Getting ready for ......

I'm wondering if Lakeland Moth Stop has lost its efficacy. I spray and hoover a lot but still find moths in the traps. They traps are supposed to attract male moths and thus lead to fewer baby moths. Hmmm. It's our wool carpets that seem to be attractive.
Not just me though. They're very common round here I gather.

Thought it was interesting in the tv programme about Longleat, that it was noted that thee are 2,500 species of Moths in the UK and just TWO of these eat wool.

My mother had mothballs in all the wardrobes and drawers. I really hated the smell of them - and they were toxic, so that type were banned (although still available in some shops, strangely).

Luckily, I've never had moths (as I can't wear wool without gaining an itchy rash). We've had carpet beetles, though, so there's no carpets here now, only rugs - except the stairs/landing, all artificial fibres.

Oh my days! I’ve never, ever had a moth problem and have in lived in both town and country. What do the Lakeland moth stoppers smell of? I have unhappy memories of my grandmother’s bedroom …

Moths in the house are different to the ones you’re describing LJP1 . If you have them you know about it and you can also see the little white cases once the larvae have hatched. So far this year I’ve not seen many. Perhaps the cedar balls have worked.

Don't forget to sand your balls Ethelwashere1

Many small, pale moths are grass moths - much more likely than clothes moths.. We need moths to feed bats, etc. & also moths are more effective pollinators that bees(!), we don't notice them as they work at night, and the grass moths only come into houses if there is access and a light on.

Around nine years ago London and Oxfordshire suffered from terrible moth infestation I personally know two families in Oxfordshire who were affected. In their case it was wool carpets that were affected. Many Londoners found their expensive wool clothing had been reduced to lace as it hung in the wardrobes.
Insurance companies do not cover for moth infestation.
The National Trust think moth infestation could be linked to certain types of weather.

Scary, I’m knitting a wool jumper, an expensive treat for me, it’s in an open carrier bag. I will have to hide it from the little beggars and use the cedar balls I got ages ago, some are used by my cats as toys so will rescue them. I’m glad I read this post

nanaDana we have a camphorwood chest too and I keep my clothes that may be attractive to moths in that.
I’m always seeing them at auctions and they are fairly cheap, I don’t think many people know of their effectiveness.

I read somewhere that they are attracted to clothes that have been worn and put away. I think they are also deterred by fragrances so I always keep bars of scented soap in all m drawers

No moths for me. What I would like is sonethibg to stop spiders getting into my summerhouse. Someone suggested horse chestnuts but very difficult to collect.

.......a country dweller ....., for the first 50 years of our stay in this cottage, using initially mothballs, then a camphor wood chest and late cedar balls and cloves stuck in oranges we suffered from NO moth infestation at all
Strangely it all started in 2022, when most of my jumpers were destroyed by moth I have a very odd skin condition and find cashmere does not cause any reaction so bought it when I could

The 2 Cashmere sweaters I had bought in a Harrod's sale in 1959 were unaffected They had not been labelled as mothproofed . Most of the rest had to be thrown away.

Hate the smell of mothballs so I use hanging moth killers from Waitrose that smell of lavender. I hang them in wardrobes and place then in drawers and cupboards, seem to work very well.

We went through a number of years trying to get rid of carpet beetles who munched through my lovely cotton bedding and wool
carpets. We also discovered that I am extremely allergic to the skins which they shed ( woolly bears). I think we are largely beetle free now although vigilant but there’s no wool carpet or 100% bedding in the house sadly.

Touch wood moths not a problem, but at our previous house we had an attack of carpet beetles. Horrendous creatures, marching along like little machines, eating everything and impossible to get rid of. I wonder if the new people still have them?!

I too am preparing for the moth season!

Living as I do near the Danish-German border I buy my "moth-traps" in Rossmann. Last week they had sold out of the cheaper ones, so I perforce bought the slightly more expensive ones.

They turned out to be coated all the way down the back with adhesive - presumably so you could stick them inside the wardrobe. Only problem is - they stick well and truly to your fingers, but not to the surface of the wardrobe!

Yesterday evening, I thought the cats were making even more noise than usual during their evening romp.

No wonder, my poor little (well, all right, bidding fair to be my poor large) Trubel was running distractedly round with an entire cardboard Mottenfälle sticking to her left side!

Fortunately, even although a great deal of her fur came off with it, it must all have been loose hairs as she neither complained, nor has bare patches. She even allowed me to wipe her well with a damp cloth, once we got rid of the cardboard.

She has taken it upon herself to catch anything flying around in the house, or creeping along the skirting boards.

She and Tigger have already decimated the Daddy-long-legs and spider population, so I have hopes of the moths going the same way.

We don't appear to have a problem with moths, but we do keep the few cashmere items we have in a camphorwood chest my parents brought back from Singapore in 1965. I do remember my parents using mothballs in the UK when I was a child in the 50's, but can't remember the last time I saw a moth in the house. So many of our clothes are synthetic fabrics now, so that may have something to do with it.

The moths which flit around outside are entirely different to the carpet and clothes moths inside housing.

I have a lot of lavender about the house - in bowls and in drawers, and I think this is a good moth deterrent and also smells nice!

Hate the thought of those pesky moths... have found evidence in odd places but never seem to get the better of them. I have pulled furniture back from walls, out of corners to no avail. Found some large munched bits right under armchair I use and on newest carpet. They say it can be a hormone thing and attracted to female scent. Other half has different sitting room with better older carpet and not the same problem. I would have hoped that moth repellent could be included in new carpets?

I’ve only recently acquired some cashmere sweaters but I’m paranoid about moths and have the cedar wood rings and keep the jumpers in plastic bags.

Last week I heard for the first time about larder moths! Now I’m also paranoid about those. 👀👀👀

Never underestimate those pesky moths - they will seek you out! When DH needed his best suit for a formal wedding recently he was gutted to find a very visible moth hole in the shoulder, despite having been in a suit cover. It resulted in a quick dash to a well known store for a replacement!
He has taken Karmaladys advice and bought moth stoppers from Lakeland.

MawtheMerrier

Oh the shame!
Rejected even by the moths 😳😳😳😳🤣

I can live with it Maw🤦🏼‍♀️ 😂

Casdon's article .... Better quality clothes contain more natural fibres that are favourable for clothes moths. wool, silk (and fur) apparently! That's me!
I had them eat clothes when in London, and now again on the coast.