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Posted: 5/10/2014 1:48:51 PM EDT
What the fuck are these things? And how are they defeated? |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 1:49:18 PM EDT
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dickfor.
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Posted: 5/10/2014 1:51:51 PM EDT
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What the fuck are these things? And how are they defeated? baby roach, defeated by moving!!!   
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Posted: 5/10/2014 1:57:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:06:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:06:24 PM EDT
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It isn't a "baby" roach, as no immature insects have wings. Hard to tell from the photos, but I'll venture you have a beetle of the family Dermestidae. They are common in homes and eat exfoliated skin, hair, dry dog food and the like.
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:07:03 PM EDT
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Congrats. You've got a roach infestation.
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:10:12 PM EDT
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They are tiny and fly. I removed all of the dog food and anything that had bugs outside. I've vacuumed the area and am inspecting for more of them. My plan is to vacuum as many out of the house as possible and reassess from there. Sucks I'm out all of this dog food but I need to get this shit out of the house.
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:26:41 PM EDT
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I went through the same thing a couple of years ago. I bought something that had weevils in it and they took up residence in my, not exactly small, pantry. I took EVERYTHING out. Checked for bugs, wiped down all containers. Cleaned all the shelves and then wiped some insecticide on/under the shelves and let it dry out for a day. I put bay leaves in containers with bags of rice and such. I don't know if it actually did anything, but I read that buggies don't like them. I also sprinkled boric acid under the bottom shelf so nothing could nest there. I sprayed the base boards around the house and presto, no more weevils.
It was a lot of work, and I had to throw away a good amount of stuff. 
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:29:30 PM EDT
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Had cat food with them. Since I kept the cat food in the same barrell as the dog food...the math is easy.
Threw both out. Problem solved. Or, you could burn your entire house down along with all the contents just to be sure. 
TC |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:32:01 PM EDT
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It may be the "drugstore beetle." It's a little difficult to tell without better pictures or use of a microscope. I need a better view of the antennae.
Here are some helpful links that may help you determine what you have: http://bugguide.net/node/view/40237 http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/stored/drugstore_beetle.htm http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ig095#FIGURE 12 |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:37:08 PM EDT
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its a Weevil
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:46:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
its a Weevil Was there one... or is it the lesser of two weevils? |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:49:27 PM EDT
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Grain weevils? http://www.agpestmanagement.co.uk/Data/Sites/1/grain-weevil.jpghttps://twinkiethekid.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/weevil_heather.jpg http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/01/weevil_eats_corn.jpg http://bugmastermobile.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/how-to-get-rid-of-grain-weevils/ http://bugmastermobile.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bug_grain-weevils.jpg?w=640 We've recently been seeing these in our house, didn't know what they were, thanks. Now to go kill them with fire. 
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:54:23 PM EDT
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It doesn't appear to have a long proboscis, so I don't think it's a weevil.
ETA: I'm going with flour beetle. |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 2:59:57 PM EDT
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They haven't gotten to our food pantry. I've removed all of the dog food and anything else that was where they were that was open (I inspected the closed packages) and vacuumed the area. I vacuumed as many as those fuckers as I could and am washing the dog's bed and curtains (which they were also on).
Hopefully I can nip this in the bud before it gets too bad. Just not sure how to proceed with getting new dog food... |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 3:02:39 PM EDT
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Seems about the right size as a flour beetle.
http://dogcare.dailypuppy.com/common-pests-dog-food-1724.html |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 3:04:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Grain weevils? http://www.agpestmanagement.co.uk/Data/Sites/1/grain-weevil.jpghttps://twinkiethekid.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/weevil_heather.jpg http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/01/weevil_eats_corn.jpg http://bugmastermobile.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/how-to-get-rid-of-grain-weevils/ http://bugmastermobile.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bug_grain-weevils.jpg?w=640 |
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Posted: 5/10/2014 3:42:49 PM EDT
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dog food should be kept in a sealed bin of some kind.
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Posted: 5/10/2014 3:48:06 PM EDT
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thats a pissant
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Posted: 5/10/2014 3:54:03 PM EDT
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It's a kundus.
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Posted: 5/10/2014 4:01:41 PM EDT
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Sister had an ongoing issue with these, she blamed a potted plant that belonged to mom.
After her dog died she brought us some Milk Bones. We started seeing the bugs here. We opened the box and out they came. They were hatching in the Milk Bones and were boring out. Needless to say we never bought Milk Bones again. |
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Posted: 5/11/2014 7:02:02 AM EDT
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Good news is this morning I only saw 4 which were taken as POWs. Came back from my girlfriends race and only found 1 who was KIA. Will keep hunting.
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dog food should be kept in a sealed bin of some kind. http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/04/43/65/01/0004436501144_500X500.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
dog food should be kept in a sealed bin of some kind. http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/04/43/65/01/0004436501144_500X500.jpg We store most of the food in one. The rest is in the bag until there is enough room in the container. New bag of food is in a separate part of the house upstairs while I fight this infestation. Quoted:
Sister had an ongoing issue with these, she blamed a potted plant that belonged to mom. After her dog died she brought us some Milk Bones. We started seeing the bugs here. We opened the box and out they came. They were hatching in the Milk Bones and were boring out. Needless to say we never bought Milk Bones again. I threw out 2 boxes of Milk Bones and they were in there. I don't know if they came from in there or not... |
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Posted: 5/11/2014 7:02:52 AM EDT
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Freeze everything. Now.
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Posted: 5/11/2014 11:30:42 AM EDT
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it is NOT a weevil
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