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A comb severely infected with the greater waxmoth. The while ones are the cocoons spun by mature larvae just before they pupate. Silk and frass are everywhere making this frame not usable for extraction of honey if this were a honey frame. Photo by Prof. M.V. Smith, University of Guelph.