Archive for the ‘Pantry & Linen Pests’ Category

Protect Your Cornflakes with Organic Bug Killer

February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Organic & Chemical Pesticides, Pantry & Linen Pests | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Nothing ruins your morning like opening up your box of cereal and finding it full of bugs. Certain bugs, called pantry pests, can get into your cabinets and your breakfast. There are many different types, and they go after different ...

Are Moths Eating Your Clothes? Identify a Clothes Moth

January 17th, 2010 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
There are two types of clothes moths that can do considerable damage to textiles, the Webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliela) and the Casemaking clothes moth (Tinea pellionella). Unfortunately, most infestations are noticed too late to prevent the coming damage, partly ...

Clothes Moth Control Tactics Vital In Protecting Your Clothing & Other Posessions

January 15th, 2010 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Ever taken some clothes out of the closet or attic and found holes in them? Some times moths get into your clothes and eat away at the fibers.

Crickets in Your House? Easy Ways to Eliminate a Cricket Problem

January 12th, 2010 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 1 Comment | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
The sound of crickets chirping can be really pleasant for someone spending some time outdoors, but once that noise follows you in the house, it tends to become a bit more irritating. Although crickets do not bite pets or people ...

Carpet Beetle Larvae: The Top Fabric Pest

January 8th, 2010 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
A carpet beetle is a pest that feeds on varying fabrics like carpet, fur, or clothing. They tend to prefer carpet because it is the prime spot to leg their eggs and let loose their baby larvae. Carpet beetle larvae ...

The Name Game: Moth Identification

December 27th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
With 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moths throughout the world today, it's hard to tell who's who. Therefore, exploring the main types of moths is the best thing you can do to catch up. Butterflies and moths also have a ...

Nature’s Thermometer: How Crickets’ Chirping Can Help You

December 26th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | 2 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
Did you know not all cricket chirps are alike? Each of the 127 different species of crickets in the United States has its own unique chirp. Listening to crickets' chirping is one way entomologists distinguish between crickets and katydids, a ...

Pantry Moths: The Pantry Pests

December 26th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests | No Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
We store things in our pantry like cereal, cookies, bread, and other foods of our liking. When we open up this closet of food we are expecting to find something to eat, not a pantry moth flying around. Attracted to unclean ...

Jump On Them Before They Jump On You! : Jumping Bristletail Info

July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 3 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Microcoryphia) Jumping Bristletails belong to the same Superorder as Silverfish and Firebrat Insect (Thysanura) but belong to a different subdivision order (Archeognatha); whereas, the true order of Silverfish and Firebrats is Zygentoma. Older texts lump the two orders together, but current ...

The Goliath of Them All! : Giant Gray Silverfish

July 15th, 2009 Posted in Pantry & Linen Pests, Silverfish & Firebrats | 4 Comments | The First 1,000 to Comment (Starting 10/21/2009) Will Become EcoSMART Product Testers! (details)
-(Ctenolepisma longicaudata) Also commonly referred to as the "long-tailed silverfish" or the "giant silverfish," the Gray Silverfish is slightly larger than the Common Silverfish, ranging in size from 5/8-3/4 in. Contrasting with the Common, the Gray is always uniformly ...