Larva Size: 1/2-5/8” Color: Dirty white/Pale gray Moth Wingspread: 9/16 -7/8” Color: Molted Gray The Almond Moth gets its common name from being a serious pest on almonds. It’s larva usually lives inside a dense silken gallery amongst the food material and this tube gets filled with frass. With heavy infestations, the larvae usually leave the food material to pupate on the walls of the storage areas. The adults cause no damage and their emergence reaches its peak around dusk. Worldwide dried fruits are the preferred food, especially figs and dates. However it does infest a wide range … [Read more...]

Larva Size: 1/4" Color: White Moth Wingspread: 1/2 -5/8” Color: Pale yellowish brown The Angoumois Grain Moth gets its common name because it was first reported destroying grain in this French province. It requires a whole kernel or caked material for development. In the U.S. it is considered second only to granary and rice weevils as a pest of stored grain. This pest is active at low temperatures and can cause considerable damage in the winter. Infested grain has a sickening smell and taste which makes it unpalatable. The moths leave a lot of debris on top of infested grain. Adults are … [Read more...]

Size: 1/2” Shape: Elongated, oval Color: Dirty White (but may vary) Indian Meal Moths are the most common stored insect in homes and grocery stores. The adult can be mistaken for clothes moths that will not cause damage, while the larvae wonder about finding places to feed and pupate. These larvae are surface feeders and like grains or grain like products, dried fruits, flour, cornmeal, powdered milk, chocolate, dried red peppers, dry dog food, bird feed, graham crackers and can breed in shelled or ear corn. Indian Meal Moths are attracted to light where food is stored like restaurants … [Read more...]