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National Moth Week: Here's One Moth that Beekeepers Won't Celebrate

During the 11th annual National Moth Week, one thing's for sure: Beekeepers won't be celebrating...

The larvae of the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) inside a bee hive. The black dotes are small hive beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The larvae of the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) inside a bee hive. The black dotes are small hive beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella), a night-flying moth that lays its eggs inside the cracks and crevices of a hive, inside and out. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella), a night-flying moth that lays its eggs inside the cracks and crevices of a hive, inside and out. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is a Bohart Museum of Entomology specimen, the Greater Wax Moth. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

This is a Bohart Museum of Entomology specimen, the Greater Wax Moth. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

This is a Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, from the Bohart Museum of Entomology collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

This is a Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, from the Bohart Museum of Entomology collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2022 at 2:13 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee hives (6), Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night (1), Greater Wax Moth (1), Jeff Smith (57), Lesser Wax Moth (1), Lynn Kimsey (394), Norm Gary (30), Tabatha Yang (132)

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Posts Tagged: Greater Wax Moth

National Moth Week: Here's One Moth that Beekeepers Won't Celebrate

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