"Marcus Fox" wrote in
message ...
Weevils (browny black about 7mm long) are crawling up out of the gap
between
the base and back inside of our wall hung kitchen cupboard Suspect they
cam
walk all around the inside where the base, top and sides meet the back.
How
to eradicate them?

Marcus



I had these things in a flat I used to inhabit. Cereals, pasta and flours
were all affected - whether they were there before or whether a bad batch of
flour or something introduced them I don't know, but we did manage to get
rid of them ISTR.

Complete clear out. Throw away affected cereals, pasta and flours (or if
you can bear it, eat 'em. I don't think that they have any negative health
effects.)

Clear out all cupboards, vacuum them out.

Then, we used a bleach solution to clean the insides of the cupboards
thoroughly.

When you put things back, wipe all tins and other containers down with a
mild solution on a damp cloth. I didn't find the need for these expensive
antibacterial products and insect killers - bleach is very effective at
killing things.

Now's the time to get a load of sealable plastic containers for your flours,
pasta, cereals, etc etc - rectangular section ones are easier to stack.
Don't store things (like pasta and 'specialist' grains such as couscous) in
the cardboard boxes that they come in, but put them into these plastic
containers.

If you're scrupulous about your ongoing cleaning then the problem should be
contained and eventually eradicated.

cheers
Richard

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