Ants in Rice?

[Miss Hepburn]

Soak rice in water with plenty of apple cider vinegar...
ants, eggs will be killed and float to top...even when you think there are no bugs,
to ease your stress. Nothing lives in vinegar!
In Florida weevils were an issue.
Everything went into a jar of some kind first thing.

While on the subject of rice...I only buy organic...rice has the most pesticides
than most anything...saw a TV show on it.

[Dude111]

Does Organic rice have arsenic in it?? (I have heard Rice has arsenic in it so I try to avoid it)


Im sorry you had a bad experience Jerry!!!

[Threestep2]

I keep everything in plastic ware unless it is canned or in glas. Clean out your pantry, scrub it down.

[Nor'Eastah]

An inexpensive way to store rice (or any dry foods) to keep insects and rodents out of it, is to put it into a simple 5 gallon plastic bucket (with a lid). If you buy the white ones, you can see if anything gets in there. Lots of people who store food for a rainy day will use the 5 gallon white buckets.

If you wish, freeze the bags of rice first, as that will kill anything alive in it.

[moved]

Originally Posted by AZ Manager

Best way to deal with ants is to do the peanut butter and honey test to determine the kind of bait you need. If you want fast and easy method then you get a bait, see the link, and just put it in the ants path, they like the rice so leave some out while you are at work to attract then then when you get home put the bait down next to them/in their way. Anytime a tenant calls and complains about ants this is exactly what I tell them and I almost never get another call about it.

Terro Liquid Ant Baits, 6pk - Walmart.com

Yep, Terro works wonders, and you can buy it at any Walmart, even in Mexico.