I am pleased and honored to be the one to tell you that yes, you have eaten weevils. I know it’s a disgusting thought (or an invigorating one, no judgement), but there’s really nothing to be done about it. Most people are never even aware that it has happened. It might have simply been their eggs. It could, however, have been little bits of exoskeleton, maybe a leg or two, or possibly even the entire nasty weevil . . . or at least its larvae. With something as common as weevils, it’s pretty much unavoidable. They can be found in nearly any prepackaged food you buy that contains any sort of grain. I’m talkin’ cookies, crackers, biscuits, cake mixes, pastas, breakfast cereals, anything. This is due to the fact that weevils lay their eggs in, you guessed it, grains.
The two most common types of pantry weevils are the granary weevil (Sitophilus granarius) and the rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae). They are often referred to as snout weevils. These little pantry pests are actually beetles; very small beetles that rarely get any larger than ¼ of an inch. Female weevils use their little snouts to drill holes in the casings of grains, such as wheat, oats, rye, rice, corn, barley, and various seeds and beans. Once the hole is drilled, she deposits an egg and seals the hole back up with a gelatinous glue-like substance that she creates all by her little self. The egg hatches after a few days, and the larvae uses its surroundings as a lunch box for about the next month. For this reason, it can be difficult to detect an infestation. Not only is it slow to start but the larvae are in hiding. Once grain weevils (a.k.a. flour weevils) or rice weevils present themselves, you’ve got a problem. A single female can lay up to 400 eggs, which means up to 400 more hungry bugs lookin’ for a snack. If you’ve experienced something like this, you’ll need to know how to control and get rid of weevils.
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Weevil Identification
Rice Weevil
- 1/8- to 3/16-inch long
- Dull reddish brownRound pits on thorax
- Four light spots on carapace
- Able to fly
- Found more commonly in warmer states
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Granary Weevil
- 1/8- to 3/16-inch long
- Shiny reddish brown
- Elongated pits on thorax
- Can’t fly
- Found more commonly in cooler states
Best Methods of Weevil Control
Remove contaminated food products.
Sounds like a no-brainer, but this might be the single most important step in getting rid of weevils. Look through your ENTIRE pantry and every single cupboard for any food products that might be contaminated. If you find something that you aren’t sure of, pitch it. There’s no point in risking reinfestation. It could very well cost you more money in the long run. Once you have it all gathered up, take it outside to the trash immediately and move the can as far away from your house as possible.
Pull a Cinderella.
Conduct the most thorough cleaning of your pantry and cupboards that you have ever done. Start by taking absolutely everything off the shelves and vacuuming them. Make sure to get all the cracks where flour or other food bits might be hiding. If you have contact paper lining the shelves, remove it (you can put new stuff on later). Use a rag and some hot sudsy water to do the rest of the cleaning.
Kill weevils with cold.
To avoid future problems with weevils, it is advisable to freeze your food. You can do this to flour, oats, cookies, corn meal, grits, whatever. If you have the space in your freezer, you should just keep the stuff in there full time. If you have a small freezer and can’t afford the space, set the freezer as cold as it gets and leave the food in there for at least four days. That will kill any eggs, larvae, or weevils. Also, that’s an added 4 days of shelf life!
Kill weevils with heat.
If you don’t feel like freezing everything, a little heat exposure will accomplish the same thing. Spread your food or seeds thinly on a baking sheet, preheat the oven to 120°F, and leave it in there for 1 hour. If you’re impatient, you can do 130°F for ½ hour. If you want to use the microwave, spread the stuff on a glass dish or plate, and run it for 5 minutes. Keep in mind that if you are heating seeds for gardening, the heat may destroy the seed’s chances for germination. Also, don’t heat fine-grained things, like flour, in case of combustion.
Further weevil prevention.
Start by cleaning the cupboards and pantry regularly. If you spill something, clean it up immediately and thoroughly. In the pantry and cupboards, you may want to consider sealing any shelving cracks with caulk to keep food from getting trapped down there in the future. Buy your goods in smaller amounts that you can use quickly. Rotate your stock and don’t mix new food with old. Finally, store all of your perishables in tight-lidded glass, tin, steel, or plastic containers. If you have limited cupboard space, Rubbermaid modular containers (sold at Amazon) may be a good plan.
Control Weevils with Pyrethrins
With as common a pantry pest as weevils are, you would think that there would be quite a number of pesticides that target them directly. Unfortunately, this is far from the case. The reason is simple: weevils live and breed in your food. Since you would like to eat that food, contaminating it with insecticides probably isn’t the best idea. For this reason, you should probably just stick with pyrethrins. There are quite a few different pyrethrin sprays and aerosols available that are sold to be used indoors and in food handling areas. You should still avoid spraying the food directly. Once your pantry and cupboards are completely empty, spray them down. I would recommend you leave the cupboards empty and open for at least a few hours before filling them back up. Look for products such as CB-80 Extra, Riptide Waterbased Pyrethrin ULV, and Konk Too.
Best Natural Weevil Control Methods
Bay leaves.
Bay leaves are a natural weevil deterrent. After freezing or heating your grains, drop a bay leaf or two into the storage container on top of the food product you want to be protected. You may also wish to randomly scatter a few leaves around the cupboard or pantry. Amazon sells a bundle of ’em here.
Cloves.
Cloves are another natural deterrent for weevils. Treat your grains with cloves the same way you would with bay leaves. After treating your food with hot or cold, drop a clove on top of it before storing. Scatter a couple around the cupboards and pantry too. Hell, go crazy and try a couple of each.
Matchbooks.
Sounds odd, I know, but I read this suggestion in a number of places. Take a plain old matchbook, open it up, and set it in with your grains or pastas. Apparently the sulfur smell from the matches acts as a weevil deterrent.
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Binweevils Codes that work
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500 Mulch – 170424
Plate of Tapas – RIGG4F
Plate of Guacamole – 252128255565
SWS Water Balloon Canon – 156945293539
SWS Super Top Telescope – 381414592592350
SWS Boat Rucksack – RAENERASEIPSBEW
Vacuum Cleaner – BINKRAZE4692
Bin Burrito – SLIMESAUCE
SWS Water Balloon Canon – 156945293539
Fling Rocks Poster – 334147407675
Green Scent Flower in Starry Pot – 35277325
Blue Sweet Jar/50 Mulch – 3ORANGE14
Pirate Flag – 5DOTTROTT42WEB
Replica of Dosh’s Top Hat & Monocle – 7GREEN1549FLING9
Gam & Baby Colin Picture – 8DRAGON
Bin Weevils Rock Poster – 10ROCK30
Spring Poster – 156315963
Safari Coconut Torch – 16SCRIBBLES3
Scribbles Wall Sticker – 16STICKER1026
Bouncy Football – 19FOOTBALL11
Flam’s Propeller – 32WHIZZFIGG6PUNT
Red Mushroom Stool – 48MAGIC10
Dosh Jack-In-The-Box – 300TINK2PET4KEY
The Nest Inspector Poster – 426NEST886
Lady Wawa Poster (Posh’s Bin Pet) – 475BOSH10356BLUE
Exploding Bell Jar – 986SLD3Z7J
Balloon Machine – 321338
Golden Bin Weevil Magnifying Glass Trophy – 325645
Party Time Bin Pet House – 923413
Coat Stand – 4939123635
Ink’s Wallpaper – 172530334753
Slimy Green Cauldron – 252427415363
Bookshelf – 7206696115137
Bookcase – 7206696115160
Bunty’s Backstage VIP Passes – RUG18MANOR11KIP7
Scribbles Halloween Poster – SCRIBBLESBOO
Bookshelf – 72096115137160
Bin Weevils BAFTA wallpaper – BAFTA4BW2011
Bin Weevils BAFTA Balloons (2012) – BAFTA4BW2012
Welcome Sign – BIN4
Vacuum Cleaner – BINKRAZE4692
Pink Tulip Seed – BLUEROSE
Bin Pet Ball Toys – Miniature FLIP Themed Ball – BOUNCE2012
Nest Inspector Mirror – BUGZ3R6D6
Happy Easter Poster – BUNNY2012HOP
Book Monster – BUNTY
SWS Boat Rucksack – RAENERASEIPSBEW
Happy Halloween Poster (Red) – REDEYE10
SWS Wallpaper – RESPECT
Bin Pet Wallpaper – FAW275L9Z3P4
Weevil X Poster – FLAM2840JAM4ROPE
Fab’s Fortune Telling Machine – FORTUNE219
Cauldron of Green Goo – FRIDAY13TH
Bonfire Night Firework Wallpaper – GFOX511
Gold Christmas Tree – GLITTER24
Pink Love Heart wallpaper – GOGIRL711
Green slime wallpaper – ICKY3859
Secret Weevil Service Poster – IMAGINE2012BW
Jubilee Bunting – BW2012ROYAL
BAFTA Bin Weevils 2012 Wallpaper – BW4573WALL
BAFTA Bin Weevils Trophy – BW8765TROPHY
BAFTA Bin Weevils Throne – BW9976THRONE
Whoopee Cushion – C6247OUTWIT
Posh’s Celebrity Poster – DOSH2APPLE6RED8
Gymnastic Flip Poster – GONG5HEM12POSH4
Happy Halloween Poster Green – GREENEYE11
Pumpkin / 13 XP – HALL13
Halloween Sign – HALLOBIN31
Happy St Patricks Day Poster – LUCKY2012GREEN
Milk & Cookies – MERRY2412
Cardboard Box Seat – MYSTERY3
Message in a Bottle – PARRRTY
Earth Day Wallpaper 2012 – PLANET2012BW
Posh Poster – RIGG1016TONG905
Scribbles Halloween Poster – SCRIBBLESMAGIC
Scribbles’ Signed Celebrity Star Poster – SCRIBBLESSTAR12
Cardboard Box Seat – SECRET8
Filing Cabinets – SMK422A8T6Y
SMYTHS Toy Superstore Wallpaper – SMYTHS2012
Exploding Cake – TGZ638J9A4Q
Bunty’s Signed Celebrity Star Poster – TINK57BLUE3DOSH7
Grimy Toilet – TOILET2849
Happy New Year Banner – WEEVILYWISH2013
Weevil Weekly poster 100th Issue Poster – WW100THANKYOU
Weevil Weekly Issue 150th Issue Poster – WW150POSTER15
Smelly Sock Chandelier – YUCK2972
Flam Flying Poster – ZOOM2012FLAM
Rotten Fish Head – TOXIC711
Toymaster Dog Item – TOYMASTER1112
Welcome Sign – TREAT6
Labs Potion Worktable – TRIGG7324KEMBLUE
Bing Christmas Portrait – CHRISTMASINJULY
Gong Action Figure – GIRLS24
Plate of Nachos – MARACAS
Laser WEB shield – LSFS96ATBL7XTF
Earth Day Recycle Box – PETUNIA
Floating Eyes Canister – GROSS9254
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Slime Bed – SLIMY8345
New Bin Weevils Welcome Sign – WELCOME123
SWS Bin Pet Trophy – 40MUSHROOMS
Scribbles Easter Poster – EGGS2013
Rigg’s Blueprint of Bin Weevil Changer – NEWGATEDOORS
Giant Ice Cube – 3ICY23
Earth Day Wallpaper – BEGREEN2013
Gravity Defying Chair – 283643416465
Cuddly Easter Bunny – EASTERTINK13
Purple Scent Flower in Starry Pot – 2832029
Tink & Clott Bed – MISSYOU123
Pinnata – FIESTA
Castle Gam Dungeon Door – SWS4GSFS4WXSBA
The Official Guide Wallpaper – GO6COLIN2GLITTER
Easter Nest Inspector Poster – BESTNESTBUNNY
Bin Weevil Blue Eyes
Golden Saxophone – BINMUSIC2013
St Patricks Day Poster – LUCKY2013
Easter Bunny- EASTER2013
Binweevils Magazine Poster Codes
Magazine Poster Issue 15 – 81626323640
Magazine Poster Issue 14 – 725273141
Magazine Poster Issue 13 – 3PINK7TUMDAB11
Magazine Poster Issue 12 – CICERO24GLUM1118
Magazine Poster Issue 11 – ZING8BOP6HEM6BED
Magazine Poster Issue 10 – 12151617
Magazine Poster Issue 9 – 12HOLLYGOSH3110
Magazine Poster Issue 8 – 7SLIMEDIGG695KIP
Magazine Poster Issue 7 – 473235
Magazine Poster Issue 6 – 519253133
Magazine Poster Issue 5 – DOSH24KEM10CROWN
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Magazine Poster Issue 4 – RIGGRED5HAM7PINK
Magazine Poster Issue 3 – DOSH3PINK6GREEN3
Magazine Poster Issue 2 – 9BLUE10FLAG15KIP
Magazine Poster Issue 1 – LAB19SLUDGE5RED8
Binweevils Codes for Mulch
50 Mulch – WEEVILYWOW50
1000 Mulch – 63
1000 Mulch – 685
500 Mulch and/or 30 XP – 167HOLIDAY1
500 Mulch – 3RED6SCRIBBLES
Pirate Flag and/or 200 Mulch – 11GEM6
200 Mulch – CLOTT25000
1000 Mulch – MULCHMAG1120
250 Mulch – JET398FRUIT2
500 Mulch – SEA2012
Bin Weevils Blue Hair
150 Mulch – WW150MULCH13
1000 Mulch – SWSP4KJL47AF
Binweevils Codes for XP
100 XP – 8DOODLE3YELLOW
200 XP – LAB229MULCH3
150 XP – WW150XP3
That’s all the codes I have found which should all work like I said! Remember, if they do not work, please let me know and I will take them off the site. Also, most of these codes can only be used one time and then you cannot use them anymore! I hope my list helps! Have fun and don’t forget to check out our Facebook page, Twitter page and YouTube account.