Bugs in the Food Press

hamsterboy

Hi all
We've been havin a problem with small beetle like insects about 1mm long in our kitchen.
They're in the food press and pretty much every storage area.
I dont know what they are, can't understand why as my GF is a bit of a clean freak and religiously cleans the house thoroughly....

Any ideas/solution would be great

HB

looksee

Are they a kind of light brown colour? They are probably flour mites. If you leave flour in a press long enough they will appear. Don't think about it too much To get rid of them, throw away the flour, clean the press where they are - they don't seem to get into anything else, though I have found them in camomile tea bags. When you get more flour buy smaller quantities and keep the bag in a ziploc bag.

jaggiebunnet

as above, this happened to us a few years ago..we threw out all open bags, sealed all new stuff in zipper bags and cleaned the cupboard down...never saw them again.

brightspark

They could be biscuit beetles also (2-3mm long?)

http://www.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=biscuit+beetles&rlz=1R2GGLL_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=x2Q7TMG8NZKy0gStlpm2Dg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQsAQwAw