Inside the rice-shaped structure is the larva of the case-bearing carpet moth - and it's a hungry little fella that feeds on your carpets and clothes. are small and mottled brown with small black ...

The other species of moth typically found in the UK is the case-bearing moth (Tinea pellionella); their preference is carpet, rugs, blankets and furnishings. Pantry or food moths, which are less ...

The two moths most commonly found in UK homes doing damage to natural fibres are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) and the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella). It is the ...

A few months later, my wife moved a wicker basket where some newspapers were kept and all was revealed: large chunks of the carpet ... moth, and Tinea Pellionella, the silvery case-bearing clothes ...

"The common moth wasn't that common at all. But in the last 20 to 30 years in particular it's become far more common." Dr Sterling says case-bearing clothes moths - so-called because their larvae ...