Argh, how to get rid of brown moths?!

[MadameSapphire]

Pesky, tiny brown moths sporadically fluttering around bedroom! 😬 A few questions:

1. How do I find out where they’re coming from?! (Do I need to know this?)
2. What products can I use to get rid of them fast? (Baby/young children in house and bedroom if that makes a difference re. chemicals, etc.!)

Thank you in advance!

If they are what we had then they are carpet moths. Ours were due to the natural fibre carpets we inherited from the previous owners. I larve hatch in the natural material, eat holes in it and then turn to moths. Curtains, mattresses or even clothes could be the source. Regular hoovering of the natural fabric "food/nest" and some moth traps broke the cycle for us and with the carpets now gone I'm hoping they don't return this year.
I'll find a link for the traps I used...

The moths are flapping about to mate, lay eggs and die.

The larvae eat natural fibres - wool, silk, cotton, leather etc.

Pull out all your clothes, bedding and any other furnishing fabrics - solidly freeze anything you can't boil for about 24-48 hours - you need to kill off the eggs and larvae.

Vacuum everywhere - shift furniture, get to the top of the wardrobe, over and under the mattress - everywhere.

Declutter all the clothes you can't fit into or haven't worn or seen for ages.

Keep the clothes storage area open, light and rotate the clothes.

Don't forget anything that's in vacuum storage bags - they're not airtight enough to prevent larvae damage.

If you have wool carpets, keep vacuuming and consider pesticides or pheromone traps

www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/19/revenge-of-the-clothes-moths-as-numbers-boom-can-they-be-stopped

Thank you for the responses so far... @Gingernaut - re. freezing, do I wrap the clothes in something and then just stick them in the freezer? (It’s pretty full so it’ll be one item at a time!) Thanks!

Wrap them or put them in 'raw'.

If you're worried about fibres or bugs being left behind in the freezer, wrap in paper or plastic.

Thanks @Gingernaut! So, final question (I think!) - is there a way I can protect the clothes I have boiled/frozen whilst I’m ‘de-mothing’ the space (as this will take some time/I’m going to have to do it I stages)?

Can you do things room by room?

Don't put clothes away unless they've been cleaned/frozen

www.environpestcontrol.co.uk/moth-control/do-moth-traps-work/

www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/house-and-home/household-advice/a665191/the-best-pest-advice-clothes-moths/

www.totalwardrobecare.co.uk/blog/howtogetridofmoths/

www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/stop-clothes-moths

www.idealhome.co.uk/diy-and-decorating/how-to-get-rid-of-moths-173459

Get sticky traps for the moths and my best recommendation of all is getting specialist wasps to eat the moths! I kid you not...
www.dragonfli.co.uk/products/clothes-moth-egg-killer-trichogramma-evanescens
Very effective!

Don't forget to move all the furniture. Bits of carpet under it tends to get attacked the most. We just bought moth spray and sprayed the bare patches. Didn't get any joy with the pheromone traps.