Indian meal moth larva (partially covered in silk/debris)

Pantry areas, kitchens, food processing facilities, and storage bins where grain products are kept.

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

Larvae spin silk webbing over the surface of their food source as they feed. They often crawl away from the food source to walls or ceilings to pupate in a cocoon.

Major household pest. They contaminate food with silk webbing, frass (droppings), and cast skins, making it unfit for human consumption, though they do not transmit diseases.