ID#: 24579
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This image depicts a casemaking clothes moth larva, Tinea pellionella, shown alongside its case, which it carries as it moves. The larval case is composed of fibers from the cloth that the larva has ingested and passed after digestion. Note the ovoid particles of frass, or larval excrement.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Margaret Parsons
Creation Date: 1965
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