Today I Found Out
The Truth About Clothes Moths (2017x190)
Air date: Aug 05, 2017
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Sources:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/9209062/Arm-yourself-moths-are-coming-to-attack-your-wardrobe.html
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&ved=0CH8QFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fext.entomology.cornell.edu%2Fidl%2Floader.cfm%3FcsModule%3Dsecurity%2Fgetfile%26PageID%3D858400&ei=OsRvUq2JAqar0QW224C4Cg&usg=AFQjCNFKz5gdiDr7v38K9lN4cs4icpyD5Q&bvm=bv.55123115,d.d2k
http://www.livescience.com/33260-why-moths-eat-clothes.html
http://watoxics.org/healthy-living/healthy-homes-gardens-1/factsheets/clothingmoths
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tineola_bisselliella
Image Credit:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-126247403/stock-photo-large-brown-moth-sitting-on-a-blue-cloth
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-157976132/stock-photo-white-moth-larva-crawling-on-dried-fruits
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-126862307/stock-photo-why-word-from-wood-black-and-white-of-wooden-why-question-mark-on-black-background
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-75967799/stock-photo-moth
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-151818770/stock-vector-retro-hands-squeezed-the-wash-cloth%2C-pop-art-vector-illustration-wet-clothes%2C-underwear
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-2864824/stock-photo-%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B
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