How to get rid of moths in an apartment: industrial and folk remedies

Mistresses as little as possible want to face the question of how to get rid of moths in the apartment. This insect delivers a lot of trouble. Moths suffer from wool clothing, carpets, cereals, tea and many other things and products. To get rid of moths at home, you need, at a minimum, to carry out a spring cleaning. This rescue operation does not end, the hostess will have to use folk or even industrial means to once and for all destroy the larvae and adults.

Mole and its types

Mole are small pale butterflies of gray and yellow shades. They start in the apartment suddenly and strongly vex. To withdraw them is not such a simple matter as it seems at first glance. The main difficulty is that it is necessary to find and neutralize not only adult individuals. The greatest danger for clothes, shoes and products are larvae.

The fight with the moth begins with the definition of its form. There are two types of moth: a room and a kitchen. Species of an insect:

1. Woolen moth. It is also sometimes called a fur coat, although it feeds not only on fur coats. The pest in the cupboards is sitting and eating fur products. To get your favorite dish, the butterfly is able to gnaw a plastic bag. In the absence of fur products can enjoy with your books, feather pillow and felt. The woolen moth is dyed gray-yellow, with small black specks on its wings.
2. The moth loves clothes, regardless of its material. Settling in a dark closet, she turns things into worthless, no-good rags. It is painted such a wrecker in yellow with a purple tint.
3. The furniture mole has a characteristic golden hue. Lives in soft furniture - sofas, armchairs. They also feed on, but will not refuse to be treated with fur and fur.
4. Gray in brown stripes or speckled wings - a sign of food moths. Other names are cereal, fruit. Favorite delicacies of an insect - cereals, nuts, tea, sugar, flour, beans. The food mole spoils food, infecting it with the products of its vital activity. Food after visiting such a parasite is not suitable for food and is dangerous for humans.
5. Another kind of moth is wax. It lives in bee hives. Fighting with it is conducted by beekeepers.

In the apartment the pest can get in several ways:

• from the street in the folds of clothes,
• from the neighboring apartments through ventilation,
• through the open window( without mosquito net) and door,
• can appear in the products from the store.

Fighting the food moth

The first thing you need to start with is a general cleaning of the whole apartment. The moth loves dark and damp rooms, so pay special attention to the places behind the cupboards, the stove. Look, where the moth is flying: if from the window, then there is a possibility that there are no parasite larvae in your house. Set the mosquito net, and next to the window, attach a sticky tape for catching insects. If this measure does not help, then we will have to look for the mole's den and exterminate it.

Food moth is found, most often, in bulk products, such as cereals, sugar, flour. Take out all the packages, spread a newspaper on the table and sprinkle them. Carefully study the products for the presence of larvae. If you find them, then immediately throw away the product, it is spoiled.

Important
Dispose of food immediately, as found in them eggs and caterpillars of parasites. Moth excrement is toxic and presents a danger of serious poisoning for a person.

You should not only look at the kitchen, but also in the storage room, where food can also be stored. After the detection of caterpillars all the cabinets need to be washed with a detergent or soap solution. Tip: remove the shelves from the kitchen set, the moth can lay the larvae in the cavity between the shelf and the wall of the cabinet. Look behind the closet itself. To be completely sure that you have got rid of moths in the kitchen, wipe the plinths and all possible corners and crevices in the room. If the mole was found in the skirting boards, you need to thoroughly vacuum them using a disposable dust bag, which you immediately discard after the harvest. If the dust container is disposable and linen, it is better to refuse using a vacuum cleaner in favor of a wet rag and disinfectant.

Moth

It's harder to get rid of clothes moths in the house than from food. It lives year-round and reproduces regardless of the season. You should start looking for parasites in the same way as in the previous case. However, if your clothes are spoiled, then the mole has definitely settled in the cabinets.

First, take out all the things and inspect them. The spoiled clothing should either be thrown out immediately, or washed and ironed at high temperatures. All shelves and drawers need to be removed from the closet and washed with soap or detergent. It is also recommended to vacuum or wipe the cabinet from above and from the side of the wall.

The magazine "Miss Cleanness" explains why a moth is put on clothes: if you vilified clothes for one or several days and put it on storage, then the probability of parasites appearing in it is much higher. The fact is that on shabby clothes there are particles of skin and sweat. They attract the mole. Try to put only freshly washed clothes in the closet, and the one that was worn, immediately sent to the laundry basket and washed.

Council
To insects do not "pokachali" carpet and upholstered furniture, they need more vacuuming and knocking.

Carpets can be worn out with the old grandmother's method: render in winter on the street and with the help of snow, a broom and a punch out to clean. Furniture can also be exhausted. At home, you need a wet sheet and a punch. Just spread the fabric on the upholstery of the couch or chair and slap them properly.

Chemicals

The hardware stores offer a large selection of chemical products designed to destroy uninvited guests. The most affordable are briquettes and tablets. They include naphthalene and camphor. The vapors of these substances are harmful to winged insects. Industrial mole control products:

1. Antimol and Desmol tablets. It takes 3-4 pieces. They are placed in a cabinet for the destruction of clothing moths. The validity period is 2 weeks.
2. Plates "Molemor" and "Mosquito", valid for up to six months. In one room there are not more than 2 plates.
3. Gel, spray or plate "Reid antimol".You can choose a form that is convenient for you.
4. Liquid substances for the treatment of walls, cabinets and clothing are valid up to several months. An example is "Supromite".
5. Sprays and aerosols: "Kapkan", "Suprozol".

Although manufacturers offer products without an unpleasant odor, they can still harm both clothes, furniture, and a person. Vapors of naphthalene and camphor cause allergic reactions. Therefore do not rush to buy chemical products. You can also take out a mole in an apartment with the help of folk remedies.

How to get rid of moles folk remedies

People know the means that effectively destroy the moth. Previously, moths were successfully disposed of with the help of garlic, vinegar and laundry soap, and there was no talk of any industrial means of speech. The most effective are spices, pungent smells of essential oils, some plants and parts thereof. Before you are the best recipes that will help you without buying chemicals.

1. Carnation and bell pepper. Pack the spices in small bags and spread them throughout the apartment. A sharp smell will scare off insects.
2. Dry grass of lavender and tansy. The smell is pleasant to the person, but is unacceptable for moths.
3. Home vegetation can scare off insects. An undesirable plant for them is the usual geranium. Put it on the windowsill, and the pest will not want to settle in your house.
4. Essential oils of fir, cedar, lavender, tobacco and cloves have established themselves as natural antimoles.
5. It is possible to excrete mole with soap. This smell is not as pleasant as lavender and cloves, but it is well weathered. Lay out pieces of soap in cabinets and pantries.
6. It is recommended to get rid of moles with orange peels. The essential oil of an orange smells so sharp that butterflies will not have the desire to breed near the citrus peel.
7. Proven method - to spread the cloves of garlic in cabinets, on shelves, in drawers. Garlic will scare off the insect with a sharp smell. The product generally has the property of decontaminating space.
8. With vinegar, you can clean the shelves in the cabinets. Prepare not too strong vinegar solution and wipe them furniture. You can wash the result to wash the floor. Be sure to ventilate the room after the procedure. Pre-test your furniture in an inconspicuous area: if it does not deteriorate from the vinegar solution, does not peel and change color, then the method can be used.
9. Means for protecting footwear on fur: put balloons from newspapers in it. Typographical paint moth is not to taste.
10. Pillows and blankets should be ventilated in hot and sunny weather.
11. Winter items can be refrigerated on the balcony for several hours. The temperature should be no higher than -20 degrees.

Prevention

General rules:

1. Install mosquito nets on windows.
2. Do cleaning more often in hard-to-reach places.
3. All items that accumulate dust - sofas, carpets, curtains - you need to vacuum more often, if possible, knock out and wash.
4. If you find any specific type of moth, for example, food, then still clean the entire apartment. Perhaps, it created favorable conditions for parasites, and they will be able to return.
5. It is useless to catch only adults. The main harm is caused by caterpillars, so when a parasite is found, general cleaning is always done to destroy the larvae.

Against the kitchen moth:

1. Do not buy sugar and cereals by weight, prefer pre-packaged products. So you will protect yourself from entering the parasite into the house.
2. Store loose products in glass or plastic containers, special storage bags. Covers should be tightly closed, the bags tied. Before you pour products into storage, examine them for the presence of larvae.
3. Store cans in a light and dry place.
4. Clean the hard-to-reach places in the closet and behind it more often.
5. Do not buy chemicals of doubtful origin. They can harm your health.

Against the room:

1. Do not store in the closet things that have already been worn. It is preferable to wash them immediately.
2. Before putting clean clothes in the closet, iron it, this measure eliminates the pest's eggs.
3. If the clothes are not worn for long, they store it in cases or sealed bags. Do not leave winter things on open hangers.
4. Clean the cupboard as often as possible from the inside and out.

Knowing ways to fight moths is useful, but it's advisable that they do not come in handy! And if there is still a saboteur in the apartment, do not panic, arm yourself with knowledge and leave no moles a single chance!