Indian meal moth (larva/caterpillar stage)

Pantry and food storage areas globally, specifically in dried grains, nuts, and cereal products.

Feeds on a wide variety of dried food including flour, pasta, rice, nuts, seeds, chocolate, dried fruit, and pet food.

Larvae produce characteristic silk webbing over food sources as they feed. They often crawl away from their food source to walls or ceilings to spin silk cocoons and pupate.

Significant economic pests of stored food. They do not bite or carry disease, but they contaminate food with silk webbing, waste, and cast-off skins, making it unfit for consumption.