Moth larvae

Comfortable state of man is hampered by numerous kinds of insects: midges and mosquitoes, cockroaches and flies. But there is an insect whose vital activity is practically hidden from our gaze. It's a mole. Of course, it is completely harmless to human health, but with enviable persistence, this insect eats our things and products.

Mole passes several stages of its development. In the first stage, the insect lays eggs. Then from them appear caterpillars, after them pupae. At the final stage, butterflies fly to the light.

Mole brings a lot of trouble to the landladies. But the struggle with butterflies fluttering around the apartment is a pointless occupation, they are just harmless. The main enemy for clothes and products are moth larvae. They are referred to keratophages - to organisms that prefer horny substance (keratin) as food. Why do moth larvae love our clothes so much? And because all fur and woolen things at their molecular level have keratin. Moth larvae easily digest this substance due to the increased acidity of their stomach.

This type of insect numbers more than forty families. Of these, the most dangerous for our things are moths, fur coats, grains and mushrooms. As a rule, insect larvae feed on keratin, which they extract from hairs of fur coats, wool and carpet nap. At the meal place, the products of their life activity remain. Of course, moth larvae can not eat the whole carpet or sweater. However, forever to spoil the presentation of a thing for them is not difficult.

The greatest danger to clothes is a moth. Butterflies of this family of insects lay eggs on expensive fur coats, carpet nap, sweaters throughout their life, but they live long. The later appearing larvae of the moth are settled in the dark places where the woolen things are, and finding them is not an easy task. The presence of caterpillars on your favorite clothes is determined only after you have visually observed the part destroyed by them.

The main wreck in beekeeping is the wax moth. These nondescript gray moths cause considerable damage to the hives. Where the larvae of the wax moth settled, the uterus does not lay its eggs, the bees do not collect honey in spoiled honeycombs. They can simply be thrown away. In nature there are practically no such substances that act as a solvent and wax converter. But the organism of future butterflies produces active biochemical elements that contribute to the caterpillar eating almost 600 cells in honeycombs for a short period that does not exceed one month.

The waxy moth larva has found its application in folk healers. An extract from insect caterpillars is recommended as an antibacterial and antiviral drug. And this tool has a wide range of therapeutic effects. The enzymes that make up the extract help destroy the shell of tubercle bacilli and accelerate healing and resorption in the lung cavities.

A medicinal preparation made from wax moth larvae is recommended for getting rid of the ailments of blood vessels and heart. Also it is used in gynecology and obstetrics, andrology and in the treatment of various diseases of the respiratory system.