Moths: natural remedies or weapons of m(oth) destruction? Help, please!

[Moominmammaatsea]

It was a sight to strike abject terror into the heart of anyone with a treasured Brora cashmere cardigan in their closet - not one, but two, clothes moths lurking in the cornice above my wardrobe. I squashed them, obviously (and may they rest in purgatory in perpetuity ) but I’m sure there will be more of the blighters to come.

I could weep when I mourn the much-loved garments they’ve chomped through over the years.

Short of burning down my house, I’ve tried everything to get rid once and for all, from lavender sprigs (don’t work), cedar balls (ditto) to storing jumpers in the freezer (the kids moan when they can’t have fish fingers) and spending said kids’ inheritance on prohibitively expensive moth repellent sachets.

I’d really appreciate suggestions of products that have helped others beat a moth infestation.

We discovered an infestation in the loft under the eaves where there was a bit of old carpet on the floor. They completely ate it to scraps and got into everything. We got the pheromone traps, the little moth killer sachets you can put in your drawers and the hanging version of the sachets (which I can't find the details for now but a quick google should do it for you).
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0086OZO12/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?psc=1&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8
www.amazon.co.uk/Acana-Freshener-Sachets-Lavender-Fragrance/dp/B008BG6JFK/ref=pd_bxgy_201_img_2?psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mumsnetforum-21&refRID=K82Y7T49GFMW63GK2PC1

You can start by hoovering and spraying the wardrobe paying special attention to edges and crevices, then use moth killer and and monitor their presence with the traps. Hoover everywhere and throw away the hoover bag outside so moths can't come out to visit.

I also bought a few of these pillowcases to store my jumpers in: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006YEGY9C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?psc=1&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8

I took everything out of the wardrobe, shook and refolded/rehung it all, which is a good thing to do regularly. Moths like dark, still places, so a regular rifle through everything discourages them. Apparently it's a good idea to open the wardrobe doors to the sunshine and run your hand up and down the hanging garments every week or so.

All my jumpers got washed and hung out in the sunshine. I keep some jumpers in the wardrobe for regular wear (the ones I use a lot) and the others I put in the pillowcase in the wardrobe with all the mothpocalypse equipment above. You can throw some sachets in the pillowcase to be safe.

I daren't say it's all fixed now but I can say I haven't found any moths in my clothes and only the odd one or two on the monitors when the sachets come to the end of their lives. Then all the aformentioned gubbins - monitors, killers - gets replaced. I think they have a six month period of effectiveness. You can write the date on them and change as required.

These are meant to be good too.

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I find the spray and sachets from Lakeland good but the spray isn’t cheap

Have you tried washing your wollies in eucalan? It supposed to help deter them.