Learn how to identify carpet moth infestations and prevent damage to carpets and wool items.

If ignored, clothes moth larvae progress to the pupae stage, and homeowners may find their husk-like, tube-shaped cocoons (or casings) on clothes. The larvae eventually emerge as winged adults and ...

If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, ...

My mother called moths pests because they chewed up clothes in closets and infested food pantries. I later learned that pesky clothes moths in the Tineidae family lay eggs on clothes, where larvae ...

One of nicest experiences for gardeners is the observation of butterflies and moths in the garden. Years of natural gardening reward us with a wonderful array of plants that attract them until frost.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets confirmed Wednesday the detection of box tree moths in parts of Western New York, near the Canadian border in Niagara County.

Casemaking clothes moth caterpillars can digest human hair and will feed on corpses. But it’s not all bad news, scientists say. Hair bits nipped off of corpses by caterpillars of the casemaking ...