# the evils of flour weevils **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evils-of-flour-weevils/194760 "2003-08-12T22:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tunabreath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@tunabreath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tunabreath)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evils-of-flour-weevils/194760/1 "2003-08-12T22:41:09Z")
A few months ago I bought some mesa (corn flour) but the only size I could find was about a gallon size or so. I haven’t opened this cabinet since I put it away, sealed up inside a gallon size zip-lock bag. Recently I noticed some bugs, very small ones, I figured they just want to get out of the rain(not realy). Oh! How cute(not at all! I know an invasion when I see one!) Last night I searched for the source and found a 1’x2’ cupboard infested with thousands of them, most of them in the corn flour. Digilently I through every dry good I have away, I bagged it up and put it all infront of my evil neighbor(not really, trash day was today). Now I have refugees. Little ones. Anyone else have this problem and conquer it pronto? I’m kinda hesitant to use poison in a food storage facility. So far I’m leaning towards diatomaceous earth and a nice flour bait mix. Also I’m wondering if they can’t find dry goods might they starve? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evils-of-flour-weevils/194760/2 "2003-08-13T03:24:04Z")
I used Raid House and Garden Bug Killer for a similar event. It worked like a charm, but you don’t want food to ever touch the sprayed surfaces afterward.