Efficient weevil control in midlothian
Having your family and friends over for dinner is always special. But if you open your larder to find that weevils have devoured your stores, it can be a disaster. These gluttonous beetles typically infest cereals or grains, laying eggs that then hatch to completely consume the packet.
Don’t let weevils turn a family feast at your Midlothian, TX home into a famine. Call Sureguard Termite and Pest Services today.
Weevil Control & Removal
Weevils are small insects that use long, sharp beaks to pierce food packets to deposit their eggs. Young weevils then hatch and munch their way through their host packet before spreading to other foodstuffs. While weevils aren’t poisonous or deadly, any foodstuffs that have harbored weevils will be contaminated.
At Sureguard Termite and Pest Services, we’ve been starving out weevil infestations for over 50 years. Our expert technicians use a lineup of environmentally friendly control methods to destroy weevil populations without harming your home. We’ll also disinfect areas that have been contaminated by a weevil infestation.
You can enlist our weevil services as individual visits from our professional crews. These weevil services are also available as part of our four residential membership packages. These provide quarterly or bi-monthly visits from our teams to clear your home of infestations throughout the year.
Contact Sureguard Today
To stop weevils from turning your Midlothian, TX home into a free-for-all, call Sureguard Termite and Pest Services today.
The granary weevil (also known as the pantry weevil) can be found in stored food products. This insect does develop wings, which gives them the ability to travel great distances from the field to storage facilities. Inside the food storage warehouses is where they begin to infest food products. They chew through the grain kernels that exist in whole grain foods such as
- Rice
- Cereals
- Seeds
- Flour
- Cake mix
- Cornmeal
- Spaghetti
- Crackers
- Cookies
- Oats
- Barley
- Wheat
The adults can chew from the outside as well as lay eggs. Once the eggs are layed by the female, they develop through several stages inside the grain kernels and eventually hatch. In warm conditions, the larvae can develop in a short as a month. Adult weevils often live for about 7 to 8 months while some can live up to 2 years.
For items that are going to be kept, it is recommended to place the food product in the freezer for several weeks to kill the adult weevils and the larvae. In most cases, it is safest to discard the contaminated items. Treatment would involve disposing the infested material, clearing out the pantry and treating the areas where the insects are located.
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