Was preparing to do a roast this evening and took out a bag (zip lock plastic) of greens which I bought less than 6 months ago (bought less than 2kg which is why it came in a zip lock bag instead of the calico ones). I noticed what looked like chaff in the bag and proceeded to remove it and it squished in my fingers. Turns out it was a bug. Noticed a few more in the bag and its a longish and I believe its a winged variety. Its about the size of a rice grain (long grain rice). After leaving the bag for a while I also saw a larva (looked like a maggot) moving around in it but before I could remove it, it fell into the beans and got lost amongst the beans..
Is it normal to have bugs in with the beans? The bag was zip-locked tight so I dont think it would have come from outside. Ive had beans for 9 months now and never seen a single bug until today... Is this something I should be concerned about?
Is it normal to have bugs in with the beans? The bag was zip-locked tight so I dont think it would have come from outside. Ive had beans for 9 months now and never seen a single bug until today... Is this something I should be concerned about?

. They were well and truly havin a party in that bag. The colony was well established and full of fine web by the time I found it. I could never be certain that some of them hadnt arrived in the bag when I bought it, but the fact that they had not infested anything else in the pantry makes me think they did.
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