How to protect clothes against moth?

[LoraPiano]

I had a bad moth attack last year and despite using moth repellent, they managed to ruin a few cashmere jumpers. Any ideas or product recommendations as we are about to store warm clothes for next year? Or iss it better to leave them hanging in the wardrobe?

Rentokil do moth papers - no smell. I've never had a problem with moth when using them. If you have got an imfestation you need to freeze all susceptible (wool, silk) clothes.

Wash them. Fold carefully and store in a zipped clothes bag along with moth papers or cedar balls.

I have been doing that now for years since an bad infestation and haven't had any issues. I would also lay a few pheromone traps in areas that have had moth issues.

Dust and hoover regularly. Really get in the corners. Occasionally swab with a Flash solution because it picks up more dust. The larvae love dust, which is skin cells, so pure protein. Other favourites for them are dried up snotty tissues you might forget about in pockets and food stains - it's all protein.

Put woollens in plastic bags. Those body bag-type things you can suck all the air out with the hoover are good for things you aren't going to wear for months.

Agitate your clothes in the wardrobe - better still, actually take them out and wear them. Moths don't like to be disturbed and of course, moving things will let you see if there are any.

Chemical moth repellents are banned now for being carcinogenic. Cedar and lavender are nice to have but don't do anything to repel them. It's the dusting and moving things that keeps them away. It's boring but it works.

^^ all tips learned from my husband who has a clothes shop and has waged a constant battle against the clothes moth for 40 years. He can tell the males and females apart - he doesn't have superpower eyesight, it's the flight patterns. I can't remember which sex flutters and which flies straight, but he would. The females are worse because they are loaded egg factories.

thanks all, very helpful!

If you can clear out a little section of the freezer and put items in there for 72 hrs that will work for you. We had a really cold snap in February where it stayed below freezing for a few days, I put almost all my clothes in the shed in plastic bags for a few days, totally cleaned out the wardrobe, then used a hand steamer to spitz everything up before going back into the wardrobe and voila, not seen a moth in the wardrobe since.

@LoraPiano I've just noticed your name. Did the moths get Loro Piana stuff? I'd be heartbroken. Fight them!

If you can store your cashmere in the freezer when not in use that would be great.

Otherwise one a year, everything in the freezer for 72 hours, dust out the wardrobe and let off a moth candle.