Would love some advice from the wise people of MN. Very frustratingly, I keep getting moth holes in both wool and cotton clothes. I have thrown away the worst affected things, hoovered in wardrobe and chest of drawers, and bought some of the Zero In Clothes Moth Killer hanging units with transfluthrin, which a relative said had worked for her. However, I’m still getting holes, and I’ve also seen a single moth once or twice in the bedroom (if there is a nest I can’t find it).
I was wondering why the transfluthrin hadn’t worked, and it occurred to me that the issue likely is the fact that my wardrobe door doesn’t close fully, it’s quite old and the wood has warped so it can’t be made to close flush or stay closed, it just sits on a security latch to stop it swinging open fully, but it is always open a couple of inches. I realise this is probably stopping the transfluthrin working properly as the fumes need to build up within a closed space. So, it would seem like the next step should probably be a new wardrobe.
However, on the flip side, everything I’ve read about moths seems to suggest that what they like is the dark and not being disturbed. So in some ways it seems like a partially open wardrobe door that lets some light in might be better than one that shuts fully. (Although given I still have a moth problem it seems fair to say the semi-open door is not working very well).
It will be expensive and a pain to get a new wardrobe, but I would definitely do it if I thought it would get rid of the moths. Just wondering what mumsnetters think?
YABU - don’t get a new wardrobe with a fully closed door, it will just mean the moths have somewhere extra dark to hide and it won’t solve the problem
YANBU - order that new wardrobe today, nothing is guaranteed but it makes it much more likely the transfluthrin will work