So, this is mostly my fault, but I had a sack of grain that I knew had some bugs in it. I separated that sack from the rest of my stored grain so that I could finish fermenting some stuff in my chest freezer and throw the sack in there for a few days to kill them off. I've done that previously and it worked like a charm.
However, due to being busy, days turned to weeks which turned to months and through the summer heat in my garage, that sack basically exploded with what I've now identified as saw toothed grain beetles. I've found them inside my kegerator where it appears the cold in there has killed them, they were in my chest freezer, they made it across the garage and I found a few of them on my other sacks of grain. I have about 15 buckets of various grain stored also, but as of now, they all seem bug-free.
The affected sacks of grain have now been in the freezer for about a week, but I'm still finding the bugs throughout my garage. What concerns me, is that I'm also starting to find them in my house near the entry door, but so far they seem to be staying right there.
I definitely do not want these little pests making it to my pantry and making a mess out of that!
Last week I tried using a fogger in the garage overnight that listed rice weevils as one of the pests that it killed. It, however, didn't affect the beetles.
I did see a fogger that's meant for bed bugs, that specifically lists "grain weevils" which I'm considering trying next.
But has anyone here had a problem like this and know what definitely works to kill them all off?
Trying to avoid calling the Orkin man, if I can.
However, due to being busy, days turned to weeks which turned to months and through the summer heat in my garage, that sack basically exploded with what I've now identified as saw toothed grain beetles. I've found them inside my kegerator where it appears the cold in there has killed them, they were in my chest freezer, they made it across the garage and I found a few of them on my other sacks of grain. I have about 15 buckets of various grain stored also, but as of now, they all seem bug-free.
The affected sacks of grain have now been in the freezer for about a week, but I'm still finding the bugs throughout my garage. What concerns me, is that I'm also starting to find them in my house near the entry door, but so far they seem to be staying right there.
I definitely do not want these little pests making it to my pantry and making a mess out of that!
Last week I tried using a fogger in the garage overnight that listed rice weevils as one of the pests that it killed. It, however, didn't affect the beetles.
I did see a fogger that's meant for bed bugs, that specifically lists "grain weevils" which I'm considering trying next.
But has anyone here had a problem like this and know what definitely works to kill them all off?
Trying to avoid calling the Orkin man, if I can.