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Pest/Bug - Anyone know what this is ?

  • 23-07-2014 9:47am
    #1
    Curious Geroge
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    I've attached an image of what appeared in the kitchen over the wknd. Seems to have started from the dog biscuits.


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  • #2
    Alun
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    It's a key :D Or do you mean those tiny little dots? They're probably some kind of weevil / beetle if you think they came from the dog biscuits, but you'll need a much better photo to be able to identify them. Do you have a camera (a proper camera, not a phone) with a macro facility?

    http://www.nomorepests.co.uk/storecupboardpests.html
    http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/index/environment/pest_control/biscuit_beetle.htm


  • #3
    tk123
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    mites?


  • #4
    kylith
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    The sesame seed things? Bog standard dust mite, I think.


  • #5
    Curious Geroge
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    Seem to be flour mites.. A big cleanout on the cards..


  • #6
    tk123
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    Curious Geroge wrote: »
    Seem to be flour mites.. A big cleanout on the cards..

    You can freeze flour/dog food/treats to kill them.. but the thought of eating the dead bodies freaks me out so I always dump anything that's got them :pac:


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  • #7
    boomerang
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    I would say flour mites too.


  • #8
    tk123
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    Oh forgot to say - we used to have big problems with them and regularly had to throw out bags of flour. We stopped leaving it in the paper bags and used airtight jars and haven't had a problem since. Odlums are now doing the flour in storage boxes which would help minimise them as well.


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