Dear Sun Spots: I have been killing flying insects that look like moths for the past three weeks, and I cannot find where they come from. I kill them in the kitchen, living room and bedrooms. Can you tell me where they might originate? Thank you. – R.G., No Town.

Answer: Sun Spots spoke with Ken Hodgkins, owner/operator of Bug Beaters Pest Control in Lewiston. Based on your information, he believes that what may be in your home are Indian meal moths. Meal moths have colored wings: the front half are pale gray or tan and the bottom half of the wings are bronze colored. The larva looks like a small off-white worm with a brown head and is only about half-an-inch long.

Meal moths originate in kitchens, usually coming into your home in the larvae stage in grain products such as flour, pasta, cereals, cornmeal and also dry pet food (even bird food). According to www.bugclinic.com, they may also be found in dried fruits, dried flowers, nuts, and even decorative wall hangings containing food products such as beans or spices. Be sure to check areas other than the kitchen or pantry where these items may be stored. Also, be sure to move appliances away from the wall to see if any food is hidden behind or underneath.

Hodgkins suggests using pheromone traps, which are pesticide free. They are available online. Unfortunately, Sun Spots was unable to locate any stores in the area that carry this product. You may consider checking Lowe’s, Home Depot or your local hardware stores for other sources of pest control, such as the Hot Shot brand “No Pest Strip” which kills flying and crawling insects with an odorless vapor. You can hang it up or simply stand it on a surface for up to four months of protection against insects. It can be used in non-living spaces such as closets, storage areas, and basements.

If you are interested in purchasing a pheromone trap online, check out the following web sites www.pestproducts.com, www.bugsaway.com, or www.cleanertoday.com.

• For Tom from Avon looking for information on Charles Lindbergh’s visit to Avon, Maine, Sun Spots received an answer from Judith Schiff, the chief research archivist in charge of the Lindbergh papers at Yale University. She states “there is no indexed file of information on all of the places Lindbergh visited in the Lindbergh Papers at Yale. It is unlikely that he visited Maine before his transatlantic flight, and I have not read that he visited New England prior to his U.S. tour after the flight. In the appendix of Charles Lindbergh’s autobiography “The Spirit of St. Louis,” there is a flight log that includes his visit to Maine in July 1927 on his U.S. tour.” It reads:

July 23. Boston to Concord, NH. Flew via Lynn, Lowell, Mass; Nashua, NH; Portland, Me. circled vicinity of Portland for two and a half hours, in fog, attempting to find flying field.

July 24. Concord to Portland, Me. Circled vicinity of Portland for one and a half hours, in fog, hunting for flying field. Finally landed on Orchard Beach.

July 25. Orchard Beach to Portland Airport. Flew via Portland. Portland to Concord, NH. Flew via South Portland, Me; Mt. Hope, White Mountains, Lake Winnepesaukee, Manchester, NH.

After Charles Lindbergh’s marriage to Anne Morrow in 1929, he visited the Morrow family summer home on North Haven island nearly every year.

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