tip:getting rid of flour moths

I used to live in a big farmhouse and always had problems with bugs in my flour. One day my mother told me she had read somewhere that if you put a stick of mint gum (with the wrapper on) in the flour it will take care of the bugs. I did and never had another one after that. I even transfer the stick of gum to the new bag when I'm done with the old bag if I can smell even a little bit of the gum. And it still works.

ewwww... You seemed to have taken that alot better than I would have.. LOL.. I'm not sure I'd ever buy pasta again if that happened to me. Just the thought of there being eggs in the pasta is making me a bit squeemish. I've never experienced anything like that before but I may just be zapping my stuff from now on just to be on the safe side. LOL.

Yuk! I have never heard of this. At least you got your money back.

That's a great idea but even the thought of the eggs being in there is enough to give me goosebumps. More often than not, the pasta I buy eventually ends up with bugs in it because I don't cook it that often. I am going to have to remember this the next time I go grocery shopping!

Ohh, I can only imagine, I would be complaining also.. I had them a few moths back myself and they said it would take up to eight weeks, that's their life cycle. However, you can get chunks of cedar, like from Walmart. Even hamster bedding (cedar chips) into a homemade canning jar with the opening convered with a piece of lace instead of the lid. It smells good and they aren't toxic. Another thing you can try is Pantry Pest Traps, you can purchase them at a hardware store. It's like a cardboard tube and the moths are attacted to the phermone scent, it's sticky inside. You can also freeze them. Any uncontaminated grains and unopened grains in impermeable packaging could go straight in the freezer. The cold kills the eggs, and the absense of any food source for the moths soon ends the infestation. You could freeze your goods for a least a week after the time the last moth disappears. Good luck to you

Another way to keep those critters out of your flour and other dry foods is to add a couple of bay leaves to the container, they don´t like that and stay far, far away.