Indian meal moth

Typically found in households, commercial kitchens, and food storage facilities containing dry goods.

Larvae feed on stored grains, cereals, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, flour, spices, and chocolate.

Nocturnal adults fly in a zig-zag pattern. Larvae spin silken webs over food surfaces they infest; females can lay up to 400 eggs.

Major household pest that contaminates food with webbing and frass; however, they pose no direct physical health risk or sting/bite hazard to humans.