Moths have made it into the political news recently, with Labour MP Graham Allen’s allegations that Michael Gove, a Conservative MP, introduced a moth infestation into the House of Commons when he brought a second-hand Moroccan carpet into the building.

See the BBC News post here.

The post mentions “the common household moth”, which apparently “enjoys upholstery and clothing as well as carpets”.

Presumably the likely suspect is the Case-bearing Clothes Moth, Tinea pellionella, but coming from Morocco, who knows?!…

Filed under: Moths in the News by Ian