Insect Damage
Recognising the damage, identifying the cause and the insect responsible
Correctly identifying the insect responsible for damage is an essential first step to monitoring and trapping the offenders. Often however, no insect may be found and there is only damage to be observed such as holes in clothing and bare patches on carpets.
In other cases, adult insects may be found but it is the larval (caterpillar) stage that does the damage and so seeing or catching the adults can be an early indication of future damage likely to appear.