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These things appeared in friends flat. What are they?

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[โ€“] Fosheze@lemmy.world 108 points 6 days ago (27 children)

Grain moth larva. Good luck. The damn things are a pain to get rid of once you have them. You'll want to pitch any food that isn't 100% air tight sealed (bags or boxes of cereal, rice, flour, sugar, noodles, etc.) and then clean out any cabinets really well to make sure you get rid of as many eggs as possible. After that make sure you don't leave any food unsealed for the next few months because odds are they will keep popping back up ocasionally for a bit and if they can get into anything when they do then the infestation starts all over. As far as infestations go they aren't the worst to deal with but they are anoying.

[โ€“] gearheart@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I hear they are very nutricious ๐Ÿค”... Everything is so expensive now. So.... Endless food source? Shittylpt?

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 15 hours ago

Well, you're actually guaranteed to get less food out than in. Insect farming is only a LPT if you have something we can't eat to feed them, or are a bodybuilder who needs more protein than you can feasibly get from plants.

[โ€“] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Enkrod@feddit.org 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's just farming, only on a reeeeeeaaaaly small scale.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Endless food source yes. For you? No.

https://youtu.be/IIbT4Sout74

Free chicken feed.

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