Moth Culture - what's a better food media ?

[little leaf]

these are by far my baby Jax favorite food , even more so than flies - I have been growing these for about 4 mos, they are really starting to reproduce nicely, but does anyone raise these ? I was looking for a better food media - this was started by just dumping some peanut-butter puff cereal in a deli, and leaving it alone ( I know - GROSS ! ) I saw on FB ( so it must be true - lol ) this lady had some cereal she showed, and it was full of moths - but is there a better food source for them, I was thinking of using flour - any suggestions ? they are about out of the original food - and what are these called - lol flour moths?

 

[MelissaB]

That's cool! Does it work with any cereal, or just peanut butter puffs?

 

[CarlC]

Mix a few different types of flour. Put about 2" in a deli cup and add a lightly crumbled coffee filter. Stick on a warm shelf and you'll have more then you know what to do with.

Just a warning though if they get loose in the house they are a ***** to get rid of.

Carl

 

[nick barta]

Mix a few different types of flour. Put about 2" in a deli cup and add a lightly crumbled coffee filter. Stick on a warm shelf and you'll have more then you know what to do with.

Just a warning though if they get loose in the house they are a ***** to get rid of.

Carl

So are children...

Nick

 

[spottea]

You need something a bit bigger than a deli cup to catch children though. Otherwise, basically the same principle.

 

[little leaf]

That's cool! Does it work with any cereal, or just peanut butter puffs?

apparently, they also like to breed in old " Hungry Jack- chocolate chip pancake mix" - when I was looking for something to put in with them, I knew we had that in the camper - it also had the same worms and moths - EWWWW

I think it must be any old flour / wheat based food - the baby Jax love both the worms, but really go after the moths, and they are the perfect size for newborns and hatchlings

Nick, you are SOOOOOO bad !!
I found the best way to catch a lose child is leave an unattended $20 on the table - to repel them, leave a chore list - they disappear faster than you can believe

 

[spottea]

They also seem to like seasoning mixes. I had to go through all the kitchen cupboards last week, as I had moths everywhere! I found a couple of Trader Joe's seasonings that they had got into somehow. I hadn't even opened the container! But I could see webbing ...so into the trash. Also, some places I didn't realy expect to find them. Wooden box of tea bags from Canada, oats container, (they usually prefer something tastier) Familia cereal, which is annoying as it's expensive and I really like it! I have found them in soup packets before, but not this time, eg Knorr soup mix.
It's been so hot for so long this summer, which is why they're so bad I think.
My cats catch some, but it's pretty hopeless!

 

[laurie]

So are children...

Nick

I take in childern. I have had 29 foster kids, but you never have enough. I miss having foster kids. They were great. I didn't want my daughter to grow up an only child & she didn't