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I have been having issues with bugs around here. It all started when I purchased a bag of Royal basmati rice at Sam's club. It's the stuff that comes in 15 or 20 pound burlap sacks. I didn't know it at the time, but there were bugs all in the rice, sealed inside the inner plastic bag. After it sat in a closet for a few months, bugs were everywhere. I threw the whole thing away and went back to Sam's, not knowing what these bugs were or where they came from, and I came back home and opened the zipper to find the exact same thing. Little beatle-like things. Right off the shelf. They aren't exactly like roaches; they're a little smaller, multiply MUCH more quickly, and are very hard to control. Roach traps have had no effect on them.
I've kept everything super-clean but still see one every now and then. Taking loosely sealed food out and putting it in rubber-sealed containers helped a lot. I'm going to wait for the first freeze and open up some windows and leave for the weekend. They actually die very quickly around 40-50 degrees. I don't like the idea of having chemicals sprayed around everywhere--a lot of the stuff is highly carcinogenic, so I'm just going to wait it out.
Until then, I need to keep my valuable grain investments protected. I caught them before they were too late, trying to get into my malt, and I have had 100 pounds of malt occupying more than half of the refrigerator for the past couple of months. Is there any product with an excellent seal that I can put approx. 50 pounds of malt in? I'd like to get something locally, possibly something hermetically sealed that I could even leave outside on the porch.
Thanks for your help!
I have been having issues with bugs around here. It all started when I purchased a bag of Royal basmati rice at Sam's club. It's the stuff that comes in 15 or 20 pound burlap sacks. I didn't know it at the time, but there were bugs all in the rice, sealed inside the inner plastic bag. After it sat in a closet for a few months, bugs were everywhere. I threw the whole thing away and went back to Sam's, not knowing what these bugs were or where they came from, and I came back home and opened the zipper to find the exact same thing. Little beatle-like things. Right off the shelf. They aren't exactly like roaches; they're a little smaller, multiply MUCH more quickly, and are very hard to control. Roach traps have had no effect on them.
I've kept everything super-clean but still see one every now and then. Taking loosely sealed food out and putting it in rubber-sealed containers helped a lot. I'm going to wait for the first freeze and open up some windows and leave for the weekend. They actually die very quickly around 40-50 degrees. I don't like the idea of having chemicals sprayed around everywhere--a lot of the stuff is highly carcinogenic, so I'm just going to wait it out.
Until then, I need to keep my valuable grain investments protected. I caught them before they were too late, trying to get into my malt, and I have had 100 pounds of malt occupying more than half of the refrigerator for the past couple of months. Is there any product with an excellent seal that I can put approx. 50 pounds of malt in? I'd like to get something locally, possibly something hermetically sealed that I could even leave outside on the porch.
Thanks for your help!
