Migraines and the Evils of Weevils

I'm trying to decide which one was worse, the headache in my head or the headache of getting rid of a bug infestation.

For a couple weeks, these little itty bitty beetles have been landing on our dish drying area. Not millions of them, just a few. Eric thought they were somehow coming from the wood of the cupboard and kept planning to figure it out, but wasn't too worried, there were only a few, like I said.

I wasn't sufficiently motivated to worry about it until a bunch more showed up, then on Friday, I got a pan from the drainer to boil some macaroni and there were two grubs in it. Larvae.

Ick.

So Sunday Eric climbed up on a chair and on the counter and started taking things out of the cupboard.

Evidently weevils like oatmeal. They also have an affinity for chili powder in cellophane bags. They reproduce asexually, so you don't have to have a place for them to meet and greet, either. No little Weevil singles bar... they're all single and hot to trot.

So after vacuuming and cleaning and replacing the contents of the cupboard, we have only seen a couple. I think they probably hid in a crack somewhere and came out because someone stole their cereal.

I'm hopeful that we've seen the last of them.

Of course you realize that they don't just spontaneously materialize in your cupboard, instead hatching from eggs that are already present in your cereal, your sauce mix, your flour.

Doesn't that make you hungry?

Yeah, me too. Not that I've had a whole lot of appetite this weekend. Been sidelined (again) with the migraine, but seem to be on the downhill side of it. Appetite is back today (Sunday) and I managed to eat two meals and keep them down. This is definite progress.

I'm thinking though, that finding bugs in my cupboard might be an effective appetite suppressant. Made my skin crawl, anyway.

So now I am off to do the dishes, toss still another load of clothes into the dryer, and set my alarm for 5. This is the last week of school.

Wow.