Look underneath the shelves.

I just posted on your KT thread:

I call them pantry moths. Recently found
a few in the kitchen, but couldn't find any of the larvae--I keep most
flours, grain products, and beans in vermin-proof containers, or in the
freezer, to thwart them. Traced them to a bag of bird seed in the
mudroom--I guess they were scouting new territory. The bird seed was
re-bagged and placed in the freezer, where my DD retrieved it for her
chickens.

I've read that the eggs travel home with you, already in products
from the grocery store, and if they sit on your shelf long enough, hatch
and re-populate the pantry. Look for webby little fibers and fine
crumbs (frass) in the bottom of cracker and cereal bags.

ugh! I had them once and it took me forever to find that the source was wheat-based kitty litter!!! :p The eggs can take more than a year to hatch, so it can take quite a while to get them all.

Go through everything... cupboards, pantry, garage, etc. looking for signs of them and remove/kill and clean everything. Look especially close at the intersection of your walls and ceiling!!! that's where I found most of the little web/sacks. The buggers hide quite nicely! I also bought 'hormone' moth traps that worked great! They're completely safe for the environment... you scent a little sticky-trap w/ female moth hormones and your males won't be able to resist. ;^)

ETA: places to look for them include cereals, crackers, grains, flours, seeds, kitty litter made from any grain ... basically any food source of that kind.

After you clean our and find the source get a pantry moth trap at Lowes. They are triangular shaped cardboard sticky traps that have a bait.

Ditto, it took me a long time, almost a year to get rid of them.

Many products brought into the pantry can be infested. One thing can start the breeding process. Mine issue may have been bird seed i kept just the top rolled and clipped. Tossed one floor just inside the pantry door. Then noticed some not-so-old spice containers were infested. Or i may have inherited the problem from the previous owner.

If minor now, start the attack. The paperboard pantry pest traps that fold will keep then in check. I bought a 12 pack on Amazon, (better price than just two)-they fold into a triangle and are safe. Check every boxed item. Even if un-opened. Sometimes just inspecting the bottom without opening will show signs of a web-ish mass.

Then a massive cleaning. Took a full weekend. Everything out and checked. I used every method mentioned in any google search i could find, even voodoo. Never did i use anything toxic. Vacuum etc. Sprayed all shelves with vinegar/alcohol/water.

No problem in a few years now and still have a few traps left and keep one set at all times. Bulk grains and spices are in the freezer. Airlock containers in the pantry for things i want handy. I don't use any mixes like cake or cornbread but do stock all the ingredients and oats for granola and have freezer space where all of it gets a quarantine. Some time in the freezer will kill off any larva that is in something purchased.

Somewhere else on GardenWeb I saw the suggestion to freeze grains and similar items in your freezer for several days to kill off the eggs and larvae before they hatch. I don't have room in my freezer, so just before the holidays, I took the next logical step:

I transferred all these items to OXO containers that airlock, and then set them all outside. Our outdoor temps were WELL below my freezer temperature. I left them out there for the three or four days the temps cooperated, then brought them back inside. In case eggs are somewhat more resistant, I'll repeat this as winter progresses.

If this works, I'll know this summer.

For extra insurance, I'll buy the pantry pest traps -- something new to learn about!! (Thanks.)

Pantry moths invaded my pantry a few years ago. After several attempts at cleaning, I finally discovered it was the dry dog food that was causing the issue. I changed dog food brands, recleaned everything and use bay leaves to repel them.

Many people don't know that bay leaves are a repellant for pantry moths. Just lay them on the shelves under your bags and boxes of cereal, rice, flour pasta and such....and you will never again be bothered.
I know!! I couldn't believe it either....but it is so! My shelf bay leaves are several years old now and need to be refreshed, so I will be looking for source of cheap bulk bay leaves.
http://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/banishing-bugs-with-bay-leaves-6411592

Linda, you beat me to it. The bay leaves work great and leave a nice gentle scent. I bought my bay leaves at the local produce market, a large jar for $2. I have them all over the pantry and also on my basement storage shelves for added protection.

I also use the bay leaves, they work here. We call them "meal moths", and I've not yet had them here, but I had them once in White Cloud. I cleaned the pantry and bought those pheromone pest traps from Gardens Alive. I then spread bay leaves everywhere and my house smelled good, and the moths never came back. I never did figure out what they came into the house on...

Annie

My son got them in a bag of dog food and had a heck of a time getting rid of them. And they have pest control service. I don't know if it works for moths, but I keep life savers in my cabinets, it's supposed to keep out the weevils.

Kinda OT, but maybe you guys can help? My husband has a terrible issue with clothes moths. Just lost a really fine Brooks Brother's suit. He is so upset. We keep cedar hangers in his closet, but he forgets to sand them to keep the scent fresh. Thanks!

Hang his expensive suits inside one of those hanging plastic wardrobers.

Modern dry cleaners solution usually contains moth repellant. Is he having his suits dry cleaned often enough?

Wow! Bay leaves seem to be doing the trick of keeping moths away! Many thanks to all who suggested.

Sorry to disappoint you folks. Bay leaves may not always work.

Due to international commerce. There can be a thousand kinds of non-native pantry moths.

I had a container of dried bay leaves, completely infested !!!

Get a few electronic zappers, the ones that look like tennis rackets ($3 to $8). Very easy to vaporized them while they are romancing in air. No eggs= no moths. You can't find them all before they become moths, But they all will come out and become flying moths.

dcarch