Defending The Wool Kilt Against A Moth Invasion

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 19, 07:51 AM

So this week my area of the planet has been invaded by moths. Bazillions of them. They are everywhere. It happened back in 2003 too. Apparently something to do with spring rains.

Bottom line, I can't get in and out of my home without a few big moths slipping through the door.

Now I still have a bunch of wool kilts I treasure, And have wool blankets, shirts, caps...a moth in the house is not a good thing. A bunch of moths in the house is frightening.

Yes, I have the wool pretty well physically protected...but this version of moth seems to find its way into the most unusual places.

So, I got out my Bug-A-Salt to hunt them down and kill them before they drop any eggs on my wool kilts.

Works great.

https://www.bugasalt.com/

**Tarheel** · 2nd June 19, 08:33 AM

I have a client that trains horses. He got one of these for horse flies around the barn. The laser attachment wasn't available when he got his, but a cool thing to have.

Do the moths provide a small dust poof when salted?

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 19, 10:23 AM

No poof...the salt that doesn't get their body shreds their wings and they sort of fall to the ground where they are easier targets. No laser on mine.

**Tobus** · 2nd June 19, 01:18 PM

A good cedar chest or cedar lined drawer is the place to store hose, garter ties, wool spats, and other small or foldable items. We have several in the house that are also used for sweaters and such.

Kits and tweed jackets/waistcoats are kept in zippered hanging clothes bags with cedar rings hung around the tops where the hangars come out, and cedar balls in the bottoms of the bags.

Adult moths aren't the problem. It's their larvae that eat wool. The adults will lay eggs in dark places like closets so the larvae can emerge and feed.

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 19, 01:57 PM

Aye, know all that and do most of that... just IF an adult moth makes it indoors at my place figure its best to put it out of action BEFORE it can lay eggs.

Blasted another one this morning...think plague of locusts only with moths...

**Steve Ashton** · 2nd June 19, 09:39 PM

Remember that not all moths are clothes moths.

The clothes moth is nocturnal and spends most of its time on the ground.

If you see a moth flying, in the daytime, you are most likely not seeing a clothes moth.

The clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) is small, tan in color, with a tuft of fuzz on its head.