Indian meal moth (larva/caterpillar stage)

Pantries, kitchens, grain storage facilities, and warehouses where dry food products are stored.

Stored dry food products including flour, cereal, cornmeal, crackers, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, chocolate, and pet food.

Larvae spin silken webs throughout infested food sources; they often crawl away from the food source to walls or ceilings to pupate in a cocoon.

Major household pest that causes food spoilage and economic loss; they do not bite or sting and are not known to transmit diseases, but they contaminate food with webbing, frass (droppings), and cast skins.