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Brown shaded carpet moth.
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Therefore if you find small cases that look a bit similar to rice this is a sign that you probably have carpet moths.
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The most common clothes moths are the webbing clothes moth easily identified with a golden colour and around half an inch in length and the case bearing moth which can be identified about inch long and their forewings are mottled brown with one large and a few.
Tags brown orange stripes medium england scotland wales northern ireland.
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Readily disturbed from grassy vegetation and low herbage by day.
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Identifying clothes carpet moths webbing clothes moth case bearing clothes moth.
So what causes carpet moths.
The moth larvae leave its casing behind.
Widespread and fairly common throughout britain except for the very north of scotland inhabiting a range of open habitats.
911004 00 6586 iridopsis defectaria brown shaded gray moth guenée 1858 photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed.
910272 00 7428 venusia comptaria brown shaded carpet moth walker 1860 photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed.
Can be variable in colour from light to darker brown with a distinct darker cross band though the inner area of this is usually paler.
910272 00 7428 venusia comptaria brown shaded carpet moth walker 1860 photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed.
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The larvae of carpet moths eat the keratin proteins found in skin and hair.
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Shaded broad bar scotopteryx chenopodiata linnaeus 1758 wingspan 25 30 mm.
