Possible non-toxic moth protection.

[Thekiltedmohawk]

This doesn't work for mosquitoes and moths, but I have found a very good fly killer that I use in my barn (where the flies torture my poor horse). It's easy and simple. Take a frisbee, shallow pan, or anything else that will create a shallow pool of water. Fill it with water, and add a few drops of Dawn liquid dish soap to it. The aroma will attract flies to the surface, but the dish soap alters the surface tension so they can't "land" on the water like they normally would. They basically drown in it. I catch a lot of flies this way.

In Colorado we have the pesky invaders from Nebraska, the Miller Moth. I'd fill a cereal bowl with soapy water, and put the lamp about 6 inches above the bowl in a dark room infested with the moths. It will trap and kill all of the moths overnight. Once, in a night I counted about 70s moths in a bowl!

[WillowEstate]

I just hope, Willow Estate, that the bugs killed by the strip don’t in turn kill the geckos.

No, Mike, the geckos are safe, they live outside, the strips are inside. We also have a couple of indoor automatic sprays of the same active ingredient to take out the mozzies, etc. All the poisoned bodies are swept up and put in the trash that eventually finds its way into landfill, so their wretched little bodies put some goodness back into the soil!

[Pleater]

Keeping the kilts or any woollen garment clean and either in the light or in impermeable covers will deter moths, but not protect completly.

Cashmere seems to be the fibre of choice for moths, in that it is the first to be attacked. In wool mills there would usually be a tub of cashmere fibre which was checked regularly to warn of moth attack.

Another enemy of woollen garments is the variegated carpet beetle, looks like a dark ladybird with four light spots on its back. The larvae are very destructive. They drill straight into my cones of yarn, causing a lot of damage.

I have an ultra violet zapper in the kitchen - as the window is open in there fairly frequently, also mothballs, vacuum packs, zip lock and zippered storage bags, but I still find ruined yarn and fibre from time to time.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[ForresterModern]

I had a fairly heavily infested kilt closet a couple years ago. See this old thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-kloset-65986/

I had to bomb with the toxics after removing the offending source (a not so cheap full mask fox dress sporran whose pelt had obviously not been adequately treated by the sporran maker). After that I put all woolens in hanging garment bags, plastic storage boxes, ziplock baggies or close fitting drawers. Each container has both a cedar "plank" and a small lavender scented device (similar to the old hanging mothball cages except holding a refreshable porous material). I refresh each with a cedar oil rubbing or new lavender oil (respectively) to keep them scent continuous. Have not seen a moth in the house since and no holes in any of my kilts or kit.

Not sure the wife would tolerate a fluorescent bug-zapper inside the house, and not sure I could tolerate the occasional zzzZZpop let out when a flying varmint met its doom within my earshot.

On the topic of flies, besides all the above mentioned ideas for ridding one's space of those beasts I recommend a nifty (and fun) little device that is effective, non-toxic to man of other beast above the arthropod in size (in the small doses used), and quite entertaining as well, although it does require active human involvement for the "kill":

http://bugasalt.com/

There are some cool videos on the website as well as on Youtube that are kinda entertaining as well. Enjoy great White Hunter, mSahib.

[Kylahullu]

I haven't had any moth damages after I found these Moth Traps a couple of years ago.
http://www.ruskovilla.fi/EN/Products/Moths_protection
Just scroll down below the cedar rings.

[Stitchwiz]

I had a fairly heavily infested kilt closet a couple years ago. See this old thread:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-kloset-65986/

I had to bomb with the toxics after removing the offending source (a not so cheap full mask fox dress sporran whose pelt had obviously not been adequately treated by the sporran maker). After that I put all woolens in hanging garment bags, plastic storage boxes, ziplock baggies or close fitting drawers. Each container has both a cedar "plank" and a small lavender scented device (similar to the old hanging mothball cages except holding a refreshable porous material). I refresh each with a cedar oil rubbing or new lavender oil (respectively) to keep them scent continuous. Have not seen a moth in the house since and no holes in any of my kilts or kit.

Not sure the wife would tolerate a fluorescent bug-zapper inside the house, and not sure I could tolerate the occasional zzzZZpop let out when a flying varmint met its doom within my earshot.

On the topic of flies, besides all the above mentioned ideas for ridding one's space of those beasts I recommend a nifty (and fun) little device that is effective, non-toxic to man of other beast above the arthropod in size (in the small doses used), and quite entertaining as well, although it does require active human involvement for the "kill":

http://bugasalt.com/

There are some cool videos on the website as well as on Youtube that are kinda entertaining as well. Enjoy great White Hunter, mSahib.

My husband tolerated guns on the farm to keep the groundhogs under control but never he fired one in his life.
I am sure he would be willing to learn if it would keep the fly population down. He has an intense dislike for flies and they seem to love landing on him when we're out on the deck.

I have a stronger aversion to the moths...I've been known to use an automatic dispenser to keep the moths and flies out of my house...

[tundramanq]

Following the drowning idea.
Found that leaving the wash water in the kitchen sink with a little dish detergent overnight is a great way to drown insects that aren't attracted to my in house bug zapper. The detergent breaks the waters surface tension and they land and sink. Disposal is easy - pull the stopper.