Toadfish Monastery

Actually it seems that having parasites isn't completely detrimental, it has a positive effect on the immune system.

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But the bonuses very rarely outweigh the negative effects.
Cf. sickle cell anemia as protection against malaria

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It depends on the parasite and the level of infestation, as some of them are in the path of symbiosis.

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Moths prefer dirty clothes.

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Except those that are into dry food and infest our larder

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I've never encountered a moth in dry food or a larder.

I have just done battle with a moth in my study however.

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Jury out. For the last two days, she's been asleep high up on the wall. Then tonight she decided to wake up and bombard me. Actually I'm not convinced it is a moth; it may be a butterfly. It's too fast to discern certain features.

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Last week (or that before) I even found one of the larvas in the sugar (closed plastic box). Not overly numerous at the momnet (I catch one or two per day) but still inconvenient. These beasties get into vessels one would have presumed to be airtight (and too thickwalled to bite through).

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That doesn't sound good at all. I have some wheevils munching on my birds' food, but not too terrible.

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Occasionally an ant comes from the balcony or through a window. They have never been harbingers of an invasion.

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No big nest in the neighbourhood. Only the minor ones between the sidewalk plates. I guess a large nest would have scouting troops larger than that.

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We are surrounded on all sides.

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Would one be surrounded, if one side was still open?

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