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Weevils are tiny beetles that can infest grains and rice foods stored in your pantry; such as cake and biscuit mixes, pancake mixes, breakfast cereal, crackers, and more. Weevils will infest your food when female weevils have unnoticeably burrowed and laid eggs deep into the grain and rice kernels.d. 2. Inspect any grains and rice for weevils before you buy them. 1  Weevils measure between one-eighth of an inch (3.17 mm) and three-sixteenths of an inch (4.76 mm) long, and are reddish-brown. 2  Grain, or granary weevils cannot fly, have long, oval pits on their thorax section, and exist in regions with cooler weather.
The primary food source for the boll weevil is the cotton plant. In early spring, boll weevils puncture the cotton buds and bolls in order to lay their eggs in them. It takes approximately 3 - 5 days for the eggs to hatch into larvae. Boll weevils live approximately 3 weeks, so many generations can breed in one season.