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housetiny black bugs
Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:43 PM
These bugs recently appeared in a house that we have been living in for the past 11 months. We have seen them in the washer and dryer room and our bathroom. They are mostly seen crawling on walls. We use a quarterly pest control service and the last time they came they sprayed in the attic. I am calling them to come back for a “call back” but I was hoping to know what they are sooner.
Thanks, bugged out in Texas
Houston, TX
Grain Weevil
Dear Bugged Out in Texas,
This is a weevil, possibly a grain weevil. Is there stored pet food nearby?
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the quick response. The pest control (Truly Nolen) is here and you “nailed it”! It is a weevil. He showed us a book with insects and to be exact it is a rice weevil. They were infested in a bag of bird seed that we have in a cabinet in our dining room. The bag contains milo, millet, cracked corn and sunflower seeds. The corn is what it looks like it was after. The strange thing is that we have had the plastic bag of seed since the summer and never noticed them until we came back from my grandparents house in Oklahoma. We brought back a back of nuts and had them in the same cabinet. Two days later we noticed the bugs. Not sure if that is it but we can draw a pretty good conclusion that is were they came from.
WE can’t thank you enough for helping identify these pesky things! I’ve included a link that shows what they look like in our bird seed.
Have a Happy New Year!
John and Melissa Roschal
Grain Weevil
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Comments 2
Definitely edible. There’s no record of anyone getting ill from the consumption of insects [or their frass] that infest human foods. In fact the occurence in our food of weevils or moths, in any of their life stages, would simply increase the nutrition of that food.
Posted 04 Jan 2009 at 7:14 pm ¶I also have an infestation of these pesky little creatures. We noticed them several months ago I had sewed and made some of the corn bags for the game corn-hole. I had the box placed in a closet. I saw these bugs and immediately started investigating and I removed the box and sprayed. I vacummed everything up and didn’t noticed them for some time. About a month or so ago I noticed them everywhere in the closet so I pulled everything out including all the clothes. I am not able to find what it is that they are feeding on. They aren’t visible in my kitchen and believe I have tore my house apart and sprayed every spray money can buy. They have moved to every room in my house its almost like they are feeding off of my carpet. Does anyone have any suggestions???
I keep pulling everything out and vacumming and then emptying the vacumn into a bag and taking it outside to the trash. I am seriously about to pull my hair out. I don’t really have the money to have a professional come out.
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