I have MOTHS!

**ForresterModern** · 3rd September 09, 09:58 AM

I am not particularly religious but I think prayer might be in order, over and above the other suggestions made so far.

**george7** · 3rd September 09, 10:31 AM

You could store it in a garment/garbage bag.

**DavidM** · 3rd September 09, 10:46 AM

Thanks for the topic and responses. I am very fearful of moths too!!

**Lallans** · 3rd September 09, 12:03 PM

Ah, moths. We know each other well, moths and I. The fumigator bombs recommended in an earlier post work well but if you live in an older building and have attractors (I tie trout flies and they love fur and feathers), they always seem to come back even if it takes a few years. Experts will tell you that the only thing that will ensure zero clothing (or fur or feather) damage is to use a KILLER moth ball containing napathene. The disadvantage to that is the smell. If you can find cedar oil, sold as an essential oil in natural remedy-type stores, I have had excellent luck enclosing my kilts and suits in nylon travel garment bags in which I place strips of blotting paper (or cardboard) soaked in the oil. I also dab it around any openings. That way you smell only of cedar, which isn't so bad (and airs out pretty quickly). You do have to renew the oil as it evaporates. I also have a professionally made cedar chest I bought at a flea market: make sure yours has absolutely no cracks of any size and moth proof gaskets on the lid and that will work well, in my experience. BTW, this is my first post on Scotweb, and also I make greeting to the Forrester tartan wearer who posted earlier- I too wear that hunting tartan. Go Green!

**GDub** · 3rd September 09, 12:40 PM

No offense intended to those who recommended this, but the last thing I would do is "bug bomb" my closet! Hanging the woolens out in the sunlight (or if possible giving them a little freezer time) then storing them in garment bags or trash bags or something the moths can't get into seems a sensible solution.

**Lallans** · 3rd September 09, 01:10 PM

'Bug bomb the closet'? I was talking about bug bombing the HOUSE- you will know when you have to. As far as freezing goes, any moth-eaten Canuck such as myself will tell you that if freezing worked, there would be no moths in Canada. Freezing DOES kill larvae and adult moths, and is great to cleanse a garment of them, but in some species at least their EGGS will survive nicely and wake up when the warmth returns. Further qualifications to my own advice: even moth balls are supposedly not guaranteed be effective unless they are used in a closed environment (more closed in than a closet). Also, I've heard it said that when clothes moths appear in a normal household (one that isn't,like mine, full of wild fur etc), it will usually be found that they are centered on some hidden source of food- my informant used the for-instance of a dirty old sock that has fallen under the couch. Myself, I've found them in dark places in quite small dust kitties etc.

**tulloch** · 3rd September 09, 01:22 PM

My cleaner says that they go for the spots of soiling - food, human oils. Make sure they are clean, follow the above advices.

**Tiny** · 3rd September 09, 01:35 PM

Vacume pack bags work wonders and finally gives a use for the vacume bagger system you bought the night you couldn't sleep and was up all night watching infomercials.

**GDub** · 3rd September 09, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck of NI

'Bug bomb the closet'? I was talking about bug bombing the HOUSE- you will know when you have to...

OK, but I wouldn't bug bomb my house either (far worse IMHO)--even if there were wool moths, sporran eating weevils or child eating army ants... To be honest, I never have and never will go for an "...icide" solution. Even with a severe termite problem, the walls will come off and studs and joists will be replaced. But that's just me, Mr. Organic.

Sláinte.