Are your clothes safe this summer? When you packed away your favorite woolly sweaters and long johns last spring, you probably didn’t expect to give them a second thought till sometime in November.
As the cold weather arrives in the UK, it's time to get the woolly jumpers out of storage as we prepare to wrap up warm. But sometimes we might find some unwanted guests lurking in our favourite ...
From cedar blocks and lavender sachets to the surprisingly effective method known as “moth birth control”, these are the ...
When it's time to pull out the sweaters and scarfs for winter, you may uncover a nasty surprise. The wool sweaters you tucked into the back of the closet months ago now have little moth holes chewed ...
Keep those tell-tale tiny holes from appearing in your favorite sweaters, dresses, and shirts. Clothing moths lay eggs on animal-based fabrics like wool and silk, and it's the larvae (not the adult ...
Clothes moths can destroy your favourite garments and, while many people rely on lavender or cloves as natural moth repellents, there's actually a much simpler moth prevention solution you can add to ...
Q. Recently, I noticed holes in clothes that I had hanging in my closet. It sure looks like moth damage, but I don’t think I had any wool. I scattered moth balls through the closet, and doused the ...
A MONG entomologists there are well known to be two very common moths the larvae of which are destructive to fabrics; namely, the case-making clothes moth (Tinea pellionella L.) and the webbing ...
Wondering how to rid your closet of the webbing clothes moth? Maybe it’s time to learn to live with them—they can boost ecosystems and could help eat heavy metals There’s something for everyone in the ...