How to Get Rid of Indian Meal Moths (4 Easy Steps)

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1) IDENTIFICATION: 0:32
2) INSPECTION: 1:50
2) TREATMENT: 2:18
3) PREVENTION: 4:27

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Indian meal moths can infest an entire pantry once they’ve been let in. Larvae will eat grains and other dry food and leave behind massive amounts of webbing, droppings, and casings. They can cause up to hundreds of dollars in damage, so in this video, we’ll show you how to spot indian meal moths, look for their activity, treat them, and prevent future infestations from breaking out.

Indian meal moth larvae are small worms that grow to be about ½ an inch in length. They have dark brown heads, and their bodies are usually off-white, but are known to be brown, pink, or almost green, depending on their food source.

Pupae are around ¼ of an inch in length. As larvae grow and reach maturity, they’ll have developed 5 pairs of prolegs. If an indian meal moth larva is not pupating on its food source, it has the capability to travel large distances to find a pupation site.

Adults grow to be ½ an inch in length, with a wingspan of up to ¾ of an inch. Since indian meal moths can pupate away from food sources, you might mistake the indian meal moth for a clothes moth, but pay attention to the wing pattern. Indian meal moths’ wings go from light brown to dark brown, with a black band in the middle.

Examine all food products, including pet food if you have any. Check anywhere you store food: pantries, shelves, cabinets, even your garage if you keep food there. Look for any larvae, pupae, or adult moths. Any dry foods like grains, cereals, flour, corn, or rice are candidates for moths or other pantry pests.

In order to start treatment, you’ll need to clean out your pantry first. By targeting food sources, you take care of a huge reason why pantry pests are there in the first place. Start by throwing out all dry food. That sounds excessive, but if you’ve found one infested package, odds are there are others. After you’ve done that, continue clearing out the rest of the pantry.
With the pantry cleared out, take a vacuum and clean the shelves. If your shelves are adjustable, use a toothpick to clear out the peg holes. After you’ve picked up, clean the shelves with mild soap and water.

Before applying treatment, be sure to wear your personal protective equipment, or PPE, especially before handling any chemicals. And remember, do not allow people or pets near your treatment sites until all chemicals have dried.

Start your treatment with Pyrid. Pyrid is an insecticide aerosol that delivers a quick knockdown, and it’s labeled for a wide variety of flying and crawling pests. Use this as a crack and crevice treatment to kill any bugs or eggs that are hiding or have fallen in hard to see spots.

Next, apply Novacide. Novacide is another insecticide aerosol, but this one contains an insect growth regulator, or IGR. This will disrupt the moths’ life cycle and prevent eggs, larvae, and pupae from developing into adults. Additionally, Novacide has a long lasting residual, and will work for up to 7 months. Apply Novacide as a spot treatment along the edges of your shelves.

Finally, round out your treatment with Allure traps. These glue traps come with a moth-attracting pheromone. Moths will fly towards the trap, get stuck, and eventually die.

Start prevention by purchasing only 1 or 2 weeks of food at the grocery store so you don’t overstock your pantry shelves. The longer something sits there, the more likely a potential infestation could break out. Store food in plastic containers. The air-tight seals on plastic containers ensure that bugs won’t crawl inside. If an infestation does occur in the future, sealed containers allow you to isolate a future breakout. Finally, you can set up Allure traps every 3 months to use as a monitoring system. Set traps where you store food, and keep an eye out for any moths.