Professional Weevil Experts in mansfield
We all depend on our larders and pantries to store foodstuffs like cereal and grains. While the odd handful might go amiss thanks to cheeky family members, having a weevil infestation is a whole different ballgame. These hungry insects can quickly decimate your pantry and contaminate your remaining food.
Starve out the weevils infesting your Mansfield, TX residence by contacting Sureguard Termite and Pest Services today.
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Weevils are a type of beetle that lay their eggs in packets of cereals, grains, or pasta. They use long lance-like snouts to bore into the packet and insert the eggs, which later hatch and eat through the food. Weevils can reproduce quickly, emptying your larder before you get much chance to react.
At Sureguard Termite and Pest Services, we’ve been destroying weevil infestations for more than 50 years. It can be difficult to identify foods that have been infested by weevils, but if an infestation does break out, we can deal with it. Our expert pest controllers use a range of environmentally friendly treatments to eliminate weevils without harming you or your family.
All four of our pest control service plans include treatment for weevil infestations, which can be administered as quarterly or bi-monthly visits from our technicians. We can also provide services against individual infestations on a one-time basis.
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Don’t be left hungry in your Mansfield, TX residence. Banish wandering weevils by contacting 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.
Call Sureguard today for a free estimate 972-406-8600 or 817-648-7400
