Sep 10, 2024
Meal moth / Pyralis farinalis
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Meal moth / Pyralis farinalis
Saw this guy on the bus today!
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@uttermywish submitted: This is a new friend! If you zoom in, you can see that they curled their abdomen towards me. Why are they doing that?
Also, is it a pantry moth? In [removed] (please remove location!)
That’s just how they sit! Idk if there’s a reason. Can’t imagine it would make much difference as far as pheromone dispersal, but maybe. It’s a meal moth, Pyralis farinalis, which are definitely sometimes called pantry moths :)
Meal Moth
(Pyralis farinalis)
Pyralis farinalis / Meal Moth (5510)
Bug of the Day
A cute little meal moth (Pyralis farinalis) attracted to the moth light. A pest of stored grains but pretty to look at :-).
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@anomaly-beans submitted: I was curious as to why some moths in my state (MO) curl up their abdomens like this? I’m not sure if it’s all the same type of moth, but I do see a lot of brown ones curl up and other brown moths don’t.
There are a ton of moth species that do this all over the world! It’s not entirely clear why they do, and it likely depends on species, but possible reasons are to better camouflage themselves (usually to look like foliage of some sort), spreading pheromones from organs on their abdomen (hair pencils), or sometimes for defense - some species have bright colors on their abdomen that they will display by lifting it.
This one, by the way, is a meal moth, which is a pantry pest. They eat dry stored foods. So if you see a lot of them, you may want to check your food for larvae!