my house is infested with indian moths :(

[faenix]

supposedly they get into your dry foods, dog food, spices, cereal whatever, and start reproducing like mad. just went to my kitchen at 4:36am to grab some food when I turned on the light, I saw around 7 moths fluttering about. I guess they're not that bad since they don't bite, but they're a terrible nuisance and a b!tch to clean up after you squish them. this sucks.. i'm going to have to throw everything out and get over my bug jeebies and vacuum every crevice.


anyone have any experience with these food monsters?

 

[Parasitic]

Only in India?

 

[faenix]

Originally posted by: Parasitic
Only in India?

i guess so but i'm in New York City

 

[Analog]

Indian Moths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOgALTFzFbQ

 

[Throckmorton]

At least they aren't stinking up your house with curry yet.

 

[gnumantsc]

Even our insects are outsourced?

 

[Vonkhan]

I, for one, welcome our new Indian Moth overlords

 

[rh71]

Why people "squish" any bug is beyond me. Do people like cleaning guts up more than just having the bug around? I cringe at the thought of stepping on bugs then walking around the house with the same shoes like some do. Use RAID or catch & dispose.

 

[ja1484]

My house in infested with actual Indians.

 

[Rubycon]

Moths just don't "do it" like that. If you're getting moths swarming there's larvae (little caterpillar things) that you're NOT seeing (probably eating in your foodstuff actually!) that eat your stuff. Moths do not put holes in your clothes either, the larvae do.

 

[Braznor]

Don't squish me, bro!

 

[takeru]

the main floor of my parents house is infested with them for at least half a year now. i found at least 6 different larva locations, and they keep rebounding back. ugh!

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Burn down the house

 

[legoman666]

I had a few invade my room a week or 2 ago, but I haven't seen any sense. ...Which is a good thing because 1 or 2 of them got sucked into my computer radiator. Ick.

 

[scott916]

Put a bowl of curry outside.

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: Analog
Indian Moths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOgALTFzFbQ

damn you a$$

now i got that song stuck in my head and i'm humming to it in my business meetings. it's only a matter of time before I inadvertently blurt out "may he poop on my knee?" while humming along

:|

 

[ric1287]

is there a fat one who thinks he's good at basketball?

 

[everman]

You need to clean out all the food in the pantry and check if it's infested with moths. They'll make small holes on plastic packages. Discard anything invested with moths, and seal everything else up in plastic bags/containers. no food = no moths.

 

[olds]

You need to find the larvae. We just had some and it turn out they were after some bird seed my wife had stored inside.

 

[Fiat1]

I had the same problem, they are hell to get rid of. We put all dry pet foods in the freezer and BAM good night moths.

 

[faenix]

Originally posted by: everman
You need to clean out all the food in the pantry and check if it's infested with moths. They'll make small holes on plastic packages. Discard anything invested with moths, and seal everything else up in plastic bags/containers. no food = no moths.

plastic? can they get into things like ramen noodle packaging or granola bars? wondering if I have to throw all that out also

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: lozina

Originally posted by: Analog
Indian Moths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOgALTFzFbQ

damn you a$$

now i got that song stuck in my head and i'm humming to it in my business meetings. it's only a matter of time before I inadvertently blurt out "may he poop on my knee?" while humming along

:|

He cuts out the best part, where all the chicks are under a parachute with gimp masks on.

 

[Squisher]

I am pro squishing.

 

[OUCaptain]

Bring in an equal amount of Cowboy moths?

 

[Throckmorton]

Why don't you harness their abilities and start a tech support contract company?