What are the best products for holes in closet woolens, suspect clothing moth larvae

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What are the best products for holes in closet woolens, suspect clothing moth larvae

Hi Ron,

Our walk-in closet is carpeted and our 2 cats like to hide under the clothes in this closet. I recently found small round holes in a couple of hanging woolen items, so perhaps I'm catching this near the beginning stages. I can try keeping the cats out of the closet by keeping the door closed as best I can. I live on the third floor of a condo by the beach in Massachusetts so sometimes we'll open the doors without screens for fresh air in the warm weather. We do not get many insects in the house that fly this high but have just added screens to 2 of our 4 outside doors to help avoid some of the bugs that do make it into the house. We plan on screening the other 2 doors. What course of action do you suggest we take to eliminate clothes moths and their larvae? Should we use CB-80 and or Insect Guards? (I'm suspecting that this is the culprit but can investigate further.)

Thanks for your help.

Status: Open Mar 25, 2013 - 11:46 AM

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RonDawson

Mar 25, 2013 - 10:01 PM

Typically, clothes moths, carpet beetles, dermistid beetles and similar insects that feed on on "kerotin" which is a protein found in hair and natural animal furs and fibers are fairly simple to control. Simply dry clean the infested garments, place them in a plastic bag or plastic tub and make sure than no insects can get to them. Problem solved.

If this is not possible, then here is the protocol -

Remove all clothes from this closet and carefully inspect all clothes and garments and make sure that no clothes are infested. Pay special attention to wool garments, suits, etc.

Next treat the entire closet with a residual insecticide such as Demand CS - http://www.epestsupply.com/product/ZE...

The use of Insect Guard at this point is highly recommended, but a personal decision. Insect Guard tends to act as a fumigant and will kill most insects of this nature, but is not completely necessary as long as all clothes have been deemed "insect free".

CB80 is a contact kill only. No residual. If you see Moths flying around, CB80 kills them on contact, but leaves no residual for larvae control.

We sell a kit that contains all of these products - here is the link - http://www.epestsupply.com/product/KI...

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