House has been full of moths for about 2 weeks. I assumed it was a box
of cereal or something up in DD's room, and I'd take care of it when she
moved out (last week.) Wrong. They are coming from the kitchen. So I
started cleaning out the cabinets, and much to my surprise, the worst of
it was coming from bags of cheap chocolate up in the top cupboard. They
were also in the oatmeal and rice and stuff, but *really* in the
chocolate. I've never heard of such a thing; and it was that nasty
dipping chocolate that is mostly hydrogenated soybean oil and cocoa.

I threw it all out today, and have been washing the cabinets. There
already seems to be less moths in the house. Oddly enough, a bag of
whole wheat flour and one of rye flour were OK. Those are in the
freezer now to keep them bug-free.

There are a bunch of moths in DD's old room, so I'm gonna hang a
"No-pest strip" (remember those? used to be made by Shell back in the
60's) up there. I no longer think they are breeding there, but I'm not
sure; there could be more than one reservoir of larvae.

I have some really good chocolate, in large bricks, down in the
basement. I haven't checked it yet. If it has any worms on it, I'm
gonna wash it off and put it in the freezer. (Don't anybody cuz they'll
throw it out like I did the cheap stuff. ;-)

If your kitchen is ever taken over by meal moths, check your chocolate
chips as well as your grain products. Or just keep all that stuff in
sealed glass or heavy plastic containers. A sealed bag isn't enough.

Bob