How to get rid of moths

[JohnSW20]

Hi All,

Just been told that I have moths in my wardrobe!! It's the one I keep all of my work cloths in. So it's suits and shirts.

I hate the smell of moth balls does anyone know of anything else?

Cheers

[Menguin]

Magazines. Or better Yellow pages.

[NailedOn]

Cedar wood works. Available on line or at department stores. I have a few cedar hoops that slot onto coat hanger hooks. Seems to do the job.

[JohnSW20]

NailedOn said:

Cedar wood works. Available on line or at department stores. I have a few cedar hoops that slot onto coat hanger hooks. Seems to do the job.

Cheers

I'll have a look on the way home

[mikeyr]

just turn your bedroom light on at night time. every single moth within 30 miles (including those in your wardrobe) will fly in and buzz round above your sink.

[Murray993]

Please remove my wallet from your wardrobe....

[AndrewTait]

Dry clean your clothes - they don't like the chemicals that are used.

It is not the moths that cause the damage, it is the lavie.

[jayfish]

When I worked in storage moths were a right pain in the ass.
Their lifecycle is very short around 21 days for the common clothes moth, so if you are going to use any form of pesticide fogging, or a liberal doesage of raid etc, you'll need to do it 3-4 times once a week to kill any newly hatched ones before they reproduce.
There is a fairly new control method that we trialled for Igrox, it's a pheramone pendant that covers passing moths in male scent, reducing reproduction, not sure if it is commercially available but might be worth a google.

[anonymous-user]

Cats! I have found many wing parts around the house recently, so i'm guessing the abdomen and head were scrunched by the purry furry creatures

The wings clearly don't agree with them

[Gareth79]

Cedar wood, or possibly moth traps. When I was in Sydney I had a problem of "cupboard moths" eating my pasta and flour (they gnawed through the paper AND plastic bags), and the recommended solution was a special sticky trap with a pheremone lure. I caught one moth and didn't have any more.

[moleamol]

Tomlev40 said:

Sorry, just has to be said!

[Probably the oldest joke on the internet and more overused on PH than the servers when you try to do a search]

Sorry!

No, it doesn't.