Insect Quiz December, 2006

December 2006 Quiz

You are enjoying a cup of coffee in the dining room which is adjacent to the kitchen when you notice a whitish worm, about 1/2 inch long, crawling up the wall.  You look around the room for more of these insects and you notice what looks like a cocoon near the ceiling.  You don’t see any obvious source of these insects.

1.  What is this insect?

2.  What kind of damage, if any, does this insect cause?

3.  Why are they on the walls?

4.  What is the best control of this insect?

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