At the moth phase, they fly into your face. During the crawling phase, they may crawl over your hands. If you have some sight, you can see them moving over a white background. As far as I know, there is no foolproof way for a blind person to know. Usually, you bring them home with you from the store. The eggs seem to like the glue on the packaging of grains and flour. Then they multiply like crazy. The professional bug patrol is expensive, but it works. They look at all my food, tell me which things to throw away, then set off a bug bomb. Then you have to go away for two or three hours. When you come back, you open all the doors and windows. This gets rid of them until the next time you bring them home from the store. Tupperware suggests you put the contents of the bag or box in one of their products, then get rid of the packaging. You can also freeze the flour, etc. This kills any bugs that are there, but kills some of the flavor your food will have as well. By the way, they can be in tea, spices, fake sugar, cocoa ... anything that can bbe remotely described as food. Abby
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jan brown Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CnD] bugs in the grain Hi there. Does anyone know how to tell, without sighted assistance whether you have bugs in the flour, oatmeal, baking mix, or anything else. I get help periodically because I snag friends and they look, but is there another better way? Jan -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
