Okay wtf are these -flour straight to container after purchase
Do they come in the flour?! This flour went straight in the jar after I bought it home because I’ve seen these things in there before after leaving a bag in the cupboard. But this has only been in the jar D:
by yasminsharp
33 Comments
Real_Soft_3214
“flour Weevils”
melaka_mystica
Always freeze your flour for 24 hours before using! These are flour beetles or weevils. Check your pasta boxes, sugar and rice. You should def throw out that flour
cosmosofkittens
Looks like you have to throw that away 😭that means it’s infested with flour mites the flour is bad due to the humidity/probably been sitting on the shelf for awhile😭
MikeOKurias
Hey, do me a favor and don’t delete this post. Please.
There are several posts a month to various baking subreddits where someone takes a closeup picture of flour, sees some brown specks (bran in their flour) and the post gets flooded with people saying it’s bugs and not just pieces of bran that made it into the mill.
***These are actual flour weevils***
Naive-Most590
One time I bought bird seed and let it sit in my house.
WELL!!! Whole house was infested to the nth degree with these but bigger.
_ow_hop_
That’s your protein content
britreddit
It’s /r/weeviltime baby!
crampnimble
Next time if you don’t do the freezer trick, place a few dried bay leaves in the container. I had this once until I read about bay leaves, and then never again!
pinakbutt
If it gives you comfort these little fucks eat shit breathe nothing but flour. At least thats what I tell myself when i overthink about having them in my food.
sarcastic_monkies
I put sticks of spearmint gum on the shelves in my pantry and mine went away.
eightofpearl
Thems bugs, dawg
sarahafskoven
Noooooope. No. No thank you.
Darnbeasties
Maybe we need to just get a big deep freeze to store all the flour, pastas, oatmeal. Just keep everything in the freezer
Elfie_Elf
Those are your lil flour buddies! They’re just making sure your flour is on the up-and-up ☺️
(In all seriousness those are weevils and will get into ALL your dry goods, toss it out, freeze your flour then store it airtight and you’ll be good, I sift my flour Into a big bowl before freezing so it’s easier to transfer into an airtight container later)
SummerCold0704
A reason for a refund
dreizehn1313
#*|*
OminousMusicBox
Be sure to tell the store you bought it from!
msrawrington
Do they only come out in certain climates? I’ve never seen this in 30 years of baking…
Ginwest
I freeze all new bags of flour for a full 4 days, take out and let sit to thaw and bring to room temp, then store in a lock n lock container. I have never had an issue with any invaders.
houndedhound
If they get into your other things, you need to clear out your cupboards and look through your stuff.
We had different bugs, and had to clear and clean our entire living room (carpet bugs).
We used Ardap to make sure these bugs die (spray stuff that kills insects for up to 6 weeks). It worked wonders for us. Though we couldnt use it in the kitchen. We just cleaned it well. For cloth stuff lavender and cedar rings work well, and cleaning stuff with vinegar (didnt try the vinegar).
Everything was in closed containers but they still got everywhere. You also get rid of them the same way as weevils and aren’t dangerous, but places you find them are different to that of weevils. We had empty egg cartons in the pantry and that is where I had found the largest concentration of them
Puzzleheaded-Ad2257
Weevils! I put bay leaves in all my flour and all around my pantry to keep all the bugs away. Haven’t had a problem with weevils in anything since
linniex
This is the reason I stopped shopping at Walmart – brought these home and within a month my entire kitchen was infested with pantry bugs. I wound up realizing they where out of control when i grabbed some Italian seasoning for a 5 gallon pot of Tomato sauce I had been cooking for 2 days and dumped a heap of them in there. Now I put all flours in the freezer or large amounts in a food safe bucket with a lid which kinda sucks because I use a decent amount of flour
RuleNo8868
Had these creatures roaming down the hallway. Cleaned out the pantry and couldn’t find them. I told the pest people that they looked like pantry weevils and they said noooooo. Took me forever but I found the culprit in the hall closet with homemade heat socks made out of rice! Another instance, I bought barley from the store and dumped into a large pot of vegetable soup and had to toss the whole thing.
Venge
Wevils…..eggs are always there…..you just had flour long enough for them to hatch
ExaminationFancy
Time to buy airtight containers and clean out your pantry.
I got an infestation from bird seed and they made their way into my kitchen. Once I identified the source of the problem, I’ve been weevil free since.
Enough-Jackfruit-490
Just my 2 cents – if you buy flour in the pre-packaged plastic containers (not the plastic coated paper bags but the containers), you won’t have to freeze your flour. It’s a little more expensive, but it’s worth it to me for the peace of mind, because that flour comes pre-treated.
Few_Butterscotch_969
Guys, it’s 2024. This isn’t “bugs in flour,” it’s an all natural organic blend enriched with protein. ✨️
D_Mom
I was taught in the 80s to put a bay leaf in my flour. It won’t affect the taste but repels the bugs.
Thesiene
Weevils, and I just had them. What I did is basically emptied my whole pantry, threw away all cereal and flour that were open, vacuumed, then cleaned with white vinegar because I read they don’t like vinegar. Then I used a spray I made for désinfection, 50% alcohol, 50% vinegar and sprayed all over the pantry, left it simmer for a day. Then reput stuff back in, and now I store all my flour in glass jars.
This was 4 weeks ago, I was away on vacation and got home yesterday and no weevils.
BeautifulSinner72
You can use a small sifter to get rid of the majority of bugs and eggs. Then put the flour in the freezer for a few days to kill everything else. Then sift again.
Tiny_Art_8232
Oh no, they’re weevils! We had a weevil infestation through rice once and they got EVERYWHERE. We had to throw out like half our packaged food. They even ended up in the bedroom (we were in an apt)
33 Comments
“flour Weevils”
Always freeze your flour for 24 hours before using! These are flour beetles or weevils. Check your pasta boxes, sugar and rice. You should def throw out that flour
Looks like you have to throw that away 😭that means it’s infested with flour mites the flour is bad due to the humidity/probably been sitting on the shelf for awhile😭
Hey, do me a favor and don’t delete this post. Please.
There are several posts a month to various baking subreddits where someone takes a closeup picture of flour, sees some brown specks (bran in their flour) and the post gets flooded with people saying it’s bugs and not just pieces of bran that made it into the mill.
***These are actual flour weevils***
One time I bought bird seed and let it sit in my house.
WELL!!!
Whole house was infested to the nth degree with these but bigger.
That’s your protein content
It’s /r/weeviltime baby!
Next time if you don’t do the freezer trick, place a few dried bay leaves in the container. I had this once until I read about bay leaves, and then never again!
If it gives you comfort these little fucks eat shit breathe nothing but flour. At least thats what I tell myself when i overthink about having them in my food.
I put sticks of spearmint gum on the shelves in my pantry and mine went away.
Thems bugs, dawg
Noooooope. No. No thank you.
Maybe we need to just get a big deep freeze to store all the flour, pastas, oatmeal. Just keep everything in the freezer
Those are your lil flour buddies! They’re just making sure your flour is on the up-and-up ☺️
(In all seriousness those are weevils and will get into ALL your dry goods, toss it out, freeze your flour then store it airtight and you’ll be good, I sift my flour Into a big bowl before freezing so it’s easier to transfer into an airtight container later)
A reason for a refund
#*|*
Be sure to tell the store you bought it from!
Do they only come out in certain climates? I’ve never seen this in 30 years of baking…
I freeze all new bags of flour for a full 4 days, take out and let sit to thaw and bring to room temp, then store in a lock n lock container. I have never had an issue with any invaders.
If they get into your other things, you need to clear out your cupboards and look through your stuff.
We had different bugs, and had to clear and clean our entire living room (carpet bugs).
We used Ardap to make sure these bugs die (spray stuff that kills insects for up to 6 weeks). It worked wonders for us. Though we couldnt use it in the kitchen. We just cleaned it well. For cloth stuff lavender and cedar rings work well, and cleaning stuff with vinegar (didnt try the vinegar).
Good luck!!
Oh honey, thems is bugs
A lot of people said weevil, but they remind me of book lice.
We had an infestation several years back and this is what we had
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug/s/cFMd1QMkJ8
And a video of the little buggers
https://youtu.be/TlXjHQCps-Y?si=8kae8V2JYnHoiPZc
Everything was in closed containers but they still got everywhere.
You also get rid of them the same way as weevils and aren’t dangerous, but places you find them are different to that of weevils. We had empty egg cartons in the pantry and that is where I had found the largest concentration of them
Weevils! I put bay leaves in all my flour and all around my pantry to keep all the bugs away. Haven’t had a problem with weevils in anything since
This is the reason I stopped shopping at Walmart – brought these home and within a month my entire kitchen was infested with pantry bugs. I wound up realizing they where out of control when i grabbed some Italian seasoning for a 5 gallon pot of Tomato sauce I had been cooking for 2 days and dumped a heap of them in there. Now I put all flours in the freezer or large amounts in a food safe bucket with a lid which kinda sucks because I use a decent amount of flour
Had these creatures roaming down the hallway. Cleaned out the pantry and couldn’t find them. I told the pest people that they looked like pantry weevils and they said noooooo. Took me forever but I found the culprit in the hall closet with homemade heat socks made out of rice! Another instance, I bought barley from the store and dumped into a large pot of vegetable soup and had to toss the whole thing.
Wevils…..eggs are always there…..you just had flour long enough for them to hatch
Time to buy airtight containers and clean out your pantry.
I got an infestation from bird seed and they made their way into my kitchen. Once I identified the source of the problem, I’ve been weevil free since.
Just my 2 cents – if you buy flour in the pre-packaged plastic containers (not the plastic coated paper bags but the containers), you won’t have to freeze your flour. It’s a little more expensive, but it’s worth it to me for the peace of mind, because that flour comes pre-treated.
Guys, it’s 2024. This isn’t “bugs in flour,” it’s an all natural organic blend enriched with protein. ✨️
I was taught in the 80s to put a bay leaf in my flour. It won’t affect the taste but repels the bugs.
Weevils, and I just had them. What I did is basically emptied my whole pantry, threw away all cereal and flour that were open, vacuumed, then cleaned with white vinegar because I read they don’t like vinegar.
Then I used a spray I made for désinfection, 50% alcohol, 50% vinegar and sprayed all over the pantry, left it simmer for a day. Then reput stuff back in, and now I store all my flour in glass jars.
This was 4 weeks ago, I was away on vacation and got home yesterday and no weevils.
You can use a small sifter to get rid of the majority of bugs and eggs. Then put the flour in the freezer for a few days to kill everything else. Then sift again.
Oh no, they’re weevils! We had a weevil infestation through rice once and they got EVERYWHERE. We had to throw out like half our packaged food. They even ended up in the bedroom (we were in an apt)