Any idea what these little critters are?

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Terrible photo but it's the best I could get.
Our airing cupboard has these tiny little flies (?)
Can anyone, oh wise Mumsnetters,shed light on where they come from as I've noticed more and more of them and it's driving me nuts!

Sorry the photo I intended here!

Looks like it could be a carpet moth. Looks like a moth anyway.

Looks moth-ish to me. I would take a good look at the contents of the airing cupboard to make sure they aren't being consumed...

Looks like a moth to me

Definitely moth. They will munch all your woollies.

There's a few jackets in there, no carpet etc. I haven't noticed holes in anything and so strange they aren't anywhere else in the house

On the occasion that I do smoosh one, they are quite powdery (as ridiculous as that sounds)

Thanks all. Seems the consensus is moth. Now to get rid of the little buggers

Destructive little fiends! If you have any furniture that hasn't even hoovered behind or underneath in awhile do that now! You might find moth larvae sacs which are white silky sticky strands in crevices of your woollens and between carpet fibres. These have to be cleaned off. Hopefully it's not a big infestation.
We had to replace all carpets 3 years ago because they had munched the old one bare. DH's kilt has holes now too but thankfully they're hidden in the pleats.

100% moth. Looks like a carpet/clothes one, they will eat EVERYTHING. Get the bombs from amazing, they worked really well when we found them

Do you have any carpets under beds you can’t get to? We had similar and when we moved beds the buggers had eaten large chunks of carpet

We moved into a moth infested house. Munched on all the wool carpets. Because ours were just in the carpets I used ant powder to sprinkle under furniture and left it. Only hoovered where we could see. All gone now. Ant powder has same ingredients as expensive moth killers.

look for chemical treatments with Transfluthrin. It kills the eggs and larvae as well as the adults. The hangers or sachets are sized for quite a small area so you will need several.

It is a chemical that breaks down easily in sunlight or fresh air (not persistent) and is normally used in closed containers like boxes, cupboards and wardrobes. I don't know if the heat of an airing cupboard will affect it. Put some in all your wardrobes because you have probably spread the eggs around by now. Zero-In is a common brand.
www.robertdyas.co.uk/garden/pest-control/moth-control

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Do lots of hoovering, especially crevices under the edges of carpets and skirting boards. You can easily lose 25% or 50% of the value of your clothes if you have to throw away your best woolens.

There are "crawling insect" sprays that poison them through their feet, you apply them to well-cleaned paintwork or flooring and they dry to leave a film. It will wash away next time you clean.

Traps will catch a proportion of the adults, after they have hatched and eaten your clothes, which is too late.

You can also get lavender and cedarwood scented things. They fo not kill moths but they will make your holey clothes smell nice when you throw them into the bin.

Once you have had a moth infestation you will take it much more seriously.

btw if you put your woollens through the tumble drier, the heat will kill eggs, and you can then put them in big plastic bags or lidded crates with a sachet in each. You should assume that every garment in your house has eggs or larvae in it and treat them all.

The sachets or hangers typically last around three months.

Parasitic wasps .... got the tip from another mums netter, and have barely seen any since.

Oh bugger it. Just read the most recent replies. I didn't realise they were such little blighters!

Thankfully only carpets on our stairs, and I Hoover those quite often! Will give them a good go tomorrow when the Acana products that I have ordered arrive.

Yuck!