![]() ![]() ![]() Galleria mellonella (the greater wax moths) will not attack the bees directly, but feed on the wax used by the bees to build their honeycomb. Beekeepers consider waxworms to be pests. In the wild, they live as nest parasites in bee colonies and eat cocoons, pollen, and shed skins of bees, and chew through beeswax, thus the name. Waxworms are medium-white caterpillars with black-tipped feet and small, black or brown heads. The adult moths are sometimes called "bee moths", but, particularly in apiculture, this can also refer to Aphomia sociella, another Galleriinae moth which also produces waxworms, but is not commercially bred. Caterpillar larvae of wax moths Adult specimen of the lesser wax moth ( Achroia grisella) Adult specimen of the greater wax moth ( Galleria mellonella) G. ![]()
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