Save Personal Items & Clothes from Damages Done by Moths

One good clue is that the infested food can look as if it is covered with a web. It’s wise to inspect breads and flour, cereals, rice, pasta, and couscous, even spices, nuts and other dried foods. They can also be found to have enjoyed chocolate, cocoa beans and the like! These larvae can even munch their way into sealed bags. Such finds should lead to the throwing out of any non-protected foods i.e. those not in sealed containers – and can therefore be a costly exercise.

About clothes moth infestations

The damage is caused by the larvae, rather than adult moths. You might find one of two different moth pest infestations in your Canberra property. Apart from the common clothes moth, you might also identify case bearing clothes moth larvae by their protective silk case; they live in this while feeding. Adult moths aren’t great in flight, so they like to hide and lay their eggs in dark areas, such as cupboards, wardrobes and even under your furniture. The females lay their sticky eggs on the surface of a fabric. Just five days of laying and hatching is followed by up to 30 months of ongoing damage, the larvae moult an amazing 40 or more times while growing. They will feed on wool, cashmere, silk and cotton, even feathers and human hair, as well as carpets and floor coverings, but not usually synthetic fibres.