Clothes Moths Got Your Sweater? There’s a Wasp for That | Deep Look

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Once clothes moth larvae start eating your favorite garments, they’re tough to get rid of. Tiny parasitoid wasps are here to help – they lay their eggs inside the moth’s eggs so you can say bye-bye to those smelly mothballs. The future of federal funding for public media and science programs like Deep Look is at risk. Learn how you can help at https://www.protectmypublicmedia.org 👉 JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. ---+ Find a transcript on KQED Science: https://www.kqed.org/science/1997359/clothes-moths-got-your-sweater-theres-a-wasp-for-that ---+ More great Deep Look episodes: 5 Tiny Pests That Could Be In Your Home Right Now https://youtu.be/xbW0dUfKOkk These 5 Bees Are Waaay More Than Honey and Stingers https://youtu.be/WPT4IRrcBiw This Weevil Was Born in Your Rice and It’s Hungry https://youtu.be/4fjzjphH6CM ---+ Shoutout! 🏆Congratulations🏆 to the following fans on our Deep Look Community Tab for correctly answering our GIF challenge! We asked what two nutrients clothes moth larvae are after in your closet. They're after keratin, a protein found in sheep’s wool and cashmere sweaters, and vitamin B from the sweat, oil, and skin flakes we shed on our clothes. @kylawi2014 @yasu3d @yassira13 @charlenethepiggy4813 ---+ Thank you to our top Patreon supporters ($10+ per month)! Lily, Vinny, Izzy Altschuler H.M. Andrew Edgar Betancourt Levi Cai Jack Conklin Elena De La Paz David Deshpande Elizabeth Ann Ditz Stephanie Dole Jessica Duplechin Jamie Edwards Chris B Emrick Rachel Fenichel Kristy Folsom Susan Fuhs Daisuke Goto Elia Gourguechon-Buot Noreen Herrington Jessica Hiraoka Burt Humburg Jellyman Titania Juang Julia Ma Eric Marsh Carrie Mukaida Louis O'Neill Hank Poppe Laurel Przybylski Cristen Rasmussen Craig Rosa Karen Reynolds Mehdi Salarkia El Samuels Ray Schoettker Jeff Schumacher Darby Sullivan Wade Tregaskis Walter Tschinkel Oliver Wakeling Kristine Wee Christopher Williams Roberta K Wright Brigitte Xia ---+ Follow Deep Look and KQED Science on social: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deeplookofficial Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kqedscience/ Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/kqedscience ---+ About KQED KQED, an NPR and PBS member station in San Francisco, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, radio and web media. Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the members of KQED. #clothesmoth #deeplook