"Adult clothes moths, no longer hungry for your sweaters, lay their eggs in the same nutritious woolen surroundings they grew up in, reproducing rapidly."
"Trichogramma wasps, used in pest control, are introduced to eliminate clothes moths. These wasps patrol for moth eggs, parasitizing them with their own eggs."
Clothes moths, which can arrive via thrifted clothing or rugs, reproduce quickly by laying eggs in the wool items they grew up in, resulting in a rapid population increase. Adult moths lack mouthparts and cannot eat, but they mate and reproduce, creating cycles of infestation. Researchers introduce parasitoid wasps, which lay eggs in moth eggs, effectively controlling their population. These wasps can reproduce asexually, maintaining the cycle until moths are eradicated, achieving results in a matter of weeks depending on the infestation size.
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