Many common molds found indoors in Hawaii (aspergillus, cladosporium, penicillium ), have cell walls with an outer-layer of chitin. In most molds chitin is the largest single component of the cell wall. Chitin is a polysaccharide (C8H13NO5) p which makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods (crabs, ants, spiders, etc.) , and as mentioned before numerous molds.
Now while its interesting that “bug” and mold […]