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bribell888
Feb 2, 2010, 04:52 AM
Hi I found a tiny white insect crawling around the dried sauce mix packets in my kitchen cupboards about the size of a pinhead, my cupboards are very dry and clean, ant ideas anbody, thanks

Catsmine
Feb 2, 2010, 05:25 AM
My first guess would be the larva of one of the small pantry beetles, recently hatched from some contaminated dry goods.

Did it look anything like this?
http://www.peipestcontrol.com/database/images/pests/drugstorebeetle_l.jpg

Remember that larva is less than 1/4 inch long (1-2mm)