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Clothes moths

Clothes moth Clothes moths belong to man’s oldest companions. In the Bible, they are used as an image of transitoriness, and our short lives are described as: “-clothes that are eaten up by moths”. The small bronze-shining clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) prefer hidden lives in dark corners, drawers and cupboards. They are poor fliers, and it is actually rare to have the opportunity to slap a clothes moth in free flight. The female moth lays a…

White-shouldered house moth

…s white, and the sensory horns are long and curved. White-shouldered house moth moths have beige and brownish wings, but the chest, like the head, is completely white. In addition, a white-shouldered house moth has dark eyes, which are large and distinct. The white-shouldered house moth larva is reminiscent of a maggot in appearance. It is a whitish color in the body, while the head is a darker color, almost black. White-shouldered house moth larv…

Index

…r Molitor, Tenebrio Monomorium pharaonis Moth, brown house Moth, chocolate Moth, cocoa Moth, Indian meal Moth, Mediterranean Moth, tobacco Moth, tropical warehouse Moth, warehouse Mouse, house Mouse, yellow-necked Mycetaea Mus musculus Musca domestica Niger, Lasius Niptus hololeucus Navale, Tribolium Necrobia ruficollis Necrobia rufipes Necrobia violacea Norvegicus, Rattus Obtectus, Acantoscelides Oriental cockroach Oryzae, Sitophilus Oryzaephilus…

Case bearing clothes moth

Case bearing clothes moth ( Latin: Tinea pellionella) Unlike the common clothes moth this is an insect which does live outside in temperate regions. For instance, it is not uncommonly found in birds’ nests. The adult case bearing clothes moth is very similar in appearance to the common clothes moth. The larvae of the case bearing moth are, however, easy to recognise, for they spin a small tubular case which becomes covered with fragments of wool…

Moths in textiles

…have enough to eat as well as a steady temperature around 25 degrees. Both clothes moth larvae an fur moth larvae spin sticky threads, which protect the individual larva from drying out. This sticky web also helps to create a ‘tail’ of excrement, remnants of food and dirt. The larvae of the cloth moth move around whit this web is glued to the surface. The fur larva drags its web behind it in a tubular shape. Damage You know if you have moths in yo…

Flour moth in the industry

…but it can nonetheless be a problem in certain situations. Most often, the moths and moth larvae found in private homes are instead a two-colored seed moth. Flour moth is more often a problem in the industry. Appearance The flour moth has an elongated shape with narrow wings. Its body is about 10-12mm long, and a wingspan of 20-22 mm. Compared to other species of moths, flour moth may look a little thin when resting. Their wings are narrow, and th…

The brown house moth

…e been stored too moist can also provide a hearty meal for the brown house moth. It is even worse if the brown house moth attack grain ceilings and seed stores or other places where different types of plant materials are stored. For instance, moist feed, flour, groats, or powdered milk. Here, the brown house moth can quickly do great damage to the stock. Prevention and pest control When it comes to keeping brown house moth from buildings, the stra…

Flour moth in the household

…but it can nonetheless be a problem in certain situations. Most often, the moths and moth larvae found in private homes are instead the Indianmeal moth. Flour moth is more often a problem in the industry. Appearance The flour moth has an elongated shape with narrow wings. Its body is about 10-12mm long, and a wingspan of 20-22 mm. Compared to other species of moths, flour moth may look a little thin when resting. Their wings are narrow, and they l…

Common clothes moth

Latin: Tineola bisselliella Common clothes moth This small moth, now common in human habitations in temperate countries, came originally from warmer parts of the world. It was probably not very abundant until houses started to be warmed more or less efficiently. It does not, therefore, live outside in temperate regions, and it is not one of the insects that fly in through an open window. A female clothes moth lays about 100 eggs, which are diffic…

Bumble bee wax moth

…lla. Appearance As described, the Bumble bee wax moth is one of the larger moth species, and the moth can be up to 20 millimeters long, just as it can have a wingspan that can be up to 40 millimeters. The male and female do not look alike. The female is gray-brown with a characteristic black spot in the middle of each of the wings. The male is light gray with dark zigzag bands on the forewings. The larvae of the bumble bee wax moth have a buttery…

Index

…ollembola , Colletes daviesanus Columba livia domestica Common bean weevil Common clothes moth faeces Common cockroach Common flower bug Common furniture beetle Common gnat Common house mite Common house spider Common wasp Cone bug Coniophora cerebella Copeognatha Corvus monedula Corynetes coeruleus Cossus cossus Crab louse Cranefly larvae Crataerina pallida Criocephalus rusticus Cryptolestesferrugineus Ctenocephalidesfelis Ctenocephalides canis C…

The common green lacewing

…y aphids for a year, one would therefore expect to find many overwintering common green lacewing the following winter period. Damage It is the common green lacewing’s appetite for insects and pests such as aphids that makes the common green lacewing a useful animal in the garden. They therefore pose no harm. Prevention and pest control The common green lacewing does no harm. In fact, they are useful helpers in the garden and nature. They must ther…

Indian meal moth

…ouseholds, and the moth is a quite common type of pest. In the category of moths, we find the Indianmeal moth, which is also known as Plodia interpunctella. This type of pest can be difficult to control, and ongoing prevention will be a great advantage. Appearance The Indian meal moth is characterized by its relatively large size, just under one centimeter. This pest was known in Europe but have now spread throughout the world. It is characterized…

The brown house moth

…s and destroy cork flooring, leather and woollen textiles. The brown house moth is common in the wild, where it feeds on both leftovers of feed as well as nesting material for birds’ nests. Life cycle for the brown house moth A female brown house moth can lay 600 eggs during its lifetime. The development from egg to adult at 25 °C lasts 3 months. At 15 ° C, it takes 7 months and at temperatures below 13 ° C development stops completely. The brown…

The Mediterranean flour moth

…s complaints from customers, some mills are regularly gassed against flour moths. The adult moths do not take nourishment. In daytime they sit quietly, preferably in dark places. After mating, which can last for up to 15 hours, the female lays about 200 eggs within a few weeks. At 20 ° C the eggs hatch in 11 days but at 30 ° C it only takes 3 days until the tiny, 1 – 1.5 mm long, flour moth larvae come out of the eggs. At 17 ° C the larval stages…

The warehouse moth

…e warehouse moth is similar to the Mediterranean flour moth. The warehouse moth is common in warehouses and households throughout the temperate part of the globe. It infests, among other foods, grain, seed, feed, dried fruit, almonds, nuts, cocoa beans and chocolate products. Warehouse moths can also do damage to tobacco stocks. Females lay about 300 eggs, the majority during the first four days of their lives as adult moths. The adult moths do no…

Exit-holes in timber

…d areas with weeds (seep. 144). Goat moth larvae exit-holes in timber Goat moth larvae Larvae of the goat moth may gnaw their way into timber when ready to pupate. The holes are circular with a diameter of up to 2 cm. Unlike those made by wood wasps these holes are somewhat frayed at the edge, and they are usually found in mouldering timber (see p. 147). Wharfborer exit-holes in timber Wharfborer The exit-holes are irregular, oval or circular, up…

Common woodboring beetles

…boring beetle larva will cease. This is also the reason why attacks by the common woodboring beetle are rare in newer houses, as the climate indoor is healthy with a low humidity. Damage There is no doubt that the common woodboring beetle leaves harmful traces that are highly visible. As the larvae get bigger, they will gnaw further into the wood and thus expand their boreholes. This results in small holes in the woodwork. In the case of a powerfu…

The Indian meal moth

…s. The larvae are 12 – 13 mm long when ready for pupation. The Indian meal moth probably originated from Europe, but can now be found everywhere. The moth is a troublesome pest in warm countries, especially in places with dried-fruit industries. The larvae damage dried fruit, nuts and almonds, and exceptionally cereals and cereal products. The larvae sometimes occur as “worms” in chocolate. Season for Indian meal moth The female begins to lay eggs…

Brown house moth

…annophila pseudospretella This is another moth that is very similar to the clothes moth, but it is larger (up to 1.5 cm long). Under favourable conditions the female can lay 500-600 eggs and the larvae feed on many different types of material. They are found in stores of cereals and seeds and may attack practically any kind of vegetable matter. They also gnaw woollen goods, often causing severe damage. Seed moth larvae have gnawed at a leather str…

Tropical warehouse moth

…rvive in unheated warehouses in non-tropical countries and will eventually die if the temperature drops below zero. In many cases, there are numerous tropical warehouse moths in imported goods, but replaced later by the warehouse moth when the goods arrive at warehouses in Europe….

Warehouse or cocoa moth

…n, and the machinery itself may harbour pockets of suitable food for these moths. If the moths appear in the factory there is always a risk that they may have laid eggs on the finished goods, and so one may have the problem of ‘worms’ in the chocolate. The infection may also, of course, take place in a store or shop. The larvae cannot penetrate hermetically sealed packages, but if there is the slightest gap the female moth, attracted by scent, wil…

Mill or flour moth

…mm long, is completely enclosed in a thick, white silken cocoon. The adult moths emerge from the hiding places after 2-3 weeks. Mill moth larvae prefer wheat flour, but will also feed on all sorts of grains, cereals, seeds, macaroni, dried fruits, cocoa, nuts and almonds. In mills the silken threads may cause a blockage of piping, funnels and sieves, so that the process has to be stopped for a thorough cleansing and possibly gassing. In the house…

The common black ant

…nies under tiles. They penetrate anywhere through cracks to seek food. The common black ants live mainly of sweet liquids. In nature they live of aphid excrement, but also various small insects, which they overpower. In private households, shops and businesses the ants especially seek towards sweet and sugary foods. The common black ants hardly have any significance as disease carriers. Often the first signs of ant activity inside, are small piles…

The common bean weevil

…ch live inside seeds, are plump and legless. In the end of the fourth larvae stage they pupate just below the surface of seeds. There may well be cramped. Bean weevil Up to 28 larvae have been found in a single bean. As the common bean weevil is a member of the Bruchidae family, it is also subject to the import restrictions that apply to this entire family, see above. Common bean weevils are exterminated in the same manner as granary weevils….

The common flower bug

…picking fruit, or you can bring them indoors with berries or branches. The common flower bug often bites people. Perhaps they see us as giant aphids. The common flower bug’s bite is quite painful bad but there are usually no continuing effects. The flower bugs can turn raspberry picking into a dubious pleasure. Flower bugs are especially encountered in the late summer. Flower bugs are useful animals, which help keep the aphids-population down, and…

Oriental or common cockroach

…Latin: Blatta orientalis) Oriental- or common cockroach, male Oriental- or common cockroach, female Oriental cockroaches, adults and nymphs among themselves This species is found in the same kind of place as the German cockroach, but usually at an even higher temperature, and it is not as common. The wings are well-developed in the male, but they are reduced to short stumps in the female. The egg capsule contains about 15 eggs, and the female only…

Common furniture beetle

Latin: Anobium punctatum Common furniture beetle This is a very common pest of timber and furniture and is or has been present in most old houses. The adult beetles emerge during the summer months by gnawing their way out from the infected timber through circular exit-holes. It is at this time that wood dust falls out of the timber. The beetles, which only live a couple of weeks, can fly and are often confused with small flies. Shortly after emer…

Goat moth

…times also in fruit trees. The larvae live and feed in the wood for 2-3 years and when fully grown they sometimes leave the tree they have been living in and seek a suitable place for pupation. Hole in wood from goath moth larva. This usually happens in the autumn when the larvae may be up to 10 cm long, and they may choose any soft timber to provide them with protection. They metamorphose into moths in the following summer….

Moths in the food industry

…aned regularly and thoroughly, as spilled food can be enough food for many moths and moth larvae. Control should be done quickly and effectively when moths are detected in the food industry. Control of moths in the food industry typically takes place with pesticides and other poisons, which will make a whole batch of food unsaleable, as it is impossible to prevent the pesticide from getting on finished products and raw materials. Treatment with ph…