Cashmere, wool, silk, fur, leather ... Poorly wrapped or sealed food is an open invite. If you spot any moths or larvae (they ...

Adding insult to injury, clothes moths (or, more precisely, their larvae, which we’ll get to later) prefer fibers of animal origin, including wool, mohair, cashmere, fur, and feathers—in other ...

Clothes moth larvae can damage anything containing wool, including carpet, upholstery, wool-blend fabrics, and even the wool pads inside pianos. They can also damage furs. Damage will first appear ...

In their wild state, says Moncrieff in the current issue of Discovery, moths did not eat wool. Their larvae ate dead animals on which the females deposited their small white eggs. But as soon as ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor.

Similar to clothes moths that eat away at your wool sweaters, the larvae of carpet moths tend to feed off natural fibers in carpets, and other soft furnishings instead. This allows larvae to grow ...

Heads up: two common types of moths invade homes ... setting needs to be used to effectively kill the eggs and larvae, only certain clothes can be home-washed. More delicate fibres — wool, silk and ...