Jan 11, 2009 22:35
Well I went to get something out of the cabinet this evening and what did I find? TONS of tiny black bugs! Most were dead, but then I found some that were ALIVE (OMG!!!!!!) and that's when I really lost it. I had to call my mom and have her come over, seriously. I don't understand how we didn't notice this problem earlier. My guess is that there were a few bugs that we didn't notice, and then they multiplied really quickly, ate some poison from the ant traps we had and died en masse. I read up on it a little on Google and I've decided that they most likely hatched from the raw oats I had (foolishly) stored in a bag from the co-op... those oats have been in there a loooong time since I haven't been to the co-op since I don't even know when. Apparently foods like that have a small amount of insect eggs in them when ya buy 'em. Isn't that lovely? I guess they can't control everything. My husband had bought some containers a couple weeks ago and transferred the oats into one... there were seemingly hundreds of bugs in that container. Gross-out City. The rest of the bugs flourished because some rice and some cereal had spilled in the back of the cabinet where I couldn't see it. So I had to take everything out of the cabinets, vacuum everything, throw away anything that wasn't sealed and then put everything back. Then I had to take a shower because I felt like bugs were on me. The lesson here kids? Keep your grains in sealed containers. Duh. I hope they don't come back.
What a night.