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White-shouldered house moth

…moth in your home, and it is also possible to find white-shouldered house moth larvae both in private homes and in industry. The white-shouldered house moth is also called Endrosis sarcitrella, and it is a relatively small, beige, and white moth, which does well in humid climates. It is a so-called textile moth, i.e., one of the kind of moth that likes to eat from one’s old clothes and other textiles in the home. In this way, they can be a lot of…

Flour moth in the household

…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 lay them fl…

Flour moth in the industry

…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 they lay the…

The brown house moth

…midity is below 80% constant. When the larva pupates and transforms from a larva to an adult moth, it happens in a brownish cocoon that has the shape of a torpedo. Under normal circumstances, only one generation of brown house moth will hatch per year. Damage As described, bird nests are popular targets for the brown house moth to settle. Here they can feed on the birds’ feed residues and nesting material. But sometimes a brown house moth can also…

Moths in textiles

…ugh 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 your texti…

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…

Bumble bee wax moth

…oes not refrain from attacking the larvae themselves in the nest. When the moth larvae have finished their development in September, they leave the nest, after which they move to a protected area nearby. Here they jointly spin a pupa, in which they pupate together. Such a pupae can hold hundreds of small pupates spun together from an incredibly strong silk. These pupae can appear in unusual places in the garden. And it is not unheard of to come ac…

Goat moth

…timber of structures such as doors and window frames, and they are made by goat moth larvae. The female lays her eggs in crevices of the bark of various deciduous trees, particularly willow and poplar, but sometimes 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 usuall…

Indian meal moth

…attack you can place food in the freezer for 1-2 days which kills both the larvae as well as the moths. Pest control in households Moths in private households will typically occur from a bag of nuts, almonds, or raisins. However, they can also occur in flour, grains, seeds, muesli, or similar products. Discard the moths infested food to get rid of eggs. You can, if the food can tolerate the treatment, heat to a minimum of 55 degrees or place at -1…

Case bearing clothes moth

…earance 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 or feather. They creep around in this case and withdraw into it when threatened. Clothes moth larvae, on the other hand, attach their tube firmly to the substrate. The case bearing clothes moth larva pupates inside its case. In other respects its habits and life his…

The Mediterranean flour moth

…are pale gray with long fringes on the back edge. The Mediterranean flour moth larvae which can be 15-19 mm long, are white, pink or bright green. The Mediterranean flour moth probably comes from the Middle East. In 1877 it was found for the first time in Europe in a consignment of wheat from North America and it has since spread across the world. In many countries, the Mediterranean flour moth is in virtually all establishments where flour and o…

The brown house moth

…oth 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 house moth larvae are very sensitive to dehydration and cannot pursue their development if the humidity is consistently below 80% RH. Therefore, the safest and most reasonable precaution against brown house moths is to pro…

Clothes moths

…occupy with wool and feather debris. They can, in contrast to the clothes moth larvae, crawl around with the rear body protected in the sheath. They have a tendency to move away from the place they have spent larval life when they are fully grown. If they have lived in a carpet, you can often see them crawling up the wall in search of a protected place for pupation, which happens inside the sheath. The case bearing clothes moth has lower demands…

Common clothes moth

…s of the material that the larva is living in, together with faeces. Cloth moth larvae usually gnaw irregular holes and there are lots of cobwebs and excrement. The round excrement buns are at most ½ mm in diameter It is worth noting that the faeces which are the same colour as the food and more or less spherical are often mistaken for the moth’s eggs. The development from the egg to the adult moth may take anything from one month to over a year,…

Index

…rman cockroach German wasp Gibbium psylloides Glycyphagus domesticus Gnats Goat moth Golden spider beetle Gracilia minuta Grain weevil Great slug Grey fleshfly Grey worm Harvestmen Head louse Hercules ant Hide beetles Hippoboscidae Hirundo rustica Hofmannophila pseudospretella Honey bee Hornet House centipede House cricket House longhorn faeces House martin House mouse droppings House sparrow Housefly Hoverfly Human flea Hyle sinus fraxini Hvlobiu…

The warehouse moth

…son for the two chocolate moths Lat: Ephestia elutella – Also called cocoa moth or tobacco moth. It belongs to the group of moths called chocolate moths. The 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 ca…

The Indian meal moth

…elytrons’ inner third is light gray, while the rest is reddish brown. The larvae are yellow-white with dark brown heads. 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…

Mill or flour moth

…sant smell and a grey-brown colour due to the faeces. When there have been moth larvae in the goods, there are always cobwebs. Here the flour mill larvae have clogged a filter on a flour mill. The fully grown larvae move up to the surface of the flour and wander off to find a nearby crevice in which they can pupate. The pupa, which is 7 mm long, is completely enclosed in a thick, white silken cocoon. The adult moths emerge from the hiding places a…

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…

Brown house moth

…le matter. They also gnaw woollen goods, often causing severe damage. Seed moth larvae have gnawed at a leather strap in a damp magazine The larvae are sometimes found in birds’ nests where they feed on food remains and on the nest material. The adult moths may fly indoors from birds’ nests built under the eaves. The larvae, however, are very sensitive to desiccation, so if the humidity is constantly below 80 %, they cannot complete their developm…

Drone fly larva

…deficient water and breathe air. When fully grown and ready to pupate, the larva, often known as a rat tail larva, creeps out on to the land and seeks a suit- able dry place in which to pupate. In so doing it may enter porches or cellars. The pupae are 10-12 mm long, grey-brown, almost oval, but they retain the long ‘tail’ and look somewhat like tiny grey mice. From the pupa emerges a hoverfly, but unlike those •already mentioned, this species is…

Brown house moth

…( Latin: Hofmannophila pseudospretella) Brown house moth and larva The larva of this moth is sometimes to be found in grain warehouses or among foodstuffs, but it is primarily a pest of textiles…

Butterflies

…iately begin to spin and eat. Webs in goods show with certainty that it is moth larvae that have been at stake. The web, a kind of silk, comes from the lower lip of larvae. It is sticky and whatever the larvae live in along with its droppings gets stuck in these threads. As the adult moths, larvae also shun the light, but when they grow up they climb to the surface of whatever they have lived in. At this point they can easily chew their way throug…

Moths in the food industry

…whitish to light brown color, and they are long in the body without legs. Moth larvae can also be harmful to the food industry, but rarely to the same extent as the adult moths. Biology and behavior Moths usually enter factories via raw materials, which are then processed at the factory. These raw materials include seeds, grains, nuts, almonds and similar goods, and the moths eat mainly of these goods, but their larvae can also eat of the finishe…

Indian meal moths

…roduce silk, and silk threads in the infested items it is a sure sign that moth larvae are present. When the time of pupation approaches, the larvae become restless and seek out of whatever has been their home and pantry. In contrast to the adult moth they gnaw and they can easily gnaw through cardboard and plastic packaging. Usually they seek upward, and in this stage, you can see the larvae crawl up the walls until they find a suitable slot wher…

Wine moth

Larva of wine moth gnawings in cork Wine moth ( Latin: Oinophila v-flavum) This is not really a food pest, but it is somewhat of a specialist, that i often found in wine cellars where the larvae gnaw holes in the corks. They thrive particularly in damp cellars, feeding on the mould growing on the walls and on the wine corks, and what is worse they can live in mouldy corks. The debris produced by their activities can be seen hanging from the corks…

Fur beetle

…The larva of a fur beetle is unique in their appearance compared to other larvae. A typical larva is an elongated little creature that is white, yellowish, or beige. But a fur beetle larva has a brown color and is hairy. In the end, it has a hair-brush, which makes it easy to recognize, size wise they are up to 1 cm long. One can take the ordinary fur- or carpet beetle larvae as a brown carpet beetle larva, as they are related. The easiest way to…

Exit-holes in timber

…on new houses which are near to uncultivated 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…

Tapestry moth

…upae are left behind when the tapestry moth have left the fabric. Tapestry moth This is the largest of the moths that attack textiles, and it has a tendency to• feed more on coarser materials than the other textile moths, including such things as horse hair, coarse furs and skins. Like the preceding species it thrives in humid conditions, and nowadays it is found especially in outhouses and stables. It does not attack wallpaper, but is a serious p…