Moths
Monopis argillacea. Photo: M. Bulbert
Scardia australasiella.. Photo: M. Bulbert
Some of the familiar clothes moths (Family Tineidae) feed on mammalian hair during their larval stages. Adult moths lay their eggs on a carcass after all the fly larvae have finished with it. On hatching, their larvae forage on any hair that remains. Tineid moths are therefore the final animals contributing to the decomposition of a carcass.
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