HI Elizabeth! I am in the middle of listening to this episode with Jesse Thorne and I am sorry to break the news to you but it looks like your house has a case of the “pantry moths”. When you said “baby moth” I just knew it. I was really perplexed why you found them all dead though and the only thing I can think of is that Ramona or Ruby (probably Ramona, lets be honest) is killing them. My cat (Rudy) likes playing with them but is not a very good killer.

Anyways, they are pretty common and pretty easy to get rid of. You need to go through all your pantry items and inspect each item for moths, larvae (sorry) and what looks similar to spiderwebs. If the moths have invaded that item, the cap/lid will most likely have the web stuff on it. They like things like cereal, pasta, rice and some sweet stuff although they left most of my sweets alone even bags of sugar. From now you you will need to store everything in airtight containers. I keep a lot of stuff in the freezer now like pasta. Sorry you are dealing with this, it is a pain Also they like hanging out on walls so check the walls/doors of all your cabinets. They are really easy to kill, I just swat a rag or old t-shirt at them when they land on a surface and I also used bug spray as I was going through my pantry. Good luck guys.

Whoa, Jesse’s friend Peter has the same obscure long-ass German last name as me! When I heard it uttered I did the audio equivalent of a double-take.