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 supersteve 22 Apr 2021

Does anyone have any practical experience with getting rid of weevils? Get the odd one turning up in my cornflakes - not bothered by the extra protein, its just annoying. Online advice seems to be throwing away affected food (this seems wasteful) or putting food in freezer for a few days (this seems impractical). Plan is to have a proper good clean of food cupboards at the weekend but other any suggestions welcome. We had just finished resolving our pantry moth issue....

 wiwwim 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Since you are not bothered about the extra protein, how about a biocontrol approach?

You could dust your cornflakes with predatory nematodes as you stock up.

http://www.dovebugs.co.uk/BioControl%20VineWeevil.pdf

OP supersteve 22 Apr 2021
In reply to wiwwim:

Not sure my wife would go for this option. But I have learnt about nematodes, so thanks

 Dave Garnett 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Do you

> Plan is to have a proper good clean of food cupboards at the weekend but other any suggestions welcome. We had just finished resolving our pantry moth issue....

Clean up any traces of honey.

I've heard the love of honey is the source of all weevils.

 Lankyman 22 Apr 2021
In reply to wiwwim:

> You could dust your cornflakes with predatory nematodes as you stock up.

Doesn't work. The weevils wobble but they don't fall down

 wiwwim 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Dave Garnett:

think no weevil

https://tipnut.com/pantry-pests/

 nufkin 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Are you storing stuff in airtight containers? If not, after a good clean, putting things like flour and cereals in Kilner jars (or similar) should help keep the beasties out. 
There are quite a lot of containers that you'd think would be a sufficuently tight seal but aren't, mind. I've several times found moths have somehow worked their way into something I was sure was impenetrable

 wintertree 22 Apr 2021
In reply to wiwwim:

But then you need some tardigrades to clean out the nematodes.

 hang_about 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

We had this in the pantry (and the I've known others having huge outbreaks of stuff from yeast extract). Clean up everything really thoroughly and then invest in snap-top sealed containers. Got rid of the problem for us. I would chuck stuff out to avoid re-infection.

 nniff 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

If you have to pick one to eat, choose the lesser of two weevils

OP supersteve 22 Apr 2021

Appreciate the replies - been having a rummage and found a couple more of the critters strolling about the cupboard this morning, so will start the clean today. Most items are in plastic / glass containers (following on from the moth issue), so they have snuck in somewhere and got comfortable. I just read they don't like bay leaves, and we have a bay tree in the garden, so will add some foliage to the shelves once wiped down. 

 MKH 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Yea, though they stroll through the cupboards of thy food, thy should fear no weevil. 

 Bottom Clinger 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Just you wait for the stoats to move in...way worse. 

 Lankyman 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Bottom Clinger:

> Just you wait for the stoats to move in...way worse. 

Weasel words

 freeflyer 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Bottom Clinger:

> Just you wait for the stoats to move in...way worse. 

Lady in my local once brought her ferrets in for admiration. They seemed to live in her clothing, were very cute and very active, and would occasionally pop their heads out to be admired. We admired them from a distance. I'm quite surprised they've not been mentioned in the mouse threads.

Not much use for weevils though. Eat the weevils; I get them in lentils sometimes (I think).

 PaulJepson 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

They're mostly in the food before you buy it. I have them turn up in rice every now and again and I decant the packets straight into a sealed kilner jar so it's not like they're getting in. It takes a certain warmth for them to hatch from the eggs, so you might want to look at how you're storing your cereals. 

I've read that they're pretty harmless though. Any I've found I just fish out and carry on; no need to chuck the food away.

 Toerag 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Bottom Clinger:

> Just you wait for the stoats to move in...way worse. 


I dunno, I've always thought they were stoatally amazing creatures.

 EddInaBox 22 Apr 2021
In reply to wintertree:

> But then you need some tardigrades to clean out the nematodes.

There was an old woman who swallowed a nematode,
I don't know why she swallowed a nematode,
Perhaps she'll explode!

There was an old woman who swallowed a tardigrade,
She wasn't afraid when she swallowed the tardigrade.

She swallowed the tardigrade to catch the nematode,
I don't know why she swallowed a nematode,
Perhaps she'll explode...

 Bottom Clinger 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

To stop the weavels getting in you need a di-sable function. 

 Bottom Clinger 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Bottom Clinger:

> To stop the weavels getting in you need a di-sable function. 

And then make it as secure as The Royal Mink. 

 Bottom Clinger 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Weavels don’t like cold weather, they prefer it otter. 

 wercat 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

I believe that a naval captain has to be able to sort weevils out if you have one handy.

In reply to wercat:

Does the naval captain come with their own snap-top containers or are those sold separately?

In reply to supersteve:

The only thing necessary for the triumph of weevil is for good men to do nothing.

 Lankyman 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Bottom Clinger:

> Weavels don’t like cold weather, they prefer it otter. 

I wonder if we can ferret out any more corny mustelid puns?

 nniff 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Lankyman:

Seeing as the problem lies in the food cupboard, perhaps there's a chicken Tarka in there, which is like a chicken tikka, but a little otter.  

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 Bottom Clinger 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Lankyman:

> I wonder if we can ferret out any more corny mustelid puns?

Er...mine have run out. They have now!

 wercat 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Stuart Williams:

I could refer you to the film but here is the literature:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/118106-two-weevils-crept-from-the-crumbs-y...

next: Debauched sloths

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 profitofdoom 22 Apr 2021
In reply to Stuart Williams:

> The only thing necessary for the triumph of weevil is for good men to do nothing.

The weevil that men do lives after them

 Timmd 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Weevils wobble but they don't fall down.

In reply to Timmd:

On the contrary, I've heard that Weevil Knievel can perform amazing stunts.

 ericinbristol 22 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

I find that listening to music while dealing with infestations is a good idea. My favourite is 'Weevil weevil rock you' 

In reply to ericinbristol:

'Cause we are the champers of the World!

 bouldery bits 23 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

This thread is box office.

OP supersteve 23 Apr 2021
In reply to bouldery bits:

Catching up on this thread this morning, whilst a weevil does backstroke in my tea cup. If they are in the tea bags, I won't be happy! 

 Bottom Clinger 23 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

> Catching up on this thread this morning, whilst a weevil does backstroke in my tea cup. If they are in the tea bags, I won't be happy! 

Sure it wasn’t doing the front creepy crawly?

Post edited at 10:27
 Bottom Clinger 23 Apr 2021
In reply to bouldery bits:

> This thread is box office.

Agreed. If they’re in the bread bin it would be:  ‘Weavel Under The Bun.’

 Bottom Clinger 23 Apr 2021
In reply to bouldery bits:

> This thread is box office.

Or, the horror of finding them in your bread bin would make it:  ‘The Wevil Bread.’

 ripper 23 Apr 2021
In reply to supersteve:

Food-cupboard pests, obscure mustelid references, this thread is getting more complicated by the minute. Oh what a tangled web we weavil.

 Bottom Clinger 23 Apr 2021
In reply to bouldery bits:

> This thread is box office.

And if you’ve struggled to find them in your bread bin: ‘See No Weavel, Hear No Weavel.’

 EddInaBox 23 Apr 2021
In reply to Bottom Clinger:

And even when you haven't seen any in a while and you dare to think they've gone for good, there's still that quiet nagging voice in your head going:

Weevil meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when...

 hang_about 23 Apr 2021
In reply to EddInaBox:

If you've a choice of big weevils or small weevils, always choose the lesser of two weevils (apologies Master and Commander of the far world)

 Siward 23 Apr 2021
In reply to hang_about:

Dammit I was just about to post that one!

'Capt. Jack Aubrey: Do you see those two weevils, Doctor?

Dr. Stephen Maturin: I do.

Capt. Jack Aubrey: Which would you choose?

Dr. Stephen Maturin: [sighs annoyed] Neither. There is not a scrap a difference between them. They are the same species of curculio.

Capt. Jack Aubrey: If you had to choose. If you were forced to make a choice. If there was no other response…

Dr. Stephen Maturin: [Exasperated] Well then if you are going to push me…

The doctor studies the weevils briefly.

Dr. Stephen Maturin: …I would choose the right hand weevil. It has… significant advantage in both length and breadth.

The Captain thumps his fist in the table.

Capt. Jack Aubrey: There, I have you! You’re completely dished! Do you not know that in the service… [pauses] …one must always choose the lesser of two weevils.

The officers burst out in laughter leaving Maturin flummoxed.'

Ha ha 

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 wercat 23 Apr 2021
In reply to Siward:

Jack! You've debauched my sloth!


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