Re: [pestlist] Help identifying larvae

2017-02-10 Thread Frances Cooper
From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net <pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net> on behalf of Insect Identification Services Ltd <insecti...@gmail.com> Sent: 10 February 2017 11:48 To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Help identifying larvae Hi F

Re: [pestlist] Help identifying larvae

2017-02-10 Thread Insect Identification Services Ltd
Hi Frances, Yes this is most likely to be the larva of one of the 'house moths', possibly a tineid (Tineidae), but possibly an oecophorid (Oecophoridae). An interesting observation being that there is *one *caterpillar plus *two *head capsules - this frequently occurs with larvae stuck on

Re: [pestlist] Help identifying larvae

2017-02-09 Thread Louis Sorkin
These look like caterpillars. Could be a tineid moth species. You'll have to do some sleuthing to find out what could be infested. Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. | Entomologist, Arachnologist, Myriapodologist Entomophagy Research Division of Invertebrate Zoology | American Museum of Natural History