flour moths
Kitchen cupboard invaders
Flour moths are small moths whose larvae infest stored grain products—flour, cereal, pasta, rice.
The Indian meal moth is the most common household species.
Adults are harmless but signal an infestation; the pale wriggling larvae and their webbing contaminate food.
Eliminating them requires discarding infested products and cleaning storage areas thoroughly.
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- spoilageFood degradation process
infestation · caterpillars · grains · insects · fumigation · kitchen · food storage · cereal boxes · sealed containers · cocoons · pupae · webbing · frass · Lepidoptera · traps · crop loss · grain silos · contamination
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