Indian meal moth (larva/cocoon stage)

Pantry areas, food storage facilities, kitchens, and warehouses containing dried goods.

Dried food products including cereals, flour, cornmeal, crackers, nuts, dried fruit, and pet food.

Larvae produce characteristic silken webbing in food sources as they feed; they often crawl away from food sources to walls or ceilings to pupate in silk cocoons.

Major household pest that causes significant food spoilage through contamination with webbing and frass; however, they are not known to spread diseases or bite humans.