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To wonder if every house in the UK has moths in this weather...?

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ProcrastinatorsAnonymous · 19/07/2025 23:40

We have a lot - killing over 30 per day. We're spraying, washing clothes at 60, freezing things that can't be washed... We're moving house in a couple of weeks and really worry about taking the issue with us. [Currently in rental, so don't know if carpets are wool or if they have wool loft insulation].

Then we went over to see our new empty house today and saw a bloody moth on the carpet there! (Brand new carpets just installed - wool, chosen before moth issue in rental - but Westex and so supposedly moth proof).

I'm freaking out.

Any advice massively appreciated!

Am I overreacting? Is it just the heatwave and everyone has this but just isn't getting so worked up about it?

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justasking111 · 19/07/2025 23:44

A lot of moths, butterflies, leather jackets this year. As for the bloody wasps. DIL got stung two days running last weekend. Husband on the Saturday, me on Sunday 😡

DelilahBucket · 19/07/2025 23:52

We've had a lot at home as well as butterflies and I've had them in my shop a lot too, there is an influx this year due to the weather changes. They are pretty harmless so I don't know why you are killing them. Wool or not, carpet moths will eat your carpet, but as long as you vac regularly this shouldn't be a problem for you at all.

HonoriaBulstrode · 19/07/2025 23:58

Yes I've had a lot of little moths this year and the BBC is reporting there are a lot of wasps.

Vacuum regularly? Yes, well....

Talipesmum · 20/07/2025 00:19

I’ve never seen any. I think some areas are much worse for moths in houses than others. I don’t think it’s something everyone has.

MsPengiuns · 20/07/2025 00:37

We are getting moths, butterflies and lots of birds and a squirrel. Not seen wasps.

Calamity17 · 20/07/2025 00:40

Not a single moth here but the windows stay closed. I have a huge moth phobia.

Ilovegoldies · 20/07/2025 00:44

Fucking wasps here. So many that I thought we had a nest. I'm evicting around 5 a day. Turns out its just very waspy this year. Our local pub is now 'WaspWorld' in honour of that wonderfully funny TripAdvisor review of legoland.

OneKhakiFish · 20/07/2025 01:02

Haven't seen any moths but flies have been terrible,

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ProcrastinatorsAnonymous · 20/07/2025 08:37

DelilahBucket · 19/07/2025 23:52

We've had a lot at home as well as butterflies and I've had them in my shop a lot too, there is an influx this year due to the weather changes. They are pretty harmless so I don't know why you are killing them. Wool or not, carpet moths will eat your carpet, but as long as you vac regularly this shouldn't be a problem for you at all.

some of them are definitely clothes type moths and I’m worried the lavae will
chomp through our clothes / carpet. I’ve read that each female lays up to 50 eggs across her lifetime, so as we’re already squashing over 30 per day, we’d be absolute overrun if we left them alone!

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ProcrastinatorsAnonymous · 20/07/2025 08:38

MsPengiuns · 20/07/2025 00:37

We are getting moths, butterflies and lots of birds and a squirrel. Not seen wasps.

I would welcome a squirrel…!

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HundredMilesAnHour · 20/07/2025 08:41

No moths at all where I am. Or flies. Which is quite odd now I think about it as we usually get a few.

We do however have some (currently) very loud magpies. 🤷‍♀️

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