Clothes Moths in my new place, where to buy a trap?
[2009-09-04 12:53:25]

Q: Is there any stores that sell Clothes Moth traps? Or can you only buy them online? (I've already checked Walmart.)

Or if anyone knows an alternative method to get rid of them...

I wanna get rid of these gross pests, before

A: Wash everything stored in the same area, vacuum and wash all drawers or whatever the clothes were in, get some moth repellent like moth balls or cedar. Never store wool stuff away if it's dirty. They don't like light, so things hanging in a closet that

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Are there traps for the casemaking clothes moths?
[2010-08-07 03:30:27]

This question is hopefully for an exterminator.. a truthful one! We've had an infestation of casemaking clothes moths for about a year now and I can't seem to get rid of the eggs, or find where the eggs are being laid. I find the moth cases everywhere,


yes there are...you can find them on some of the over the web pest stores, but what I saw was rather pricey. Locate a pest control supply house near you, they won't be restricted use chemicals so would think they would sell it to you. The cases will

Experts: Moths pesky but not harmful

Godzilla won’t be needed to fight off Odessa’s moth problem — yet.

Entomologists and pest controllers say the problem will fix itself.

“I’ve done a bunch of those (moth calls), and there’s nothing they can do about it. I tell them to get a fly swatter like I have,” AAA Pest Control Owner Jim McMinn said. “This is the first time I’ve ever seen them like this, and I’ve been all over the state.”

McMinn said there were “hundreds” of moths even at his own business.

Environmental officials said the culprit is the “ Army Cutworm ,” whose mass numbers are due to mild winter climate conditions having decreased the moth larvae mortality rate.

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Moth infestation?
[2007-04-30 20:59:00]

Every summer I start getting moths in my house - and not just a couple here and there...dozens every day! We keep these sticky moth traps in the house and they just become plastered with moths. However, we haven't noticed any moth larvae or eggs or anything


Moth Control Basics


When it comes to moth control there are two common types of moth infestation homeowners need to worry about. The first is a clothes moth problem, in which the moths in house infest cloth and fabric. The second

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Can pantry/flour moths invade clothing items, lay eggs, and hatch or are they limited to food items?
[2006-07-10 20:47:12]

I had pantry/flour moths in my kitchen cupboard and used the pheromone traps to trap the males but I seem to have some of the moths in my bedroom flying around and cannot catch them with my traps (which only attact male moths) so I am assuming they must


Yes, they may have started in the kitchen, but they actually hatched in my curtains. The curtains were a lacy nubby weave and tiny pieces of them were on the window sill, kind of like dandruff, the webs and hatching's were in folds of the curtains.

Clothes Moth Traps - News
Cleaning, pheromone traps can purge clothes moths
There are several things you can do to eradicate and prevent clothes moths. First, keep clothes and other fabrics stored in sealed, plastic bags. Next, hang a clothes moth pheromone trap in each closet. It will attract and catch the male moths and stop

Experts: Moths pesky but not harmful
One pest controller said he tries to tell customers that only “low impact” solutions should be used, such as glue traps, but that some residents insist on getting the moths out from attics. “I used a fogger on one person's home, and man,

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Q: My husband seems to always get moth holes in his cashmere sweaters. First we put mothballs in the closet but his clothes smelled like mothballs so that didn't work. Then I bought moth traps and put those around. Not a great result.

Caleb Smith: That $12 Office Lease Rate is No Bargain
Caleb Smith: That $12 Office Lease Rate is No Bargain (I should note here that although we did not have the roofers, we had other pests, like gypsy moth caterpillars and inchworm webs that would appear like magic out of thin air and touch just enough of your face to feel like a bird drooled, or worse,

New Mexico Daily Lobo
By Staff Report | A swarm of miller moths (that's miller, not killer) invaded Albuquerque this week after army cutworm cocoons in the bosque and surrounding areas hatched. Albuquerque resident Renee Saavedra said she thought she