Clothes Moths 143 



snail shells, on their backs. Fig. 143 is a very 

 much enlarged view of the young clothes moth 

 which you will find eating the woollen clothes 

 packed away in dark closets — not the moth itself 

 (Fig. 145) you must remember, but it is the larva 

 that does the damage. Fig. 144 shows the chrysalis 

 state of this pest. 



The moths or butterflies are very small and 

 of a light buff color, with a shiny silk lustre; the 



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body part or abdomen is paler than the front wings 

 and the hind-wings are also lighter in color. It has 

 a luxuriant head of blonde hair and its wings are 

 long and fringed most beautifully with blonde silk. 

 When we say long wings, we do not mean that they 

 are great in dimension, but they are long in pro- 

 portion to their width. 



You will find the moth flying about the house 

 in the latter part of April and the first part of ^lay, 

 and when you seek to destroy it you will discover 

 that you have something to learn in the art of 



