pantry moths

A ant colony is usually formed by a queen who begins a nest in a piece of old buried wood or in a partially decayed tree or stump. In mature infestations, there may be as many as ten satellite colonies linked to the parent colony by trails. There is a frequent exchange of workers between these satellite colonies and the main nest. Colonies normally do not produce winged reproductive forms until they are at least three to six years old with emergence of swarmers typically occurring from May through July. The most common way in which homes become infested is through emigration of an existing colony. Houses located near wooded areas or brush covered vacant lots are good candidates for infestation. ant colonies pantry moths are inclined to move if they are disturbed, as often happens during construction. thus, new homes or those surrounding a new building lot present likely locations for attack.

eliminating indoor boxelder bug infestations for larger infestations, use your vacuum cleaner to help eliminate the boxelders you moths see inside pantry your home. this will be a great tool to use along with pesticide applications, but not a total substitution. a good residual spray that moths is pantry labeled for both inside homes, exterior of homes, trees and shrubs moths is tempo wp. spray tempo wp (using pantry a garden sprayer such as our chapin sprayer) along baseboards or other areas where boxelders are seen. the most important aspect of indoor elimination and prevention of boxelder bugs is dusting cracks and crevices where these pest like to spend the winter. the best insecticide dust to use is delta dust. moths this odorless product is easily applied to cracks, crevices and voids using the crusader duster. use delta as often as you like, both as a preventative and curative control method for pantry insect pests. delta dust will not only kill boxelder bugs and other insects, it makes any treated area unappealing to future infestations of insect pests.

bees get their name from their ability to drill through wood and nest in the hole. their drilling creates a near-perfect hole, approximately 1/2 inch in diameter. the hole is usually located on the underside of the wood surface; including siding, soffits, decks, overhangs, fence posts and window frames. although the hole appears to be only an inch or two deep, it moths rarely ends there. the female carpenter will turn 90 degrees and bore a channel from 6 inches to as long as 4 feet. this channel serves as a main corridor from which she will drill small chambers a few inches deep. these chambers become egg holders. she will deposit an egg, bring in a mass of pollen for the newly hatched larvae to feed on, and then seal it all off to ensure it''s development before she repeats the process for pantry the next egg. the male moths spends most of his time flying around the nest playing guard. this is ironic as nature has left him ill prepared: he has no stinger! only the female can sting. simply killing the male will not solve your problem. you must treat the nest.