In the spring period these insects nest in our foods making them unusable. Here are all the strategies to take action and reduce the risk of it happening
You may have to face a nightmare situation if you do not decide to run for cover in time: the problem would be having to deal with a strange flutter of insects inside your food storage and immediately afterwards in the entire kitchen. We are talking about butterflies, those hateful insects that nest in food packs in the spring and which can give you torment for weeks.
Who are these insects
They are called food butterflies, but they are also known as flour moth and feed on all the grains, whether whole or ground. Flour, pasta, rice, but also biscuits, dried fruit, breakfast cereals, rusks: everything is a possible food for these insects that nest their larvae in the folds of the packs. Once the products have been affected there is no remedy, everything must be thrown away. This is why it is essential act in advance.
A butterfly-proof pantry
The first step is to empty everything disinfect. The larvae may have already infested the shelves of your pantry and then everything could be useless. Then emptied shelves and wardrobes and with a rag soaked in water e vinegar pass all the surfaces: in this completely natural way you will have disinfected every corner of the pantry. The second step is to pass each pack to the microscope, especially those already open: if you see small larvae, even if only on the surface of the packets, throw everything away, there may also be some inside.
How to properly store food
Once you have made sure that you have no food affected by the butterflies, pour the contents of the bags already open in jars, preferably glass, with an airtight cap. In this way you will be sure that the hateful butterflies will not contaminate anything.
In the tutorial some other tips to keep the butterflies away from your pantry
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