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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Tineola » Webbing Clothes Moth - Hodges#0426 (Tineola bisselliella)
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Flying insect in my bathroom - Tineola bisselliella
Copyright © 2012 DeniseM

Flying insect in my bathroom - Tineola bisselliella
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg County, Virginia, USA
March 31, 2012
Size: 0.5 inch
I occasionally see these beige colored things flying around in my bathroom. Can anyone tell me what they are?
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Contributed by DeniseM on 31 March, 2012 - 9:45am
Last updated 22 January, 2015 - 2:21pm

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… john and jane balaban, 8 April, 2012 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

Thank you!
Thank you both for the information. I really appreciate it - and the link. Now I need to figure out why I have moths in my bathroom.
… DeniseM, 31 March, 2012 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Tend to agree with Jim ...
Webbing Clothes Moth (0426) is only moth I know that looks like yours. Good news ... your synthetics are safe :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 March, 2012 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

"Maybe" a clothes moth...
... similar to this one:


However, I am not an expert with these micro moths.

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… Jim Moore, 31 March, 2012 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

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