Lesser wax moth (associated with egg mass)

Typically found in or near honey bee colonies and beehives globally.

Larvae eat honey, beeswax, pollen, and bee cocoons; adults do not feed.

Adults fly at night and deposit clusters of eggs in crevices of beehives. Larvae tunnel through combs, creating silken galleries.

Significant pest in apiculture, causing destruction to honeycombs and physical damage to wooden hive components. They act as scavengers in wild hives.