The Seed Moth

The seed moths invaded my kitchen. They came from the dried Chinese apples my mom usually used to make beef noodle soup.
They multiplied so fast! First, there were just a couple of individuals and then the number doubled, even tripled...

What appalled me the most was when they made a nest out of my old cereals! I did not mind feeding the hungry creatures these left-over food. Yet the sight of thousands of seed moth larvae that closely resemble the fat maggots sickened me. It gave me chill everytime!

I burned the nest....

just like I did with other uninvited creatures who invaded my kitchen. Of course, I could squash them--the attack my mom often chose, but I preferred fire as it left no broken wings, no falling- out legs, and smashed guts. Moreover, it killed the insects in one piece, so all you had to do was bringing the unfortunate corpses to the burial place--the trashcan.

May I be condemned to burn in hell for such cruelty! But I would still choose it. I have reasons to excuse my way of killing.
Fire is actually sacred. In most culture, almost all of their rituals involve fire, so you see how important fire is for religious belief.
Some of us even choose fire over burials for our loved ones.

Hence, I had every right to give the insects a sadistic yet respectable death.

And being a sadist, I would of course save a few moths and put them all in a bottle--to quench my thirst for an observable knowledge, my curious mind, and heartless pleasure.

I had placed some crackers inside the dry bottle, so the insects would survive as long as they could.
I put a total of 7 adult moths and 2 cocoons. After almost a week, there were 9 moths and about 4 already died off. I also noticed a miniature larvea (as expected, I saw the female were laying eggs, it amazing how I could observe this life cycle). Did a little research and found that seed moth adults can live for about 14-15 days.



I would still keep the bottle, to look at them whenever I'm bored. Some people actually do this with ants, which I believe, is way more interesting to observe.

Insects are fascinating creatures, in a disgusting way. (especially roaches, good thing I haven't seen any now)