses. Their presence can be unsettling and may indicate a larger infestation problem. While Indian meal moths are not known to transmit diseases, they can cause significant damage to food supplies.
Sawtoothed Grain beetles
Saw-toothed grain beetles are considered pests because they can damage and contaminate stored food products. They can infest a variety of items, including:
Cereals, pasta, flour, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and pet food.
These beetles can chew through packaging and contaminate food with their frass (excrement) and bodies. This can make the food inedible and potentially harmful to consume.
While they don't pose a direct threat to human health, they can be a nuisance and cause significant damage to food supplies.
Silverfish
Silverfish can be a nuisance and cause damage to your belongings. They feed on starchy materials like paper, books, cardboard, and fabric. This can damage to valuable books, documents, and clothing. They can also damage wallpaper and other paper products in your home.
Silverfish can contaminate food items, especially those stored in cardboard boxes or paper bags. As soon as you notice silverfish in your home, it's important to call us as soon as possible so we can get it under control!
Flour Beetles
Flour beetles infest various food items like flour, grains, cereals, nuts, and dried fruits. Their presence can contaminate food with their bodies, feces, and shed skins, making it unsafe for consumption.
They can chew through packaging materials like paper and plastic, allowing other pests to enter and further contaminate the food.
While flour beetles are not directly harmful to humans, they can cause significant damage to food supplies causing unnecessary food waste and require proper cleaning. Call us as soon as you see one of these pesky pantry pests!
Rice Weevils
Rice weevils are small, reddish-brown beetles that can infest stored grains and cereals. While they aren't directly harmful to humans, they can cause significant problems.
They lay eggs inside grains, and the larvae hatch and feed on the kernels, contaminating the food and making it inedible while also destroying the food packaging.
A large infestation can be quite annoying, as the weevils may fly around and crawl on surfaces. To prevent infestations, it's important to call us right away at the first sight of a rice weevil.
Cigarette Beetles
Rice weevils are small, reddish-brown beetles that can infest stored grains and cereals. While they aren't directly harmful to humans, they can cause significant problems.
They lay eggs inside grains, and the larvae hatch and feed on the kernels, contaminating the food and making it inedible while also destroying the food packaging.
A large infestation can be quite annoying, as the weevils may fly around and crawl on surfaces. To prevent infestations, it's important to call us right away at the first sight of a rice weevil.
Ants
Ants can carry bacteria on their bodies, potentially contaminating food and surfaces. They are attracted to food crumbs and spills, leading to infestations in kitchens and pantries.
Some ant species, like carpenter ants, can damage wood structures in homes by creating tunnels. Other ants may damage plants in gardens.
Large ant colonies can be a nuisance, especially when they invade homes and outdoor spaces. Their presence can be disturbing and unsightly. In rare cases, ants can transmit diseases.
For a full list of all the types of ants we handle, please see our ants page.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches can carry various bacteria and viruses on their bodies, including Salmonella, E. coli, and other harmful pathogens. They can contaminate food and surfaces, leading to foodborne illnesses.
Cockroach droppings and body parts can trigger allergic reactions in some people, such as asthma attacks and skin allergies.
Cockroaches can damage books, paper products, and other materials in homes and businesses.
Before an infestation occurs, it's best to contact us so we can quickly get it under control.
For a full list of the types of cockroaches we handle, please see our cockroach page.
