A sign of the impending...

[reynardo]

I've always been astounded by friends of mine who are medical practitioners, who can look at a scan or an x-ray and spot a medical problem from the slightest, most subtle change in the picture. I'll look at the same picture and go "what the ???"

But now, my observational skills are starting to kick in. I was browsing through the pantry cupboard, choosing pasta for tonight, when I noticed something odd in the breadcrumbs container. We try and keep things like breadcrumbs in sealed containers to keep them away from moths.



Well.

There was a slight deviation from the line of breadcrumbs. At one point, with no other difference showing, there was a slight rise in the breadcrumb horizon. No more than one crumb high and six long, it could have been just a natural anomaly in the top surface. There were no suspicious cocoons along the top of the container, no webby dangles along the side.

But I was suspicious.

And I opened the container, and gently plucked at the spot.

And as a small, flat plaque of breadcrumbs came away, all clinging to each other with the finest of filaments, I used some very rude words and cursed the bloody moths once more. Bastards.

Hopefully this has been stopped early, and is not an early sign of an upcoming Mothageddon. I really don't want any more of them.

Comments

[moxie_man]

I *HATE* those kind of moths. They do seem impossible to eliminate once they move in short of burning down the house and all the contents of said house. :(

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

I've had good luck with saturating all the corners and edges (including the underside) of wooden shelving with bug spray (having removed all the contents and evacuating the house until the fumes die down)

[tudorpot.livejournal.com]

oh dear. I went to the kitchen a few nights ago and saw one of the first signs of Spring - a wee mouse running under my stove.

[notsocraven.livejournal.com]

omg! I didnt' even know this was possible! ::shudder:: I'm gonna check my breadcrumbs as soon as I get home. I've had a tub of them for almost a year without opening.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

OMG I HATE FOOD MOTHS!

First time I came across them was in Switzerland. HAd them twice there, and they were a chronic problem in France, too. I took to using moth traps in the cupboards, and keeping everything in Kilner jars properly sealed with rubber. Not even Tupperware could keep those little bastards out.

Best of luck with the eradication.

[darklotus1211.livejournal.com]

I've only just managed to get rid of a moth infestation in my cupboards, courtesy of an infested bag of flour I got from Woolies.

I'm now battling our annual mouse plague - not made any easier by my next door neighbour who has them badly - you can hear them in her roof and walls - and complains, but does nothing to stop them.

They come indoors around here and set up house as winter approaches. Unfortunately, my hot water service is in an enclosed space in my kitchen and they love to nest around it as it's nice and warm, so I have them running along my food prep areas all the time. I have to disinfect every time before I use any of them just in case, even if there's no obvious evidence. Strangely enough, they don't seem interested in my food cupboards, but tend to hang out in my under-sink cupboards, so I suppose I should be grateful for that. It could also be worse as they could be rats, which I had a problem with when I lived in Sydney and we don't get cockroaches here thank god.

I have to move my stove to get to the water heater space to keep cleaning it out, so it's a big pain, but I must say, my cat is having a beano.