Irina Z.
  How to get rid of moths in a house where a lot of moths are unknown from where?

The appearance of moths in the house is not uncommon, therefore it is important for housewives to be able to deal with it. These harmful insects are found in food, clothing, carpets, etc. As a result, the inhabitants of the house may lose their sweaters or fur coats, interior items or flour supplies. To avoid losses, you need to know how to get rid of moths as quickly and efficiently as possible.

How a mole appears in a house

There are more than 30 types of moths, among which the most common are furniture, fur coat, clothes, carpet, fruit, cereal, etc. These insects up to 1.5 cm in size have a gray inconspicuous color. The greatest harm is caused not by adults, but by caterpillars and larvae, which eat a huge amount of food.

Often a moth penetrates a house in several ways:

• flies in through a door or window;
• gets into the apartment with the purchased things or products;
• penetrates the house from neighbors through slots, ventilation ducts or the porch.

It is quite difficult to detect the eggs of these insects, but adult individuals that begin to fly are easy to spot. If the residents saw a small gray butterfly, then a pest appeared in the house, which must be removed without delay.

Moth Habitats

If there are a lot of moths flying in the house, but it is not known where it came from, then you need to urgently search:

1. Inspect the cabinets where wool, fur and other wardrobe items are stored. The presence of pests will indicate oblong cocoons, holes and fur bald spots in the products.
2. Consider furniture upholstered in natural fabrics. If insects wound up there, then their tunnel tunnels will be visible.
3. Examine all carpet products made from natural materials, where bald spots, passages and cocoons can also be found.
4. Revision of products stored in kitchen cabinets. You need to examine the flour, cereals, dried fruits and look for lumps, glued grains, small worms and cobwebs. After determining the habitat of insects, all infected products should be discarded. Then you need to thoroughly wash and dry the kitchen.

Pest Management Methods

Heat treatment. Moth feels comfortable at ambient temperatures from -5 ° C to + 45 ° C. Therefore, with a small degree of infection, such methods will help to remove insects:

• Steaming clothes or washing at maximum temperatures. To get rid of pests, carpets and furniture, you can use a steam generator or a special household hairdryer.
• Freezing the room for several hours.

Attention! The necessary precautions should be taken so as not to damage the heating system.

• The placement of fur products in the refrigerator.

Chemicals. Insecticides successfully fight with paid moth:

• Fumigators are not harmful to humans, but harmful to insects. Among the most popular tools include Raid, DiK-3, Mosquitall.
• Aerosols - are characterized by a strong toxic effect and can completely destroy pests. Usually used such means as "Protection against moths" ("Mosquitall"), "Armol", "Raptor", "Extramite" and others.
• Sections from moths are often used only to prevent infection. The most popular are Mosquitall and Raptor.

Attention! If small children or people with allergic diseases live in the house, then it is better to fight pests with the help of natural remedies.

Folk remedies for pest control

Natural origin products that have a strong odor will help get rid of moths:

• geranium,
• dried lavender with flowers,

• laundry soap,
• sagebrush,
• citrus peels,
• tobacco,
• walnut leaves.

The funds listed must be laid out on shelves, which will repel insects and serve as good prevention for the future.

Thus, various methods will help get rid of moths, the effectiveness of which has already been proven by practice. But the best thing is not to deal with the problem that has arisen, but to try to avoid it: regularly clean the apartment, ventilate the cabinets, clean furniture and carpets, and store cereals in carefully closed cans.

How to destroy a mole: video

In the living room, domestic butterflies are often started. They spoil clothing products, home decoration. There are several ways to get rid of moths in an apartment, depending on. Let's consider each of them.

In nature, there are more than 40 species of moths. Some groups settle in the apartment. To find the most effective way to deal with a pest, it is important to find out which guest has settled next to people.

•   , painted in brilliant yellowish brown or light gray. In size, hairy wings reach 16 mm. The white caterpillar of the pest has a transparent skin and a brown head. Power source - natural fur on sheepskin coats, fur coats, shoes and other things of the wardrobe.
• Furniture variety has a light yellow tint. Brown wings and brown-yellow head. The moth of the house lays eggs in a hair upholstery, and also in the lower part of furniture. Pests feed on wood, drawing their own paths on it.
• Cereal moth bothers apartment owners in the kitchen. She settles. The insect is distinguished by silver-white overflows. The wings are decorated with a brown pattern and reach a scale of 15 mm.
• A clothes moth is somewhat larger than a fur coat. Its wingspan is 22 mm. They are painted in light yellow with a purple-brown spot. On the head is white fluff. Domestic moth hides in draped fabrics, eating them from the inside.
• Carpet winged pest is considered omnivorous. He eats any items from natural materials. Lays eggs deep in the pile.

In the fight against domestic pests, all means and methods are suitable. Moth does not harm human and animal health, but the unpleasant neighborhood causes discomfort.

The ways in which a home moth gets into the house?

A winged pest can appear in the cleanest room. How does he get there? An open window is the least likely way. Before getting rid of the moth in the house, we will find out the ways of penetration.

• Products offered at bargain prices in stores are often spoiled. If the packaging is not tight, the likelihood that it already contains larvae and eggs of a flying pest is huge. Therefore, you can bring moth to the house yourself.
• A home moth can move from neighbors through ventilation systems.
• When buying furniture, carefully inspect it. Larvae and eggs can be hidden between the upholstery, behind the drapery and under the mattress.
• In an apartment building, the cause of the pest may be a grocery store, which is located on the ground floor. The storage of flour and cereals in large quantities provokes the reproduction of insects.

When the conditions for the existence of a moth are created in the room, it will not take long to wait.

Prevention

In order not to think about ways to get rid of moths at home, create circumstances in which the insect will not survive. Take preventative measures.

1. Wet clean with vinegar or ammonia. Persistent odor scares off adults.
2. Use a vacuum cleaner to clean carpets and upholstered furniture.
3. Wash cabinets and chests in soapy water every year.
4. Store clothes that are pre-washed and ironed in closets. Fold things in thick paper, polyethylene. This rule does not apply to fur coats. The fur will deteriorate if left without proper care. Discard unventilated covers. Household wings love secluded places in which there is no air and light.
5. For the purpose of storing a fur coat, choose special paper cases that promote free air circulation.
6. Store cereals and other bulk products in tightly closed containers made of metal or glass.
7. Place in your apartment times that repel moths with their smell. It can be a peel of citrus fruits, chestnuts, plants, and other pest repellers.
8. Ventilate the room regularly.

Prevent the appearance of Lepidoptera, so as not to worry about the destruction of the insect population. The female lays 100-400 eggs, so it passes in a short time.

How to get rid of a kitchen butterfly: instructions

If you have a mole in your kitchen, hurry to destroy it. Otherwise, bulk food will deteriorate quickly.

Step 1. Clear out and find a breeding ground. Check hidden places in cabinets and even recently purchased products with broken packaging. Pay attention to the lids of the cans. Under them can be hidden cobwebs left by butterflies. Inspect baseboards, shades, ceilings to find eggs and pest larvae.

Step 2. Get rid of contaminated products. Vacuum all surfaces inside and out. Discard or freeze the waste bag in the freezer for 4–5 days. Wash jars and food containers using laundry soap.

Step 3. For adults, use glue and glueless traps treated with special pheromones. Scare them away with the sharp aroma of spices, plants, citrus fruits.

Step 4. Treat potentially contaminated products that look clean. Sort the groats, sift the flour through a sieve and put in the freezer for 3-4 days. You can calcine the product in the oven at a temperature of 60 degrees for 45 minutes.

In order not to think about how to get rid of a moth and its offspring, store products together with natural repellents.

• Put bay leaf on the bottom of the bowl with the cereal. It will not spoil the taste of cereals.
• Spread garlic cloves or orange peels on kitchen surfaces.
• Use strong-smelling essential oils, laundry soap, lavender sprigs.

Storage of food with repellents does not guarantee the destruction of pests. The smell repels adults, but does not affect larvae and eggs.

Please note that if you put a package of infected cereals on a shelf with repellent, the larvae will develop immunity to smell. The moth will not be afraid of him. Take an integrated approach.

Destroy the clothes moth

Winged insects wind up in a closet with clothes mainly in the hot season, when most of the clothes are stacked in piles. But if you do not fight the moths on time, they will live in the apartment all year round. Is there any way to avoid unwanted neighborhood and spoiled things?

1. Use naphthalene based fumigators. The substance is effective, but dangerous to humans. Therefore, a harmful preparation is intended for disinfection of enclosed spaces. The advantage of the fumigator in a long shelf life.
2. The action of contact aerosols is aimed at the destruction of domestic insects in contact with the active substance. After processing the cabinet with the drug, insects instantly die. The disadvantage is the limited duration.
3. The safest method of destruction is considered a trap. It can be glue and glueless, but the point is pheromones, which attract females and males. A person will not smell, but an adult butterfly will fall into a trap and die. Update your device every 10 weeks.

Do not overdo the number of traps. With a strong concentration in the air, you can get used to pheromones. Place one bait on a 15 m2 room.

Ways to deal with furniture moths

You have found insect larvae and pupae in the sofa, under the table, in the cupboard - you have furniture moth. She feeds on upholstery, carpets and decorating elements. Get rid of domestic butterflies once and for all.

• Take the furniture out. Leave the interior for 2-3 hours under the influence of air temperature below 10 C and above 35 C. The effectiveness of the method is increased by ultraviolet rays, which the moth cannot tolerate.
• Cut out carpets and furniture covers. So you get rid of insects, larvae and cocoons. They are not held firmly to the surface, so they easily crumble.
• The apartment has a high population of domestic insects, use chemicals. Aerosol "Raptor", "Antimol" and others are characterized by effective and rapid disposal of pests. Spray the product in hard to reach places under the bed, sofa, closet and leave the room for 2-3 hours.

Follow the instructions during chemical disinfection. Improper use leads to negative consequences affecting human and pet health.

Saved from fur pests

Fur coats and other clothes with natural fur inserts are expensive wardrobe items that the moth likes to regale. If the storage of things is not observed, entire families of insects are brought in the closet.

They spoil the material by gnawing it. In order not to damage the clothes, use the folk method of repelling insects.

• The persistent smell of lavender, chestnuts, citrus fruits, wormwood and geraniums will help scare away the pest from the wardrobe. Distribute essential oils or dried fruits and branches of strongly smelling plants in the pockets of a fur coat and on the shelves of cabinets.
• In case of insects, sort out the clothes and ventilate them. In the case when you notice large affected areas of the fur, it is better to throw the thing away. Otherwise, it will become a source of subsequent infection.
• Wash cabinets with laundry soap, then rinse with water and dry.
• Hide fur coats and sheepskin coats in special covers.
• Do not spray chemical sprays on clothing; otherwise, it may be damaged. It’s best to carefully inspect each item for pests, and place repellents in a closet. In this way, you will thoroughly process the dressing room.

When dealing with domestic butterflies, process cabinets inside and out.

We destroy carpet insects

Carpets attract home moths with their long and warm pile, which does not penetrate deep into the air. Most often, pests settle in darkened areas of the floor covering. During cleaning, be sure to vacuum the apartment, even in hard-to-reach places.

You cannot completely get rid of the butterfly population if it is already firmly established in the villi. Even household soap will not help.

Therefore, carefully monitor the condition of the coating. Vacuum it thoroughly and periodically treat it with lavender oil. The smell repels insects.

When choosing chemicals, pay attention to the texture and color of the carpet. Be sure to follow the instructions and let the coating dry for 2-3 hours. To destroy larvae and eggs, treat the carpet with a special powder that must be left for 10 days.

Destruction chemicals

There are many ways to get rid of moths in an apartment at home. Alternative methods are aimed at the humane removal of moths from the apartment.

If you don’t have the time and desire to wait for pests to leave your home, use chemical control agents. Their advantage is the total destruction of winged neighbors. Consider the best anti-grinding offers.

1. Antimol tablets contain naphthalene and camphor. Spread the drug on the shelves of the cabinets every square meter. Kill larvae and adults.
2. With an aerosol we can process the cabinet surface from the inside and outside, as well as clothes. A positive result occurs after 2-3 hours of use and lasts for six months. Popular remedies: Raptor, Difox, Combat.
3. Sections scare away adult butterflies. As a result, they cease to multiply. Pay attention to Raptor, Global and Mosquitall.
4. Anti-molar plates are saturated with insecticidal substances. They scare away winged pests, and also kill larvae. Effective drugs are considered "Molemor" and "Prayer."
5. Cassettes are little different from plates. The result is visible for 6 months. To use the drug, it must be inserted into the raptor. Manufacturers offer Arsenal, Zitol, Phytocide.
6. With a liquid solution of "Mittox", "Fox" and "Morimol" you can process a fur coat and carpet. The result lasts for four months.
7. Gels in special containers contain cedar or lavender essential oils. The product is laid out on the surfaces of the cabinet. The action of "Raptor" and "Antimol" lasts up to three years.
8. Special covers are saturated with substances that repel adults and prevent the appearance of larvae. If you tightly close the Raptor case, then folk methods for repelling butterflies will not be needed.

When using chemicals, adhere to the rules specified in the instructions. Otherwise, you can harm the health of the residents of the apartment.

Moth can be fought in different ways - using folk methods, chemicals: aerosols, fumigants, traps. There are many ways, it remains only to choose.

Chemicals are considered potent because they are designed to quickly or even instantly scare away or kill pests.

Moths have 30 species, conditionally it can be divided into room and kitchen. As the name implies, the room eats woolen things, fur and upholstery sofas and even wood (larvae). The kitchen specializes in products.

Consider options for getting rid of moths in an apartment.

In our homes, the most unpleasant of small midges is:

• fur coats;
• cereals;
• carpet;
• clothes;
• felt;
• furniture.

In these species, the food base can be the same, for example, the larvae of the butterfly eat and the skin. They are also called skin-eaters. It is especially unpleasant to pull out winter shoes and find that a moth has broken the fur or skin. In addition to cereals, kitchen larvae also eat dried fruits.

Advice!  The easiest way against midges is to use one of the popular chemicals. When only adults live in the house, this is ideal. If there are children and animals, then you should start with folk methods.

Consider the effective methods of combating the harmful midge, which have been known since ancient times. Our grandmothers also recommended using predominantly vegetable raw materials.

We carry out prophylaxis and destroy moles

As practice shows, the fight against moths shows completely unexpected results, which depend on the means used and the correctness of their application.

Which of these methods is more effective is unequivocally difficult to answer. You should consider all the methods of dealing with white moths in more detail.

These funds are included in the outlet, after which a rather pleasant aroma begins to spread throughout the room. People usually do not have allergies to them, but the moth reacts extremely negatively. However, devices act on midges not as fast as aerosols.

The best fumigators:

Let's take a closer look.

Fumigator Mosquitall

The device operates similarly to other fumigators. Once plugged in, the liquid will warm up and the scent will begin to spread throughout the room. Effective tool

There is a Mosquitall with plates. They are sold as a set. One is valid for 12 hours. If desired, you can open the windows wide. The tool will act on the mole with equal effectiveness.

For the packaging of the fumigator (30 inserts) you will give about 180 rubles. Mosquitall in the form of a liquid per 200 ml will cost 100 rubles. Means are potent.

Fumigator Raid

The device works with both the fluid reservoir and the plates. Perfectly destroys moths that regale with cereals and other food, furniture and your clothes.

In the kit you will find a device adapted for the evaporation of liquid, plus 10 pieces of plates. It costs 130 rubles.

Fumigator "Raptor"

You can buy it in liquid form or with plates. There will be no smell from him in the room.

There is a device with a liquid of about 200 rubles. It is spent sparingly.

Information!  You can leave the fumigators on for the whole day or night, or just 1 hour per day.

You can remove moth from the house with drugs:

• Desmol;
• "Supromite";
• "Antimol";
• “Armol”;
• The Andes Raid
• "Molemor";
• "Suprosol";
• Moskitol;
• "Trap";
• "Anti-mole raid" and others.

These anti-malt preparations either do not smell at all, or have a pleasant aroma. Before use, be sure to read the instructions. You will understand when the room can be ventilated after applying the product.

After opening the can, you can use the milling preparation for six months. Means most often smell like lemon or lilac, chamomile or tangerine. Lavender aroma is also popular.

Aerosols are convenient to use, smell good. The active substance in most formulations is permethrin, which is toxic to moths. The butterfly inhales the drug and dies, and the agent also destroys eggs with larvae. With an aerosol you need to process the shelves where children and your things are stored.

We offer you to get to know more about some effective moth-destroying chemicals.

Armol

This is a prophylactic that destroys both moths and skin-eaters. They can sprinkle fur or clothing from any material. There will be no stains from the product.

An open source product is valid for six months. It smells like lavender.

Armol Expert is also selling well. The composition is the same, but the liquid does not smell. This drug is used when processing things that are stored in a warehouse or exhibited at an exhibition. For a can of 165 ml, you will give about 65 rubles.

"Raptor"

The product smells a bit like lemon. Apply it to the walls or shelves, it protects clothing for up to 1 year. If a mole has inhaled a chemical, it will die soon. A 175 ml bottle costs 90 rubles.

The device they have is simple and is a flat box in which there are slots on all four sides. It is there that insects crawl.

Inside the box there is a viscous, catching substance, on which pests come across, sticking. For humans, the device is safe. You need to install it inside the cabinets, cabinets or in any other place.

Popular traps:

• Swissinno.  Includes 2 pencil cases. It costs about 750 rubles;
• Aeroxon  Sold with 2 pencil cases. Price - 400 rubles;
• Argus.  It has 6 pencil cases. The cost is 150 rubles.

Now you know what remedies against moths exist. You can use a folk remedy or a fumigator, an aerosol, a trap. The main thing is to destroy the room or kitchen moth in the apartment.

When you use any remedy against midges, try not to exceed the recommended dose. Do not spray aerosols near a fire. Do not forget to dry things in the summer, and take them out in the cold in winter.

The mother of two children. I have been running the household for more than 7 years - this is my main job. I like to experiment, constantly try various means, methods, techniques that can make our life easier, more modern, more saturated. I love my family.

At least once in a lifetime, every person has faced the problem of how to get rid of moths in an apartment. These annoying and harmful insects can cause great harm not only to your favorite things, but also to products. The appearance of a nondescript butterfly in the apartment can spoil the mood of all residents for a long time, because not only material values, but also the family budget are threatened. Therefore, the fight against the pest is a priority at the first sign of its appearance in the room.

Moth - general information

• wardrobe;
• fur coat;
• felt;
• furniture;
• carpet;
• cereal;
•   and other varieties.

To simplify and generalize the classification, we can distinguish two of the most common subspecies - the clothes and food moths. Adult representatives of these domestic insects are small in size, not exceeding 15 mm. They have an unsightly grayish color. Only males can fly, but they do not do it very skillfully. Females do not use wings. They are smaller in size than in males.

The main harm is caused not by the flying moth in the house, but by its larvae and caterpillars, which, thanks to the powerful oral apparatus, can eat continuously everything and in large quantities. They live near the food source or directly in it. All lead a sedentary lifestyle and before turning into a butterfly all the time they spend in one place. Having become an adult, they stop eating, so the duration of their life is too short. The rest of the time, the moth spends only on reproduction.

An adult has the ability to mate already on the second day after its appearance. The female places the clutch in secluded safe places located in the immediate vicinity of the food source, which is necessary for future larvae. A moth butterfly can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. For the appearance of an insect nest, one fertilized individual and comfortable conditions for reproduction are enough.

Causes and main signs of the appearance of moths

You will get rid of the moth if you know the causes and signs indicating the presence of a pest in the house. The main options are:

It is difficult to find insect eggs, but finding and getting rid of a caterpillar, lots of cobwebs and pupae in a closet with clothes or a jar of loose products is not difficult. It’s hard not to notice the flying moth. This is a sure sign that it is necessary to conduct a thorough audit in all closets with things, a kitchen set and begin to get rid of pests by all known means.

Before deciding how to get rid of a moth at home, you need to find out where it got. natural materials or some varieties of food.

A revision in kitchen cabinets will reveal the source of the pest spreading along fairly characteristic cobwebs and small worms in cereals, flour or dried fruits. The best solution is to get rid of infected products. After that, thoroughly rinse the kitchen, ventilate and dry its interior. If the degree of infection of the food is not very high, then it is recommended to warm it at high temperature in the oven or other ovens. The thoroughness and accuracy of the measures taken will allow you to get rid of food moths the first time.

To identify the habitat of clothes or furniture moths is also not difficult. To do this, carry out the following actions:

All these activities will become a reliable help in solving the extremely important problem of how to get rid of moths in the apartment.

The main methods of fighting moths at home

The long-term struggle with the domestic pest allowed to develop a set of tools and methods to get rid of moths. The most commonly used are:

• the use of insecticides and;
• call special services.

Heat treatment of the apartment

Harmful insects feel most comfortable in the temperature range, which ranges from -5 ° C to + 45 ° C. If these parameters change dramatically, then this will kill the entire brood. Thermal products include:

• Freezing the room for several hours. This tool will help get rid of adults and larvae.
  

  Important! Care must be taken to prevent damage to the heating system.

• Processing with steam or washing things at the maximum permissible temperatures. Furniture and carpets must be treated with special household hair dryers or steam generators.
• Put fur clothes in cold stores to get rid of moths.

These funds are quite effective and with a small degree of infection will get rid of moths in the apartment.

Chemicals

The best result in the fight against clothes moths can be obtained if you use effective insecticidal drugs at home on your own with the strictest safety precautions. There is a rich arsenal of products on sale, such as aerosols, fumigators and repellent sections. Consider in more detail the line of these devices:

Highly effective products allow you to permanently get rid of a domestic pest.

Folk recipes

Mole must be poisoned quickly using effective methods. But if there are small children, pets or people suffering from allergic diseases in the house, then in this case it is best to get rid of insects by applying a folk remedy for moths. People widely use as natural repellents:

• dried lavender grass with flowers, due to its specific smell expels insects forever;
• citrus peels, tobacco, wormwood, walnut leaves and chestnuts;
• geranium will provide peace in the house;
• lavender oil applied to swabs can kill adults.

Professional pest control

If all the above methods and means did not help get rid of the moth and the question of how to remove the pest remains open, then you will have to seek help from specialists. Professional pest controllers know how to kill pests quickly and with a high degree of effectiveness. For processing rooms, they use preparations based on natural oils that have an unpleasant specific odor. Specialists will competently select a remedy and carefully process the infected room, which will allow you to get rid of the moth forever.

It is difficult to find a person who would not encounter such an unpleasant phenomenon as indoor moth. A small, unprepossessing-looking butterfly can appear from wardrobes or kitchen cabinets, leaving behind a lot of spoiled things and products. Therefore, the question of how to deal with moths at home arises from every housewife who has found a pest in the house.

Features of the species of moth

Before you begin to fight a pest, you need to know what kind of moth happens. In everyday life there are about 30 types of moths, and all of them harm a person. At home, the following types of moths are more common:

• Fur coat;
• Furniture;
• Food;
• Carpet.

Habitat and food preferences are the main criteria for their difference. So that are stored in cabinets. In the kitchen, cereal can be started or which eats exclusively products: flour, cereals, dried fruits, mushrooms and even tea leaves. Usually, the pest starts when the products are not stored properly.

Furniture moths can ruin the upholstery of a furniture set. Often on the underside of a sofa or chair you can see pupating caterpillars. Representatives of carpet moths are slightly larger than their relatives. An insect can lay eggs in blankets, rugs and carpets made of natural fibers.

The owners usually learn about the presence of moths late when they notice a fluttering butterfly or a spoiled thing (product). Many people chase after them, trying to slam the pest. However, in this way the problem can not be solved. After all, flying butterflies are nothing but males that are not particularly dangerous. Females of the moth are more careful: they prefer to move in dashes, trying to hide. At one time, a female individual can lay up to 150 eggs, from which tiny worms will hatch after a while. It spoils food or clothing.

Chemicals

How to deal with moths in an apartment, many housewives are puzzled by this question, who have found winged pests in an apartment. The methods of control depend on the variety of insects. There are, allowing to get rid of all types of insects. But it is more correct to fight precisely with the type of pest that is identified in reality.

Moth control agents can be destructive and frightening in nature. The first type of drug kills insects in close contact. With the help of deterrents, the appearance of a pest can be prevented, since they have a pronounced specific odor. A good effect is the combination of both means in order to.

Spray can

Aerosols are a widely used insecticide in the fight against moths. The main advantages of modern products are their quick action and the absence of a pungent odor. The drug is easily sprayed, enveloping all surfaces with a thick layer. Upon contact with an insecticidal substance, not only adults die, but also moth larvae. Despite the fact that many sprays are safe for human health, a protective suit (goggles, a respirator, gloves, and clothing as closed as possible) should be used when using them. The following brands are in great demand:

• Raptor
• Armol;
• Dichlorvos;
• Clean house.

Fumigators

You can fight harmful insects with the help of a fumigator. It is enough to simply plug it into a power outlet. The most popular fumigators are: Raid, Dick-3 or Mosquitall.

Sections and tablets

This is another invention of mankind against domestic insects. This repellent has repelling properties due to its pronounced smell; it is not capable of destroying pests. Unpacked with a pleasant smell, the plates are placed in a closet with clothes. Validity may vary from 4 to 6 months. Mosquitall and Raptor brands are especially popular with consumers.

Moth pills have similar effects. It is enough to put a pair of tablets on a shelf or in a box and the mole will not start in them.

On a note!

Often manufacturers indicate in the instructions for use for moth sections that before using the device, preliminary treatment of the cabinet interior surfaces with an aerosol is necessary. Spray will help get rid of pests, and sections will prevent their appearance.

Traps

The devices do not contain pesticides, therefore they are safe for human health and pets. The design has the appearance of a house with several holes "entrances" and adhesive tape inside. Butterfly attracts a pleasant aroma coming from. Having flown into it, the insect simply sticks to the tape.

Folk remedies

To combat food moth, it is impractical to use insecticidal agents, since it is dangerous to use foods that are subject to processing. Therefore, the fight against moths at home involves the use of folk remedies. Their advantages include accessibility and low cost.

Garlic. One of the effective ways to combat food moth is garlic. It is enough to put a couple of cloves on the surface of the cereal or flour, and insects will not start in it.

Lavender. Lavender has similar properties. . Therefore, bags with lavender branches are laid out on the shelves of wardrobes and kitchen cabinets. For the same purpose, you can use tampons soaked in lavender oil.

Citrus. Oranges and lemons have a very strong odor that repels moths. Their peel is laid out, both in kitchen and wardrobes. Dried crusts should be replaced periodically with fresh ones. This tool does not kill insects, but only scares them away. Therefore, it will not give a positive effect when products or things are already infected with insects.

Plants. Does not tolerate fluttering odorless butterflies tansy, wormwood, carnations, eucalyptus, peppermint. Protecting the apartment from the invasion of household moths will help geranium.

On a note!

It should be remembered that plant repellents only scare away adult insects, they do not affect their larvae and eggs. Therefore, to achieve the maximum effect, the use of modern anti-molar chemicals cannot be dispensed with.

Tobacco. Tobacco is another effective remedy for moths. This method of controlling insects was also used by our grandmothers, shifting things with tobacco, which used to be sold in packs.

Vinegar. This tool is used to deter various domestic pests. Mole is no exception. To prevent the winged pest from settling in a kitchen or wardrobe, its surface must be washed with soapy water and then treated with vinegar.

Walnut leaves. Moth does not start in the kitchen cabinet if fresh walnut leaves are laid out in the corners. As they dry, they should be replaced with fresh ones.

Soap. Toilet soap can be a great way to combat winged pests. It must be laid out between the clothes in the closet.

Prevention

In order to prevent the appearance of moths in the apartment, it is necessary:

• Periodically clean and ventilate the room;
• The inner surfaces of the cabinets should be treated with vinegar;
• Regular inspection of products and wardrobe will help prevent the spread of winged pests;
• Groceries must be stored in glass containers with a hermetically sealed lid;
• Before leaving for storage, winter items must be washed and dried thoroughly, as the moth prefers to wind up in sweaty and dirty clothes. It is recommended that the fur products be cleaned, after which they are placed in covers soaked in a special anti-milking agent.

Following these simple rules with such a problem as a mole in the apartment, you will not come across.