Moths?

So, hi.  We recently moved into our new flat, and I've started to notice what look like tiny moths.  (Not a ton of them, and easily killable, but I am worried about all the fabrics, rugs, etc) in the house.  How to rid ourselves of them?  I've googled about, and a lot of it seems more preventative, which is kind of a moot point, cause they are already in the flat.  Any ideas?

I do store as much of my clothing as I can in the dry cleaning plastic, but I can only do so much, there's still stuff exposed, not to mention anything else in the apartment like the drapes, couch, carpet.    Are mothballs really that effective?

Any help would be appreciated! 

We had a moth in the living room over the weekend as the window was open and DH said oh its summer....

This was out of no where I thought he was crazy and looked at him and he said you see a moth inside it means summer. 

Are your moths coming inside because its "warm"

There are also food moths -- that get into your food cupboards. I wouldn't use moth balls for either type, although it's hard to find anything else that will get rid of them.  Health shops sell stuff you could try. And I've seen something like fly paper that attracts them and holds them.

I found a few little moths living in and around our (empty) linen cupboard when we moved into this flat.  I ignored them at first because I've never had moths before and I didn't even know whether these were clothing moths or food moths (there's a hole in the floor of the linen cupboard which leads to the downstairs neighbors' kitchen).  Then last week I saw three moths in the bedroom hanging around near my clothes and I was scared into action. 

Do you have a John Lewis near you?  I went to John Lewis department store, the laundry goods section (usually in the basement) and bought some lavender-scented hanging moth repellers, plus a triangular-shaped box containing scented sticky paper to trap them.  I have no idea how effective the hanging things are, but figured it certainly wouldn't hurt to try to push the moths away from the clothes, and hopefully toward the moth motel.  The sticky paper in the moth motel impressively attracted and captured a moth within just a few minutes!  And then the other moths saw what was up and no way were they falling for that trick.  The moths aren't totally dumb, it turns out.  But perhaps they are forgetful, because at night, when it's dark and they can't see their dead buddy stuck on the paper...oops.

These products are cheap, by the way.  John Lewis also sells cedar blocks but they are intended for use in a proper closet (dark, enclosed) and my clothes are on open rails, so I didn't bother with those.

Hope that helps!

That's a ton of help, thanks!  I will hit up John Lewis this weekend!

At some point I was told that you should not store your clothes in the dry cleaning bags and the 1st thing I do upon returning from the dry cleaners is to remove the bags.  I think it has something to do with moisture building up in the bags.  On the other hand, a completely sealed bag with some moth balls is supposed to be effective.  I am definitely going to ask the dry cleaner the next time I'm there.

I always remove the cleaner's bags and discard them. Then I air out the clothing items -- outside if possible.  Then I put them in appropriate plastic bags. For the hanging bags I get those cedar disks that you can pop over the hanger hooks. Those bags are not air tight but I live in hope that the cedar thingies will keep the blighters out 
I think the key thing is to keep everything as clean as possible (which is a bore, I know) If you spot any little wormie things on your woolies, try to get rid of them and then wash/clean the article ASAP. Then keep that item in quarantine for awhile.
I once had them chew through a very nice jacket and then on to the silk blouse I had on the hanger under it.  They both had to go in the dust bin.

Yeah, the problem isn't the moth, it's the moth larvae. They're the ones that eat your clothes. We have them in our apartment too. How do I know? I'll occasionally see one crawling along the wall in a little tube of fibers. They're attracted to moisture (our carpet has moisture in it), so you need to use a dehumidifier to get rid of the moisture in the room.

Hey, who bought all the moth motels?!  I went into John Lewis today to buy another one, and they were sold out.

After a long absence, moth traps are back in stock at John Lewis.