and other Giant Silkworm Moths adults do not eat at all. They have
a short life span, mate, lay eggs and die so let them flutter all they want.
The wool eaters are very small:
Very few insects have the ability to digest wool. Among the few which do are larvae of the webbing clothes moths (Tineola bisselliella) . Carpet beetles are far more common and damaging to woolens than are clothes moths.
What does a clothes moth look like? The adult stage of the webbing clothes moth is a small moth with a wing span of about 1/2-inch. It is uniformly pale golden in color with no unusual markings other than black eyes and a coppery tuft of hairs on the top of the head.
Webbing clothes moth is a weak flier and rarely leaves dark closets or other storages.
Wooly bear moths are found throughout N.America caterpillars are big, most are red and black.
Looking like little shoe brushes. Don't touch them they have irritants in their hairs so birds don't
eat them.
At 04:06 PM 4/25/02 -0400, you wrote:
Butterflies don't eat our angora sweaters....................
- are more graceful and visible during the day.
Presently I am pupating a wooly bear moth.
I wonder if a big moth fly would work on brown trout?
Ginger...
Are the moths we see flitting about our Coleman lantern the very same ones that munch our sweaters (and feathers)? If that's the case...say a fond farewell to those 2 yearly Lunas that I see..splat....;^)))
BTW...got the chenille...thanks for your efforts...neat stuff.
keep tyin'...byard
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