Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly, I
thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden. Until
I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.

On 14/11/2014 21:56, Christina Websell wrote:
Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly, I
thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden. Until
I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.

Remember that it's not the moths that eat the carpets, it's their
grubs/caterpillars.
I remember years ago when we had wool carpets we used to spray around
the edges and under furniture with an insecticide to kill them.
As for the Bug bat, I use a badminton racket to swat bluebottles, it's
all in the wrist action.
David @ a now wet again side of Swansea Bay, but at least today was all
sunshine.

On 15/11/2014 08:37, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:56:53 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly, I
thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden. Until
I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.


Last year we had an absolute infestation of clothes moths. Must have
been hundreds of them. Was killing up to a dozen a day in the summer,
including flying moths and pupae. Apparently it was a bad year
everywhere. They flit about in the evening in a random path, and when
they settle, their wings fold right back along their bodies so they
look like tiny twigs. Their larvae wrap themselves in house-dust and
debris, and then crawl up the walls and attach themselves to the
ceiling in the angle to pupate. Images at http://tinyurl.com/nubus5r

Got one of those bug bats, as you call them (1000 volts!), and
although they were quite effective if you managed to hit a moth in
flight, this was surprisingly difficult to do (but quite successful
against houseflies and bluebottles). Tried pheromone-baited traps:
caught nothing! Eventually we resorted to an insecticide spray -
Zero-In clothes moth killer http://tinyurl.com/njkwfdx. Went all
around the edges of our wool carpets (shan't have wool again!), and
got some sheets of impregnated paper for drawers, cupboards, in and
behind wardrobes etc.

Total success! Not a moth to be seen this year.



Don't forget the Varied Carpet Beetle and its larva. They can do quite
a bit of damage. We see both Clothes Moths and VCB here, so they're
fairly common.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/590389

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

"Christina Websell" wrote

Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly, I
thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden.
Until I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.


We had a problem with moth in an expensive handmade wool carpet and what did
for them permanently was spraying the carpet all over with the sort of spray
you can buy to rid your house of fleas, sold to spray carpets etc, pet food
places sell it.

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:56:53 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly,
I
thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden.
Until
I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.


Last year we had an absolute infestation of clothes moths. Must have
been hundreds of them. Was killing up to a dozen a day in the summer,
including flying moths and pupae. Apparently it was a bad year
everywhere. They flit about in the evening in a random path, and when
they settle, their wings fold right back along their bodies so they
look like tiny twigs. Their larvae wrap themselves in house-dust and
debris, and then crawl up the walls and attach themselves to the
ceiling in the angle to pupate. Images at http://tinyurl.com/nubus5r

Got one of those bug bats, as you call them (1000 volts!), and
although they were quite effective if you managed to hit a moth in
flight, this was surprisingly difficult to do (but quite successful
against houseflies and bluebottles). Tried pheromone-baited traps:
caught nothing! Eventually we resorted to an insecticide spray -
Zero-In clothes moth killer http://tinyurl.com/njkwfdx. Went all
around the edges of our wool carpets (shan't have wool again!), and
got some sheets of impregnated paper for drawers, cupboards, in and
behind wardrobes etc.

Total success! Not a moth to be seen this year.

I know how difficult it is to hit the moths with the bugbat because they
only fly for a few seconds but I am armed and will leap up from my chair ;-)
It's really good for those compost type flies and apparently it works out of
doors for midges and mosquitoes when you are having a BBQ.

Never had a success zapping houseflies and bluebottles and if you can catch
them with a bugbat, you are far faster than me.

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...
"Christina Websell" wrote

Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly,
I thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden.
Until I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.


We had a problem with moth in an expensive handmade wool carpet and what
did for them permanently was spraying the carpet all over with the sort of
spray you can buy to rid your house of fleas, sold to spray carpets etc,
pet food places sell it.

--
I'm waiting to see if zapping 15+ moths day with the bug zapper will do the
trick. I would prefer not to use chemicals if I can help it but I will if
necessary.
Those carpet moths only fly for a few seconds and if you're not watching
with the zapper..

I used to be able to get an insect spray called Dethlac. It wouild kill virtually any insect that crawled, or walked, on it. I haven't seen it around for some years, but fly and wasp killer spray seems to do the same thing. Because I use it in the kitchen, I wait until the wee beastie is on the window before spraying it. This stuff lasts, and when it dries off you can't see it, and it doesn't wash off very easily. without any smokers in the house, my windows don't get very mucky, but the window sills get covered in dead insects, wasps flies etc.. I have to watch out for bees and make sure that they escape.. So it might be something worth trying around your carpets, skirting boards etc.
My grandchildren love using the zapper, but like me they rarely hit anything.

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:56:53 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

Those things that look like tennis rackets and are powered by batteries.
Three years ago I saw some small moths in my house. Being moth friendly,
I
thought they were some sort of micro that had come in from the garden.
Until
I noticed my expensive rug had been chomped.
Now these moths only fly at night, and for only around 15 seconds so you
have to leap up the moment you see one and zap them.
Also works well on those small flies that you get if you save teabags and
stuff and can't be bothered to take to the compost heap for 2 weeks.
Satisfying fizz from the bug bat.
No good for bluebottles and houseflies, they are too fast.


Last year we had an absolute infestation of clothes moths. Must have
been hundreds of them. Was killing up to a dozen a day in the summer,
including flying moths and pupae. Apparently it was a bad year
everywhere. They flit about in the evening in a random path, and when
they settle, their wings fold right back along their bodies so they
look like tiny twigs. Their larvae wrap themselves in house-dust and
debris, and then crawl up the walls and attach themselves to the
ceiling in the angle to pupate. Images at http://tinyurl.com/nubus5r

Got one of those bug bats, as you call them (1000 volts!), and
although they were quite effective if you managed to hit a moth in
flight, this was surprisingly difficult to do (but quite successful
against houseflies and bluebottles). Tried pheromone-baited traps:
caught nothing! Eventually we resorted to an insecticide spray -
Zero-In clothes moth killer http://tinyurl.com/njkwfdx. Went all
around the edges of our wool carpets (shan't have wool again!), and
got some sheets of impregnated paper for drawers, cupboards, in and
behind wardrobes etc.

Total success! Not a moth to be seen this year.

--

Chris

I'm trying to avoid the chemical route because I have a cat, I don't want
him to get mothkiller on his paws, apparently very dangerous for cats.
Yes, I agree about the difficulty of getting them with the bug bat - they
only fly for a few seconds so you have to leap up the moment you see one,
but I think I did quite well. At least 9 carpet moths per evening hit the
bug bat all summer. I'll only know next year if it worked.
I've never been able to hit houseflies or bluebottles with it, they are far
too fast for me, but if you can, it will zizz them too. It's a brilliant
piece of kit.
Out in your garden and midges bothering you in a cloud over your head ?
Just take your bug bat, press the button and wave it over your head. Zizz.
Fried.