I used to get weevil/larvae in my pantry in flour goods, dried chile powders, etc and read on the web to use leaves of the bay tree. Seeing as I have a ready source of bay leaves from my tree in my yard I started putting small branches of leaves in the pantry along the shelves and I never have a problem with weevil things anymore. Since is the only deterrant that I use now I suppose that it's really working. Not sure if this would work on the Egyptian moth larvae but may be worth a try. Beth in Texas jim wrote: >Egyptian moths! The bane of ground chile storage everywhere. My experience >has been that it takes more than a day of freezing to kill them. After I >was hit with them one time, I found a cycle of freeze/thaw/freeze to be >effective: two weeks in the freezer, one week out, two weeks in. Anymore, >it's straight into the freezer for any ground chiles I receive in my house! >Good luck ridding yourself of the infestation- you'll need to put LOTS of >other stuff into the freezer as well to make sure you get at all of them. >Pancake mixes, powdered milks, soup mixes, etc, etc, you name it. You'll >also need to check the pantries themselves to hunt down all their little >hiding places. Look for stuff that resembles grains of rice stuck to >various surfaces- this is "round two" laying in wait for you. Look for >little tiny holes bored through plastic bags for signs that something might >be infected. The appearance of 'spider web' looking stuff in your powders >is a sure sign. > >-Jim C >http://www.StepUpForCharity.org >Mild to Wild(R) > > > > >