House Pests: Fighting Moth

Fighting the moth through clapping hands is an exciting activity, but not always effective enough. And even if you can slam the butterfly out of the closet, it does not mean that your favorite coat or coat hanging in the closet will survive until the next winter.

Depending on the moth diet chosen, moth, carpet moth, furniture mole can live in the house. In the kitchen, larvae are populated, which feed on cereals, legumes, flour, dried fruits. There are such types of moths that are able to digest synthetic materials. There is even a wax moth that feeds honeycombs in the hives.

The most dangerous thing for things from natural woolen fabrics is a fur moth, or rather, its gluttonous larvae. Usually they eat wool or fur things, but in "hungry" time they do not disdain feathers, velvet, cotton, silk and even skin. That is eat everything that has a natural taste.

At the same time, the fur moth is very tenacious and prolific. Larvae can withstand zero temperature and can manage without food for up to a month. They do not stop plastic bags, wrapped in things. And the ability to breed all the year round will require that the fight with the moth be continued continuously until it completely disappears.

To know how to destroy a mole that lives in a closet, it is necessary to understand what comfortable conditions she prefers, and what gives her inconveniences:

1. Like any other living thing, a mole does not like heat. Before you send items to the closet, you need to iron them with a hot iron. An expensive fur coat or coat should be carried to a dry cleaner, where they are treated with hot steam.
2. This insect does not like the cold. The old folk remedy for combating moths is to take all things out for an hour in the cold, and at this time carefully wash the cupboard or trunk.
3. Mole loves peace. If you shake the thing carefully, the larvae and eggs will most likely fall out of it and spread. Therefore, looking at things in the closet, you should be careful and put in a separate sealed container "contaminated" or spoiled clothes.
4. The larvae and eggs of this insect do not withstand the effects of dichlorvos. But the fight against the moth should not affect the health of other domestic dwellers, so it is not worth using chemical abuse.
5. The mole begins to be populated where there is dirt and dust. Before you put things in the closet it should be washed and ventilated outdoors. Carpets should be periodically vacuumed and carefully beat out on the street. Upholstered furniture should also be kept clean, vacuumed and washed by every possible means.
6. The moth does not tolerate sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. Turned out on the wrong side of things you can hang out in the courtyard in the open sun.

Another type of homemade moth is the kitchen moth, the favorite place of habitation which are lockers with food. The butterfly of the kitchen moth itself does not cause harm, the main damage is borne by its larvae.

If a moth is seen in the kitchen, you should investigate all the packages with the products for the presence of caterpillars. Affected foods can be safely discarded, as they are spoiled. Flour, cereals, dried fruits, legumes should be heated in the oven. At a temperature of 60-70 degrees, the larvae and eggs of moths die. The lockers should be thoroughly cleaned, wiped with vinegar and ventilated for a while. Here is a simple and short, but effective enough fight against moths in the kitchen.

One of the varieties of this insect is the wax moth. A lot of bad things about it can tell beekeepers, since the larvae of this pest can destroy the entire stock of honeycombs in the hive.

If a wax moth appeared in the hive, the fight with it should be conducted as follows:

• When laying honeycombs for storage, they should be sprinkled with a strong saline solution, and then dried.
• If the honeycomb is stored in an uninhabited hive, then it should be well zapopatit and put inside a jar of vinegar, the pair of which scared off the moth.
• Well protects the honeycomb from the pest a layer of the inflorescence of the immortelle.
• Mole does not like drafts. Therefore, the honeycomb can be hung in a well ventilated place.
• The wax moth is planted in the combs where the brood was. If the honeycomb is soaked for 24 hours and then dried with the help of a honey extractor and a draft, the pest in them will not start.
• The fight against the moth can be carried out with the help of an old good formalin or ectobacterin, harmless to humans and domestic dwellers.