Hidden away in a kitchen or a pantry, weevils can quickly eat you out of house and home. Weevils are small beetles with sword-like snouts, which they use to cut into stored cereals and grains to deposit their eggs. Once the hatchlings emerge, they rapidly scoff the surrounding food before maturing and laying their own eggs.
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Because weevils are so small, identifying packets of cereals, grains, or pasta carrying these hungry hitchhikers is virtually impossible. However, once it becomes clear that weevils are present in your home, take action as fast as possible. While weevils can’t specifically harm humans, the food packets that they infest are quickly contaminated, resulting in a lot of waste.
At Sureguard Termite and Pest Services, we have over 50 years of experience dealing with pesky pests like weevils. Our experienced technicians use an array of environmentally friendly measures to tackle wandering weevils without the use of harmful chemicals. Once the infestation has been dealt with, our technicians will sanitize the area to prevent contamination.
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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 laid 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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