William W. Plummer wrote:

Bugs in rice is common, especially if it is imported. I've always
thought that's why they tell you to wash the rice before cooking it.


For the past 25 years, I have only had one bag of rice that had
bugs in it. It's certainly not common to me.

Bugs in birdseed are even more common. Sunflower seed produced a
zillion flying type bugs. (My GF freeked out.)