Caterpillers in the kitchen

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
30/07/2010 14:16

I have a number of small caterpillars (1-2 cm) at the top of my kitchen walls above the units which then become little moths and get in the food cupboards. I keep spraying them with bug spray and cleaning with disinfectant but they keep coming back. Any ideas what will repel them please?

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
30/07/2010 14:33

I've been fighting these things for years now and every summer I have the same problem. They get in to everything, even curry powder. I spray reg and make sure everything that they can eat is in sealed containers.

Check everything you cook with as you will supprised at what they will eat and lay eggs in, coffee, flour seseme seeds crackers, all spices. You will know they have been in the food as there are fine web like threads through every thing. Check regularly and throw out anything that looks like they have been at, if you can catch them before they turn in to moths it does help. If you do find a new trick please let me know, they cost me a furtune every summer.

Angela