Subject: Looking for source of flies inside the house 🙁
Geographic location of the bug: Montreal, canada
Date: 04/21/2019
Time: 08:42 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Hello, please help me identify the source of these flies that started to appear in my house 2 weeks ago. I kill 1-2 per day since but can’t find the source 🙁 what kind of fly is this? What can be the source?? Im searching the kitchen but couldn’t find clues yet
How you want your letter signed: Lyne
Dear Lyne,
This is not a Fly. It is an Indian Meal Moth, a species that infests stored grain products. We suggest you check your pantry for the site of the infestation. Perhaps that corn meal you only use at Thanksgiving or that long forgotten oatmeal at the back of the cupboard. They will also infest spices. The larvae feed on grain. The adults do not.