Indian Meal Moth

Worldwide in human structures, particularly pantries, kitchens, and food storage facilities containing grain-based products.

Larvae feed on stored food products including flour, cereal, dry pet food, birdseed, nuts, pasta, and dried fruit. Adults do not feed.

Nocturnal flyers attracted to light. Larvae spin silken webs across the surface of contaminated food, where they pupate and eventually emerge as moths.

Non-toxic and do not bite or sting, but they are major household and agricultural pests that contaminate food supplies through webbing, feces, and cast skins.