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Clothes Moths Got Your Sweater There’s a Wasp for That - Deep Look

Clothes Moths Got Your Sweater There’s a Wasp for That - Deep Look

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Once clothes moth larvae start eating your favorite garments, they’re tough to get rid of. Tiny parasitoid wasps are here to help they lay their eggs inside the moth’s eggs so you can say bye-bye to those smelly mothballs. The future of federal funding for public media and science programs like Deep Look is at risk. Learn how you can help at JOIN our community on Patreon: SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: SUBSCRIBE: DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. --- Find a transcript on KQED Science: --- More great Deep Look episodes: 5 Tiny Pests That Could Be In Your Home Right Now These 5 Bees Are Waaay More Than Honey and Stingers This Weevil Was Born in Your Rice and It’s Hungry --- Shoutout! Congratulations to the following fans on our Deep Look Community Tab for correctly answering our GIF challenge! We asked what two nutrients clothes moth larvae are after in your closet. They're after keratin, a protein found in sheep’s wool and cashmere sweaters, and vitamin B from the sweat, oil, and skin flakes we shed on our clothes. kylawi2014 yasu3d yassira13 charlenethepiggy4813 --- Thank you to our top Patreon supporters ($10 per month! Lily, Vinny, Izzy Altschuler H. M. Andrew Edgar Betancourt Levi Cai Jack Conklin Elena De La Paz David Deshpande Elizabeth Ann Ditz Stephanie Dole Jessica Duplechin Jamie Edwards Chris B Emrick Rachel Fenichel Kristy Folsom Susan Fuhs Daisuke Goto Elia Gourguechon-Buot Noreen Herrington Jessica Hiraoka Burt Humburg Jellyman Titania Juang Julia Ma Eric Marsh Carrie Mukaida Louis O'Neill Hank Poppe Laurel Przybylski Cristen Rasmussen Craig Rosa Karen Reynolds Mehdi Salarkia El Samuels Ray Schoettker Jeff Schumacher Darby Sullivan Wade Tregaskis Walter Tschinkel Oliver Wakeling Kristine Wee Christopher Williams Roberta K Wright Brigitte Xia --- Follow Deep Look and KQED Science on social: TikTok: Patreon: Instagram: Twitter/X: --- About KQED KQED, an NPR and PBS member station in San Francisco, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, radio and web media. Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the members of KQED. #clothesmoth #deeplook
Date: 2025-06-25

Comments and reviews: 12


Kinda sad how humans think all moths eat clothes even referenced in many media and literature, nearly all species don’t want anything to do with clothes, and most adult moths don’t even have mouths
Despite the all trouble they cause, they’re still fascinating creatures

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I feel like I recommended this exact video concept a while back because I'm dealing with clothes moths and am considering the parasitic wasps. I guess little animated pepper flakes all over my clothes is the better option
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These dang evil things have been plaguing my life for like 3 years lol.
I've had psoriasis forever and they're feasting on my existence.
Time to put. wasps in my bedroom hmmmmmmmmmmmm

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IIRC trichogramma wasps parasitize hornworm moth larvae as well. when i ended up with a lot of those caterpillars on my pepper plants, i did some research into how to attract them
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Clothes moths can also live off of human hair. speaking from experience you don't need to own wool to get an infestation. They can also live in vacuum cleaners too
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THAT EXPLAINS HOW THAT ONE BUG GETS INTO MY ROOM. ngl i like these buggers they dont bite like mosquitoes do
also explains why theres holes in my clothes

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It didnt say how afterwards you are supposed to get rid of hundreds if not thousands of wasps in your home, flying everywhere to look for more food xD
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Very nice, thank you. We may have missed this, but once the eggs are gone do the wasps die out, or do they migrate Thanks again, nice hosting!
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For every problem nature creates, she also creates a solution. Wasps get so much unfair hate but like spiders they are beneficial too!
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So let me get this straight: I need to introduce an infestation to get rid of the earlier infestation Insects ate brutal
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Great videos.
The problem with public media, one sided politically and socially therefore public funding is not appropriate.

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Whoa. I knew wool moths existed but I think this is the first time I've seen identifying pictures of both them and their larvae
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