This week we've found socks and shirts with moth holes! We have never had this problem in other houses we've lived in but we are new to this house. I looked into my pantry but don't see any thing there so I am assuming it is confined to the dressers (where we keep sox & undershirts) and the closet.
What works to rid these? I am searching online but would like your imput as to what works. Would prefer not to use moth balls because of the smell. Do I need an exterminator?
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Walmart has cheap and cute sachet cedar planks wrapped in a pretty bag with a bow, so it's a lot more fashionable and easy to tolerate than mothballs. They're over by the laundry area with the laundry hampers and ironing boards. Really inexpensive and it has kept them at bay in my house. 3|2|Maybe go to Home Depot...they sell a 4'x8' sheet of cedar "osb" that hubby can cut into a shelf or pcs for each closet..they sell Cedar in various ways |carmenanderson|cloudcars@verizon.net|21:51:47|06/20/2010|
2|1|Are you sure they are moths? (M)|bluh2oeyes|bluh2oeyes@yahoo.com|20:29:40|06/20/2010|
Carpet beatles and sivler fish eat holes in fabrics as well and they like dark drawers and closets too.
Would depend on what the fabric content is and what the "holes" look like.
Where's Kristys hubby?...He's the bug man...maybe he has some "tips".
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
4|2|crickets and roaches will also eat fabric|carmenanderson|cloudcars@verizon.net|21:53:11|06/20/2010|
5|3|I checked pantry foods and don't see any sign of infestation. My son pulled some socks out of his drawer that had about 6 holes eaten out of it. I'm also finding undershirts and stuff in drawers w/ small holes. Tomarrow I am gonna vacuum all the drawers in everyones rooms and get some cedar at Home Depo for closets and drawers.|hudge4|hudge95@yahoo.com|00:27:03|06/21/2010|
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http://www.refundsweepers.com/dcforum/feedback/1021.html 6|4|Actually before getting cedar Matt recommends |Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|08:31:23|06/21/2010|
My husband has been in the pest control field for almost eight years. He suggests you go to home depot type store and buy glue boards for mice. Take them home and place them behind furniture and in other places you think you have these pests. Give it 24hrs and see what you catch. It doesn't make sense to treat for something until you know what you are facing.
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 7|5|If it were mice tho there would be droppings no? |teener|teenerzacsneenee@yahoo.com|08:45:34|06/21/2010|
>Posted on Jun-21-10 at 08:31 AM (Eastern)
>by 98.19.238.23My husband has been in
>the pest control field for almost
>eight years. He suggests you
>go to home depot type store
>and buy glue boards for mice.
> Take them home and place
>them behind furniture and in other
>places you think you have these
>pests. Give it 24hrs and
>see what you catch. It
>doesn't make sense to treat for
>something until you know what you
>are facing.
>"Women should not have children after 35.
>Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous
>(Only 28 to GO!)
8|6|I think other bugs stick to glue traps...not just mice.|bluh2oeyes|bluh2oeyes@yahoo.com|09:04:38|06/21/2010|
or at least I've seen roaches and a poor skink stuck to one in my parents garage.
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
9|7|What Jen said... other bugs will stick and you will have an idea of what you are fighting|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|09:26:02|06/21/2010|
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 10|8|Oh glue traps, good idea. Thanks I will get those first.|hudge4|hudge95@yahoo.com|19:36:29|06/21/2010|
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