I cleaned most of the pantry and got rid of most of the moth eggs/larvae a few weeks ago (for the 2nd or 3rd time this year, but this time I was more ruthless about throwing away more items, just in case they were infested) and that seemed to have gotten a good result, because there were no larvae, worms or moths around for a bit, but obviously I didn't do the whole job properly, because they have been slowly coming back. Ugh! I know part of the issue is that my mother didn't wash the big bowls she had in there, that I asked her to wash. I thought that was only fair, since I was cleaning the whole pantry, that she should do something! But she didn't do it. And I didn't do anything about it either, so that must have been a source for the larvae/eggs.
Since I have stored most of my items in glass jars with air-tight lids in the pantry and some other food stuff I have stored in the fridge, I don't have to worry about the moths getting into them. But I still have a few food items in packets in the pantry and if the moths have come back again, it means I had better check them all later today and start throwing away anything that seems infected and package those which seem unaffected into air-tight glass jars. I will probably keep on storing things in the fridge.
Of course my parents complain bitterly about me storing my food in the refrigerator, but if they were more diligent about the moths, there would be no need. They can have their food infested with moths, but I would rather eat food that has no such infestation.
The other problem here is the silverfish. They are constantly around. There are so many of them here. I have cleaned out cupboards (my own and in the rest of the house), many times to get rid of their infestation, but my mother wont clean out her cupboards or let me do it, because she doesn't want to know about it, even though it is a real problem here, she prefers to ignore it. And in doing so, the problem keeps getting worse, because those silverfish continue to breed and cause infestation everywhere. I constantly see them in the bathroom and toilet especially, but also on the floors all around the house.
When I have lived elsewhere, even though I brought my things from this house, I never had any type of silverfish or moth infestations. And why is that? Because when I saw the first moth or silverfish (because obviously their eggs/larvae must have been in my stuff), I got rid of them straight away. And with that, it prevented them from reproducing and causing an infestation. Simple really.
That is why I call this the "insect house", because really it is!
The issue with my mother is that she prefers to ignore anything she doesn't like, so that causes the problem to get worse, of course. She wont confront it, to deal with it and get rid of it. She's rather like that in all areas of her life. Her son being the most pertinent and obvious example of her being totally "blind" and not viewing reality.
