To think I need to burn all of my clothes?

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I found a moth in my wardrobe. Luckily, I managed to lock it in before it crawled into my ear and ate my brain and messaged my mum for help evicting it before it eats my clothes or worse... escapes.

She's just replied that we will need to look for eggs.

Moth Eggs.

Obviously, the entire wardrobe and everything in it now needs to be burned. In fact, the whole house might need cleansing with fire.

I am not being unreasonable.

Not the point I know but I read this as the moth eating your brain and then the moth proceeding to message your mum and I don't feel great this morning and it really made me laugh so thank you! Hope it is sortable without burning 😂

😂 there’s a moth epidemic north London. Just can’t get rid - friends have the same issue. Maybe we should all burn our houses down?
o bought the moth napalm spray but we have a cat so can’t take it out of the house.

This - and moth repellents from John Lewis, also cedar wood balls, lavender bags, lavender oil, bags of cloves - all cheaper than burning your clothes i imagine - also moths only really like cashmere, silk,pure wool - they won't touch man made fibres! Unfortunately, neither will i 😂

It's ok, you can keep the plastic ones, they don't eat those!
Don't forget to burn all your rugs and carpets too as they love munching on those, esp around the edges.

Or.. you could just get something that kills them?

Before dousing your house in petrol please consider these:
https://manchestermothmen.co.uk

Brought my moth infestation down from full disgust to extremely mild consternation.

Be thankful you’re not me….. I can’t get rid of the bastards, I haven’t found the source yet 😭 the traps do help, this was after I went away for a while. I know it’s just the males that get caught so need to find the females and eggs 😭

I wish I hadn't opened this thread. I now have the sensation of moths fluttering around in my head, searching for brainz or wool to munch on.

I wouldn't bother burning anything tbh. The moths will have taken your street by the end of the day. Leave. Walk away, do not provide a forwarding address as the moths will find you that way.

Good luck.

(We did have clothes eating moths once. DH found one in one of his drawers sitting on a wool jumper. Instead of killing it, he just closed the drawer. And six months later wondered why he had holes in all his jumpers. I froze the jumpers, hoovered all drawers, screamed incoherently because moths horrify me, and told DH he was very close to only being allowed three items of clothing in the future because of his carelessness. I relented eventually. But the moths hadn't eaten my clothes or the carpet so it could have been worse.)

So, based on the replies, the most logical solution appears to be to burn the house down, spray the remaining rubble and ash with Indorex. Purchase a 100% polyester tent and move to a lavender field surrounded by cedar trees.

lots things you can buy cedar balls are natural and effective.
when a nice day hang clothes out on the line for a good blow through

Well the clothes moth lays eggs in carpets often and the grubs destroy the carpets so I would burn them first (only joking).

That's a bit harsh. Can you not catch & humanely castrate them ?

I genuinely had a small moth crawl into my ear and get stuck. It was among the most vile experiences of my life. I had it there for 2 days before eventually getting it out.

Maybe should just have set fire to my head 🤔

If it's dark brown or large then it's not a clothesmoth so you don't need to burn anything. It will die alone in the cupboard.

But if it's small and cream coloured then you'll have to empty the cupboards and drawers, vacuum the insides, launder or dry clean all your clothes, and replace the clean clothes along with hanging moth killers and moth strips. And have a good look in all the corners and under furniture to see if you need to spray the carpet edges as well.

No point pissing around with cedar balls and moth traps. Nuke the little fluttery bastards with proper chemicals.

Or burn the house down.

Put all your clothes in bags in freezer for 48 hours. Will kill moths and eggs.

you can spray inside wardrobe when its empty with poison

Give them therapy and gently explain why eating clothes is wrong

If it's dark brown or large then it's not a clothesmoth so you don't need to burn anything. It will die alone in the cupboard.

Well, now I feel sorry for it. Not enough to let it out, but enough to feel bad for locking it in there.

Borrow a neighbour’s cat, it will be less expensive than burning your house down.

I'm 68 and have NEVER had a mother eat any clothing!

Should I contact the Guinness Book of Records?

<Bit hard to prove I know>

I feel your pain. It's tragic.

I once had a rabbit that I had neutered. When he got back home, he took his revenge by climbing into my sweatshirt drawer and eating holes in every single sweatshirt.

Worse than moths. Only waaay cuter.

I;ve heard that too.

But it isn't really practical (or even practicable) advice for most people without a walk-in freezer, is it?

You know the baby Mothlets enter ear canals at night whilst their Moth Mothers chomp away on your clothes, right?

Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️

Get a plastic cup and a piece of paper, repeat that it's just a night time butterfly, catch and release.

Honestly it's just going to be too expensive to replace ALL the clothes. Got much in the drawers?

It may not be a clothes moth. There are plenty of moth pictures online to identify it.