Indian meal moth (larva)

Commonly found in pantries, kitchens, and food storage facilities where dry goods are kept.

Feeds on a wide variety of dry stored products including cereal, flour, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, chocolate, and pet food.

Larvae spin silken webs as they feed across the surface of a food source. They often leave the food source to seek out crevices or high corners of walls and ceilings to pupate.

A major household and commercial pest that causes significant economic loss through food contamination. While not known to transmit diseases, they contaminate food with silk webbing, waste (frass), and cast skins.