Getting rid of moths in my house! Any tips?

[avgiatdawn]

I'm being plagued by moths getting into my house. I know they're attracted to light, I'm always sure to close all my doors, windows before it goes dark but still they come in. Keep finding them all over the house, usually on curtains and walls. Driving me mad, can't stand them.
Are there any repellants I could try? Any tips from other people who have had trouble with moths?
Where would you place the repellants? Around window frames and curtains?

are you sure they are coming in, and aren't clothes moths?

Have you checked your carpets under all your furniture/sofas.We kept finding moths then realised we had an infestation under our sofa in the wool carpet (DC was about 6 months old so hadn't hoovered under sofa in ages. ) Had to seal off the room and use a kind of moth bomb . As well as clothes moths do love a good wool carpet.

are they small? They might be clothes or carpet moths living in your house. Carpet moths eat bare patches out of carpets (often in corners or under furniture, even if that furniture is sat full flat on the floor) and leave white/beige husks behind, often on the wall above the patches.

You need to buy moth killing products. I wouldn't bother with the pheromone traps, we've never caught a single one that way.

Hang flypaper

Sounds like they are already in rather than coming in!!

I once had 'pantry moths'. They laid eggs in the cross of the screws inside the cupboards.

I've just got rid of a pantry moth infestation. DH bought some dried mushrooms which may have brought them in. Urgh. Really gross!
OP are you seeing them all over the house or in certain rooms?
If it's in the kitchen - check your cupboards.
Clothes moths are common and tricky to fully eradicate. They're quite small - generally beige but can come in darker shades. Only the males fly. Hoover everything and everywhere. Put delicate items in the freezer (they love wool especially) and get some pheromone traps.

Lavender based repellent, sticky moth traps and lots of vacuuming. You need to work out where they are laying eggs eg ours were in the little holes the screws are indented into in the kitchen cupboards,

Biological moth control is the most effective ime. I'm not UK-based but this seems to be a similar provider to the one I use: www.dragonfli.co.uk/products/clothes-moth-egg-killer-trichogramma-evanescens. You can get similar for food pests.