- Know Your Pests
- Common Clothes Moth (Also see Case-making Clothes Moth)
Common Clothes Moth (Also see Case-making Clothes Moth)
Confused Flour Beetle (Also see Rust-Red Flour Beetle)
Granary Weevil (Also see Rice Weevil)
Mediterranean Flour Moth or Mill Moth
Red-legged Ham or Copra Beetle
Rice Weevil (Also see Granary Weevil)
Rust-Red Flour Beetle (Also see Confused Flour Beetle)
Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth (Also see Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth)
Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth (Also see Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth)
Appearance
Adult : small, silvery-beige colour, winged (though weak flyers); larvae : creamy white with brown/dark brown head. Larvae 10mm; Adult 6-8 mm.
Life Cycle
Eggs (cluster of 50-100), oval, 0.5mm, 06-24 days; Life span of adult 2-3 weeks.
Notes
Found in hair, wool, fur, silk, feathers, nails, horns, hooves, any material of animal origin containing keratin, in homes, museums, etc. Larvae of T. bisselliella construct open ended web like feeding galleries while larvae of T. pellionella move about dragging a case made of silk and feeding material and hence are also called & bagworms
