Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

On 08/05/2018 07:36, wrote:
Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?


There are two types of moth - carpet and cloths.

Ive tried the pheromone pads which are sticky and attract the male
moths. Although a dead month stuck to the pad cannot breed these pads
serve mainly to see how bad an infestation you have. Unfortunately IMO
these pads need to be fresh stock and there is no indication of expiry
date from some suppliers.

You can get cloths moth killer strips but they have to be used for 3 to
6 months. Beware that there are also cloth month repelling strips which
will not solve the problem - just deter (badly) the cloth moths
establishing themselves.

I had one room where the pheromone traps caught a large number of moths
and resorted to some Formula 'P' pest control products which consisted
of shaking a power on the carpets and spraying some soft furnishings. I
see now that they they do a smoke bomb type product. This seems to have
worked in that the pheromone traps only caught a few more moths in the
following months and I haven't seen any signs of a re-emergence this year.

No connection with the company - just a user of a couple of their products.
http://www.mothkiller.co.uk/pest-exp...ogger-66-p.asp

The company also has some fact sheets on the moths - strangely promoting
their own products.

Just be aware that killing the adults is not enough the grubs will still
be eating the carpets/cloths.


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You probably have the lightly grubs somewhere and need to let them hatch
before you can kill them, preferably before they mate and start another lot.

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Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how
best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts
them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

On Mon, 07 May 2018 23:36:36 -0700, leenowell wrote:

Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea
how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly
attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?
A couple of years ago we had a problem with moths and after looking for a
solution we ended up at Lakeland and bought a spray for carpets and some
strips to hang in wardrobes/put in drawers. Not the cheapest of
solutions but they did work for us.

On 08/05/18 10:52, Mark Allread wrote:
On Mon, 07 May 2018 23:36:36 -0700, leenowell wrote:

Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea
how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly
attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?
A couple of years ago we had a problem with moths and after looking for a
solution we ended up at Lakeland and bought a spray for carpets and some
strips to hang in wardrobes/put in drawers. Not the cheapest of
solutions but they did work for us.


+1

On 08/05/2018 07:36, wrote:
Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

The last thread I was reading (Bloody Spiders) had

On 09/05/2018 06:07, Richard wrote:
Killem all.
Then post a few months later asking how to get rid of the moth
infestation

Andy

On 10/05/2018 21:59, Vir Campestris wrote:

Then post a few months later asking how to get rid of the moth
infestation


Unfortunately not really a solution. Spiders may catch 1% of the flying
adults but its the larvae that do the damage.

With 50 larvae per female moth and with a complete life cycle of 6 weeks
the numbers can get quite high rather quickly.


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Yes that worked for carpet beatles as well.
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On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:36:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how
best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts
them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

A few years ago we were absolutely infested with moths. Clothes moths,
that it, the ones that when stationary have their wings folded tightly
along their backs, so they appear long and narrow. Like this
https://bit.ly/2I594yk . I was catching at least half a dozen moths by
hand every evening for several weeks, and they're difficult to catch
as they flit about randomly.

The beasties that do the damage are the larvae. In our case, these
buggers made themselves little protective cases out of house dust and
general grot, munch away at the carpets (which were wool, BTW; nylon
carpets aren't attacked), and when ready to pupate would slowly climb
up the walls and attach themselves to the ceiling, like tiny
stalactites. At this stage they are quite vulnerable to
finger-and-thumb treatment.

We tried all sorts, including pheromone traps, which caught absolutely
nothing, and impregnated papers, the latter with uncertain results.
Apart from catching them by hand, either as flying moths or pupae, by
far the best treatment was a spray. I can't be certain what it was
now, but I think it was this 'Zero In' stuff: https://amzn.to/2jGtC60
Spray it liberally around the edges of the carpets, against the
skirting boards, as that's where the larvae seemed to live. Got rid of
the infestation within a few days, and not seen any moths in the
several years since.

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On 08/05/2018 08:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:36:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

A few years ago we were absolutely infested with moths. Clothes moths,
that it, the ones that when stationary have their wings folded tightly
along their backs, so they appear long and narrow. Like this
https://bit.ly/2I594yk . I was catching at least half a dozen moths by
hand every evening for several weeks, and they're difficult to catch
as they flit about randomly.

The beasties that do the damage are the larvae. In our case, these
buggers made themselves little protective cases out of house dust and
general grot, munch away at the carpets (which were wool, BTW; nylon
carpets aren't attacked), and when ready to pupate would slowly climb
up the walls and attach themselves to the ceiling, like tiny
stalactites. At this stage they are quite vulnerable to
finger-and-thumb treatment.

We tried all sorts, including pheromone traps, which caught absolutely
nothing, and impregnated papers, the latter with uncertain results.
Apart from catching them by hand, either as flying moths or pupae, by
far the best treatment was a spray. I can't be certain what it was
now, but I think it was this 'Zero In' stuff: https://amzn.to/2jGtC60
Spray it liberally around the edges of the carpets, against the
skirting boards, as that's where the larvae seemed to live. Got rid of
the infestation within a few days, and not seen any moths in the
several years since.


Any decent pet-bedding anti-flea spray can should do the same,
like Virbac Indorex which is 500 ml for the same price.

Vapona strips were great for dealing with moths and the like, but
the Germans ^D^D^D^D^D^D EU banned them.

Thanks Alan for the link. My wife has looked at them a d according to the site you sent they are carpet moths - although I am fairly sure that the carpet in that bedroom is nylon (at least it looks it).

wrote

Thanks Alan for the link. My wife has looked at
them a d according to the site you sent they are
carpet moths - although I am fairly sure that the
carpet in that bedroom is nylon (at least it looks it).

Easy to test if its synthetic by burning a snipped off bit.

On 08/05/2018 20:29, Rod Speed wrote:
wrote
Thanks Alan for the link. My wife has looked at them a d according to
the site you sent they are carpet moths - although I am fairly sure
that the carpet in that bedroom is nylon (at least it looks it).

Easy to test if its synthetic by burning a snipped off bit.

The pile may be nylon but the backing or underlay may be grommet food.

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On 08/05/2018 08:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:36:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

A few years ago we were absolutely infested with moths. Clothes moths,
that it, the ones that when stationary have their wings folded tightly
along their backs, so they appear long and narrow. Like this
https://bit.ly/2I594yk . I was catching at least half a dozen moths by
hand every evening for several weeks, and they're difficult to catch
as they flit about randomly.

The beasties that do the damage are the larvae. In our case, these
buggers made themselves little protective cases out of house dust and
general grot, munch away at the carpets (which were wool, BTW; nylon
carpets aren't attacked), and when ready to pupate would slowly climb
up the walls and attach themselves to the ceiling, like tiny
stalactites. At this stage they are quite vulnerable to
finger-and-thumb treatment.

We tried all sorts, including pheromone traps, which caught absolutely
nothing, and impregnated papers, the latter with uncertain results.
Apart from catching them by hand, either as flying moths or pupae, by
far the best treatment was a spray. I can't be certain what it was
now, but I think it was this 'Zero In' stuff: https://amzn.to/2jGtC60
Spray it liberally around the edges of the carpets, against the
skirting boards, as that's where the larvae seemed to live. Got rid of
the infestation within a few days, and not seen any moths in the
several years since.


Any decent pet-bedding anti-flea spray can should do the same,
like Virbac Indorex which is 500 ml for the same price.

Vapona strips were great for dealing with moths and the like, but
the Germans ^D^D^D^D^D^D EU banned them.

^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Shirley.


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Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:36:36 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hi all

We have moths in our bedroom (only room in the house oddly). Any idea how best to get rid of them? Have tried a moth strip which supposedly attracts them and then kills them but no joy.

Anyone have a good method of getting rid?

Thanks

Lee.

A few years ago we were absolutely infested with moths. Clothes moths,
that it, the ones that when stationary have their wings folded tightly
along their backs, so they appear long and narrow. Like this
https://bit.ly/2I594yk . I was catching at least half a dozen moths by
hand every evening for several weeks, and they're difficult to catch
as they flit about randomly.

The beasties that do the damage are the larvae. In our case, these
buggers made themselves little protective cases out of house dust and
general grot, munch away at the carpets (which were wool, BTW; nylon
carpets aren't attacked), and when ready to pupate would slowly climb
up the walls and attach themselves to the ceiling, like tiny
stalactites. At this stage they are quite vulnerable to
finger-and-thumb treatment.

We tried all sorts, including pheromone traps, which caught absolutely
nothing, and impregnated papers, the latter with uncertain results.
Apart from catching them by hand, either as flying moths or pupae, by
far the best treatment was a spray. I can't be certain what it was
now, but I think it was this 'Zero In' stuff: https://amzn.to/2jGtC60
Spray it liberally around the edges of the carpets, against the
skirting boards, as that's where the larvae seemed to live. Got rid of
the infestation within a few days, and not seen any moths in the
several years since.

https://tinyurl.com/ydc9ttx7

very satisfying crack as you hit em.

Or barring that,
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-pa...traps_p4460102

On 08/05/2018 14:48, FMurtz wrote:
Or barring that,
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-pa...traps_p4460102

Rather a long way to go to deal with moths.

If you are going that far, just do a stop-over at Fiji
and pop into Morris Hedstrom, the local 'Are you being served'
and buy some cans of Mortein?? fly spray.

I don't know what it contains but one spray and you could see
all the mozzies and insects spiralling down immediately.

In article , Andrew97d-
says...

On 08/05/2018 14:48, FMurtz wrote:
Or barring that,
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-pa...traps_p4460102

Rather a long way to go to deal with moths.


No need:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trapro-Elec...-Rechargeable-
Ultra-Bright/dp/B06XHLCG87

or https://tinyurl.com/yb8yodfr


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Just got home and seems like the moths do indeed enjoy eating our carpet. Apparently there were a load under our bed and a good number of patches eaten from the carpet. Wife has hoovered up the mass of them she found and some eggs The carpet is only temporary whilst we are renovating the house so..... Is it worth throwing the carpet out? On the one hand that would remove their food source and any remaining eggs in it. Although that would also potentially force them to move to another room and eat carpet we do care about.

Thoughts?

On 08/05/2018 19:29, wrote:
Just got home and seems like the moths do indeed enjoy eating our carpet. Apparently there were a load under our bed and a good number of patches eaten from the carpet. Wife has hoovered up the mass of them she found and some eggs The carpet is only temporary whilst we are renovating the house so.... Is it worth throwing the carpet out? On the one hand that would remove their food source and any remaining eggs in it. Although that would also potentially force them to move to another room and eat carpet we do care about.

Thoughts?


From I've read in the past, once established in a house you will have
to use some pesticide to get rid of them.

As they seem to like dark secluded spaces that don't normally get
cleaned it may be worth looking behind furniture etc. in other rooms.

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On 08/05/2018 14:48, FMurtz wrote:


Or barring that,
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-pa...traps_p4460102

It's for Assie food moths.

Does that pheromone trap actually catch both sexes? If not then it;s
probably ineffective.

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alan_m wrote:
On 08/05/2018 14:48, FMurtz wrote:


Or barring that,
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hovex-pa...traps_p4460102

It's for Assie food moths.



You are all mad, you have mostly the the same things we do I just could
not be bothered posting a British supplier


Does that pheromone trap actually catch both sexes? If not then it;s
probably ineffective.