Show Methods Given To Kill I Kitchen I Insects sects By Carolyn Garrison Extension Agent Among the many insects invading invading in in- human habitation are certain food pests we call caU kitchen kitchen kit kit- chen insects They present a problem in hundreds of homes each year Saw tooth Saw tooth grain beetles and flour beetles often infest InCest flour in large numbers before their their presence is discovered They also infest inCest other kinds of oC uncooked uncooked un un- cooked and cooked cereals LARD LARDEN EN BEETLE larvae may je e found in the cupboard or on the sideboards and sink They are hairy and about fourth ohe-fourth to third one-third inch long These may reach the home in packaged cereals or the adults may have gotten gotten got got- ten into the home when a door or window was opened in the summer Here are are four steps for eliminating elim mating these food pests 1 1 Thoroughly cleanup and dispose of all infested cereals 2 thoroughly scrub all aU shelves a tested cabinets s e cereals and s closets and de depest spices where might in infested in- in pest 3 3 keep all aU cereals in insect in in- sect tight sect tight containers such as friction top cans or fruit botties botties botties bot bot- ties so they will not be be- i come come Infested 4 L C. TREAT SHELVES SHELVES a ad and d areas beneath cabinets with a type household spray such as 5 per cent DDT 1 percent per percent percent cent or 2 per cent chlordane The spray spray destroys destroys' food Insects that may may be wandering wandering wan wan- dering a about abut ut or hidden in in cracks racks or crevices But dont don't t use kerosene base sprays around flour or the flour may take up an undesirable undesirable unde unde- odor and taste |