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TIFU and spent the day fighting moths and more!

Proverbial it wasn't today but maybe a month ago... The past few months have been kind of hard so I needed to visit a food pantry. They gave me several things which I put into my pantry and went about my day. A few days ago I started seeing pantry moths. I'm not sure if that's their real name or just what we call them in the South but they're straight from hell, live in your pantry and get into your damn food. I despise them obviously. So I smush the ones I see and decide on my day off I'll clean the pantry. I start pulling out food. Anything boxed has to be discarded because these evil bastards get into boxes too. I open the box of oats I got from the food pantry and it's full of moths! I immediately hit the back door and get the box out as fast as my old ass can go. As I'm pulling food out to inspect I end up with a spider on my hand. This is not a happy surprise but I smush it and keep going until another spider. Fun fact, I'm terrified of spiders but usually try to live and let live, just not in my home. I really convinced myself they were brown widows because I was sure they were. Newsflash they're not, they're actually triangular cobweb spiders- a big thank you to Reddit for the identification. I just spent the day throwing away food fighting moths and battling the spiders that came for the moths. The worst part is I needed to go to the pantry again but now I'm terrified because reliving this day is not for me. I had to throw away everything not sealed in plastic or canned and today's economy is bullshit. That's my rant, thanks for listening.

TL;DR Pantry moths are the devil, don't trust the food bank. Moths bring spiders.

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