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kitchen moths
These things have been around my kitchen for months and I can’t figure out what they are or how to get rid of them. Amazingly enough, I couldn’t find any photos of them on your site. Any idea what it is?
Steve

Hi Steve,
We published our first column in 1999, and we have been answering this question since the first year. It is even a surprise to us though, that this is the first ever photo we have received of a Meal Moth or Cereal Moth. Your photo depicts the Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella. You must have an infestation in some grain product including pasta, corn meal, rice, oat meal or even pet food. The larvae are the destructive phase and they are always found in a mass of silken webbing. Clean out the pantry and thank you so much for sending a photo.

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