Well this morning I have been on "Operation F Off Pantry Moth" as last night I found more of the little dears together with their delightful offspring.
Once again the cupboard was emptied, not an easy job as I had it made by a joiner and its as tall as my wall cupboards so holds a lot of stuff. Shelves were taken out and these and the cupboard itself cleaned with neat bleach.
Whilst this was drying all containers were once again emptied and washed and anything I had which was in a packet within a box was taken from the box and the box binned. I did find some grubs in sealed plastic bags which held Bisto Gravy Granule tubs which I only got brought over in July and which were put in the bags before going into the cupboard. The plastic bags were binned but I cannot throw the 5 tubs of granules so these are on my dining table awaiting plastic boxes which I will buy tomorrow.
As the lazy joiner had only laminated the front of the shelves, the sides and back being cut off MDF we thought that maybe the moths were laying the eggs here so hubby came up with the bright idea of putting superglue on the raw edges and then masking tape on top, so the raw edges were superglued along with my finger and the masking tape applied. I can now straiten my finger but am still picking bits of glue off!!!
I opened the cupboard door to start putting the stuff away and lo and behold a grub was crawling up the back of the cupboard. Offending grub removed and stuff put back.
I am now on 15 minute monitoring and have found 3 more grubs so goodness knows where they are coming from.
Sue
