What is the Indian Meal Moth?

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There are a few different types of moths that you may need to deal with around your home. Recognizing some of these and how they can cause damage to your home and some personal items will help you take the right preventive methods to keep them far apart. One of the types of moths that you need to worry about around your home is the Indian meal moth.

 

This type of moth is going to be no more than half an inch when it is born and just slightly bigger as an adult. This moth is often going to be found around your kitchen, preferring to fly around at night. It is going to have some reddish-brown markings that have a copper luster on the lower part of the wings as well. When you see the larvae, they will come with pinkish, greenish, or yellowish heads to consider.

 

These moths like to be in the pantry and will go for a lot of the food that is found there. They may be found in nuts, dried fruits, grain products and grain, flour, and cereal to name a few. They will sometimes leave behind a visible webbing as they make their way around the pantry and cause some issues. They do not really cause a lot of health concerns, but they are a nuisance to have in your home or commercial property.

 

There are a few steps that you can take to help keep the moth out of the property and keep everyone safe. some of these include:

# Inspect any grains that you have just purchased before you put them into a pantry.

# Store all of your food well.

# If you find a moth in the property, go ahead and look through all of your dried foods and dispose of anything that has been infected. Be extra careful with this one to make sure the moths don’t take over.

# Set up some traps to help attract a male moth and can be one of the best ways to find a problem early on.

 

Our food safety pest control in Olympia is some of the best for you to choose. We work hard to provide the one of a kind solutions that your home or business needs. We are happy to come to your property and take a look around to see what types of pests are there and what may be attracting them to the property in the first place. We can offer you some amazing solutions, answer your questions, and make sure that the pests are gone as soon as possible. Trust us for all of your pest control needs.

 

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