Weevils pest control Knowledge
Weevils are small vegetarian beetles, which have the habit of infiltrating your pantry and eating stored crops. These pantry pests will destroy food supplies and lay their eggs inside, silently. Weevils are often undetected until damages become significant. Managing weevil infestation is a key to maintaining food safety and quality.
Holes in Food Packages: Tiny holes in bags or boxes of grains, cereals or flour.
Live or Dead Weevils: Finding weevils in your food or around pantry areas.
Movement in Stored Grains: Noticing movement or hearing rustling inside grain containers.
Fine Powder: Presence of a flour-like substance or dust around food packages which can be an indication for weevil activity.
3 to 10 mm long depending on species and life cycle stage.
Mainly grains, seeds and nuts, but some species target specific plants like cotton for boll weevils.
Unsealed food containers, dark and undisturbed storage areas, and bulk food purchases.
Grain Weevil: Dark brown to black.
Rice Weevil: Reddish-brown with four light spots on wings.
Boll Weevil: Brown with white spots.
Elongated, with a distinctive snout for boring into food. Some species have wings and can fly while others are wingless.
Inside stored food products in homes, warehouses, or agricultural settings. They thrive where food is readily available.
Store food in airtight containers. Inspection is advised for pantry bugs prevention. If you see the early signs of infestation in your food storages, you can make prevention actions like:
Throwing away affected foods
If a weevil infestation becomes out of control, the pestizan team is here to help you. We can investigate for the root of the infestation, which may source beyond the pantry or cabinets and apply our most comprehensive weevil pest control tailored for your environment.
They can hitchhike to your place with infested food purchases. Also, some species can fly in, from outside your home. Call us to have them eliminated completely!
Primarily, they target food, but they can occasionally infest non-food items like birdseed or decorative grains.
Not directly, they do not bite or sting, but consuming infested food may cause digestive problems.
Yes, sealing and freezing infested food for at least one week can kill weevils and their eggs.
