Like the title says, I found that my (thankfully not huge) bag of rice has bugs in it. They don’t look like rice weevils to me, they honestly look more like suuper tiny flies or something with wings, but idk. I found a couple dead ones and then when I found a live larvae I poured the entire bag out into a pan and put it in the oven where it is now.

Its kinda gross but I assume if I kill them all in the oven I can put them in a fresh airtight container and still use the rice? Any idea what kind of bug they could be? Should I deep clean the whole kitchen and bleach the cabinets and sprinkle diatomaceous earth and make a sacrifice to the bug gods?

Does anyone bother with the whole “freeze it before storage” process to kill them? I assume in this case they got into the bag somehow, didn’t come from the factory like that, otherwise I would have noticed sooner (I go through rice slowly)

edit: yeah it doesn’t seem to be very many bugs, I went through it after it cooked in the oven a while. going to let it cook longer at a low temp to be sure and then do the new container plan

  • eyeno@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Look out for anything starchy like flour, some grains or also sesame. I keep all those things in an airtight container (in their original boxes) and only get them out when i need them.

    Best is to move everything out of the shelves, check every box and deep clean the shelf as well. I also found larvae in the holes for the adjustable shelves of the cabinet too.