by Wandsworth_lass » Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:09 am
Sorry to hear that you’re experiencing this, we had them in an old house and found the best things to treat them was:
- hoovering around everywhere thoroughly and wiping down all skirting boards with bleach
- using the handy little sticky pads from Amazon and put them everywhere. In cupboards, on cupboards, around each room and they catch the moths. **search sticky pad moth traps on Amazon as it won’t let me post the link
- using one of these smoke bombs in each room **search moth killer smoke bombs as it won’t let me post the link
- keeping spraying around carpets etc regularly using something like the Pest Expert spray, until the sticky pads get filled up and less moths are seen
I’m sure the pads catch the males (maybe!) which means they don’t continue to breed and the pads are completely harmless to humans.
If they’re in clothing - drawers / cupboards etc the recommendation is to wash the clothes at a high heat or freeze them to kill of any eggs. Once you’ve done this maybe put them into sealed vacuum bags until the problem is under control, that way you can eliminate spaces one by one and hopefully save some of your clothes. They’re such a pain!
Sorry to hear that you’re experiencing this, we had them in an old house and found the best things to treat them was:
- hoovering around everywhere thoroughly and wiping down all skirting boards with bleach
- using the handy little sticky pads from Amazon and put them everywhere. In cupboards, on cupboards, around each room and they catch the moths. **search sticky pad moth traps on Amazon as it won’t let me post the link
- using one of these smoke bombs in each room **search moth killer smoke bombs as it won’t let me post the link
- keeping spraying around carpets etc regularly using something like the Pest Expert spray, until the sticky pads get filled up and less moths are seen
I’m sure the pads catch the males (maybe!) which means they don’t continue to breed and the pads are completely harmless to humans.
If they’re in clothing - drawers / cupboards etc the recommendation is to wash the clothes at a high heat or freeze them to kill of any eggs. Once you’ve done this maybe put them into sealed vacuum bags until the problem is under control, that way you can eliminate spaces one by one and hopefully save some of your clothes. They’re such a pain!