What are food moths?
Food moths, also called kitchen mols, is a colloquial name that feed on dry food products stored in our homes. The most common are:
- Granary (Plodia Interpunctella) is the most popular species of food moles. The larvae of this mole feed on many products, such as flour, porridge, rice, nuts, dried fruit, chocolate, spices and even animal food.
- Mklik Mączny (Ephestia Kuehniella) – this species prefers flour and flour products, but it can also attack other dry products.
Adult moths are small, they have a few millimeters to about a centimeter in length. The granary giant has characteristic wings – they are half light, and half brown and red. Mklik Mączny has gray wings. Mola larvae is white or cream, with a brown head. They cause the greatest damage, preying on products. The most common and easiest way to detect food moths are. Food moths pollute it with their droppings and larvae. If you notice characteristic cobwebs, food is not suitable for consumption.
Grandma took a saucepan and cooked. She considered this way of grocery moths to be the most effective
Everyone can appear in the kitchen or pantry. Most often we bring them from shops, but sometimes they fly through the windows. It is worth using natural means to get rid of food moths. My grandmother always said that the best natural enemy of moles is white vinegar. First, thoroughly wash all cabinets, countertops and food containers with water with a lot of vinegar. Then make a vinegar trap for adults of food moles. Grandmother in a small roundabout cooked vinegar and added bay leaves to him. She put the mixture prepared in this way in the cabinets. Both the intense smell of vinegar and essential oils contained in bay leaves deter food moths. After disinfecting in this way, you can put food into the cabinets. To reduce the risk of another food attack, store dry food in glass or plastic containers.
