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Exterminator West Palm Beach | Your Guide to Pantry Pests

Do you need to call for a professional pest exterminator West Palm Beach to help you deal with your pantry pest issues? Read up to learn more about the pests (moths, weevils or certain types of beetles) that love to feed on your dry goods and stored product items.

Where Can Pantry Pestsbe Found?

You can usually findthem in your kitchen and pantries where you store your dry food products suchas beans, corn, whole grains, cornmeal, chocolate, dried fruit, cookies, pasta,flour, cereal, and spices. These pantry pests choose a variety of places forbreeding and feeding including food processing and storage facilities, grocerystores, pharmacies, basements, and restaurants.

Are They Dangerous?

Although they don’t bite, sting, cause significant health issues to humans and cause structural damage, you wouldn’t want them hanging out in your home. Aside from the fact that they’re able to infest your food sources in a flash, they can also leave behind their saliva and excrement that you can potentially ingest.

What Causes Pantry PestInfestations?

These pests find their way into buildings and homes as they search for breeding sites and food. They get indoors through tiny spaces around doors, windows, and screens. However, they can also enter your home through your purchased packaged stored products that are already infested with their eggs and larvae.

How Can Infestations Be Prevented?

First, be sure to keepyour doors and window screens intact and install weather stripping around yourdoors and windows. Refrain from leaving food debris in your pantries andstorage areas and avoid purchasing food from bulk bins or those that have ripsand tears in the packaging. Check your pantry items regularly so that you candiscard items that are expired and rotate those that aren’t. It’s best to storeyour food in the refrigerator or in air-tight containers.

Hire an ExterminatorWest Palm Beach!

If you suspect an infestation, contact a professional exterminator West Palm Beach. O’Hara Pest Control can help keep these pests out of your house ASAP.

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