Surviving a plague of moths
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:16:40 +0100, "anne"
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Janet Baraclough wrote in message
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from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words:

Cross posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Roy Millar" wrote in message
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Don't know what I could have done to encourage them, but I'm suffering
a plague of small (clothes?) moths.

Anyone know of reasonably safe ways of eliminating them?

There are loads of moths around at present but I doubt they are clothes
moths.
I don't think they do very well on modern artificial fabrics.

Funnily enough in the past fortnight we too have a plague of moths in
the house which look exactly like clothes moths; something I've hardly
seen for years even though most of our clothes and domestic fabrics are
natural fibres. I've been squashing them.

Janet (Isle of Arran)

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

It seems we can't trust you :-)

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2107.html
--
Martin

Surviving a plague of moths
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:46:10 +0200, martin wrote:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:16:40 +0100, "anne"
wrote:



Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

It seems we can't trust you :-)

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2107.html

and a UK website on the same subject
http://www.harrow.gov.uk/council/dep...lth/carpet.asp
--
Martin

Surviving a plague of moths
 

martin wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:46:10 +0200, martin wrote:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:16:40 +0100, "anne"
wrote:



Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

It seems we can't trust you :-)

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2107.html

and a UK website on the same subject

http://www.harrow.gov.uk/council/dep...lth/carpet.asp
--
Martin

Oh dear, I've been rumbled! I can hardly believe you went looking for
clothes moths websites just to disprove me though ;-) Well done.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:41:02 +0100, "anne"
wrote:


martin wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:46:10 +0200, martin wrote:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:16:40 +0100, "anne"
wrote:



Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

It seems we can't trust you :-)

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2107.html

and a UK website on the same subject

http://www.harrow.gov.uk/council/dep...lth/carpet.asp
--
Martin

Oh dear, I've been rumbled! I can hardly believe you went looking for
clothes moths websites just to disprove me though ;-) Well done.

:-)

--
Martin

Surviving a plague of moths
 

The message
from "anne" contains these words:

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

Oh yes? What was it noshed holes in my evening dress then? Coat moths?

--
Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm
horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk excange d.p. with p to reply.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:59:39 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from "anne" contains these words:

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

Oh yes? What was it noshed holes in my evening dress then? Coat moths?

Dracula?
--
Martin

Surviving a plague of moths
 

"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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The message
from "anne" contains these words:

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

Oh yes? What was it noshed holes in my evening dress then? Coat moths?

It sounds as if your monkey suit is as old as mine.

[Franz Heymann]

Surviving a plague of moths
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:29:47 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

Oh yes? What was it noshed holes in my evening dress then? Coat moths?

It sounds as if your monkey suit is as old as mine.

and the moth eaten monkey wearing it :-)
--
Martin

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"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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The message
from "anne" contains these words:

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

Oh yes? What was it noshed holes in my evening dress then? Coat moths?

It sounds as if your monkey suit is as old as mine.

It was my father's. Lost him in 1940. Could have been somewhat older, I think.

Now scouring charity shops - can't afford a new one. (The DJ and morning
dress escaped, probably because I'd used them from time to time.)

--
Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm
horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk excange d.p. with p to reply.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

"anne" wrote in message ...
Janet Baraclough wrote in message
...
The message
from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words:

Cross posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Roy Millar" wrote in message
...
Don't know what I could have done to encourage them, but I'm suffering
a plague of small (clothes?) moths.

Anyone know of reasonably safe ways of eliminating them?

There are loads of moths around at present but I doubt they are clothes
moths.
I don't think they do very well on modern artificial fabrics.

Funnily enough in the past fortnight we too have a plague of moths in
the house which look exactly like clothes moths; something I've hardly
seen for years even though most of our clothes and domestic fabrics are
natural fibres. I've been squashing them.

Janet (Isle of Arran)

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

This isn't true. Don't believe everything you read on the net.
These moths have a natural habitat where ever furm wool or similar
substanes can occur in sufficient quantities.The moths are very small.
A typical wild location would be a birds nest. However there are a lot
of small moths, most are harmless.

--
Neil Jones- http://www.butterflyguy.com/
"At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn
Bog National Nature Reserve

Surviving a plague of moths
 

The message
from (Neil Jones) contains these words:


Janet Baraclough wrote in message

Funnily enough in the past fortnight we too have a plague of moths in
the house which look exactly like clothes moths; something I've hardly
seen for years even though most of our clothes and domestic fabrics are
natural fibres. I've been squashing them.

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

This isn't true. Don't believe everything you read on the net.
These moths have a natural habitat where ever furm wool or similar
substanes can occur in sufficient quantities.

I wonder if that's what happened here? The moths were loose in rooms
and in windows which suggests they came from outside..I've not found any
in drawers or cupboards.There are sheep in the adjacent meadow. The
clothesmoth influx happened a few weeks after the sheep shearing was
done about a hundred yards away. It's even possible the fleeces were
just dumped nearby, they aren't worth much these days.

Janet.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

The message
from (Neil Jones) contains these words:


Janet Baraclough wrote in message

Funnily enough in the past fortnight we too have a plague of moths in
the house which look exactly like clothes moths; something I've hardly
seen for years even though most of our clothes and domestic fabrics are
natural fibres. I've been squashing them.

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

This isn't true. Don't believe everything you read on the net.
These moths have a natural habitat where ever furm wool or similar
substanes can occur in sufficient quantities.

I wonder if that's what happened here? The moths were loose in rooms
and in windows which suggests they came from outside..I've not found any
in drawers or cupboards.There are sheep in the adjacent meadow. The
clothesmoth influx happened a few weeks after the sheep shearing was
done about a hundred yards away. It's even possible the fleeces were
just dumped nearby, they aren't worth much these days.

Janet.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

Janet Baraclough wrote in message
...
The message
from (Neil Jones) contains these words:


Janet Baraclough wrote in message

Funnily enough in the past fortnight we too have a plague of moths
in
the house which look exactly like clothes moths; something I've
hardly
seen for years even though most of our clothes and domestic fabrics
are
natural fibres. I've been squashing them.

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came
across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today
are
friends.

This isn't true. Don't believe everything you read on the net.
These moths have a natural habitat where ever furm wool or similar
substanes can occur in sufficient quantities.

I wonder if that's what happened here? The moths were loose in rooms
and in windows which suggests they came from outside..I've not found any
in drawers or cupboards.There are sheep in the adjacent meadow. The
clothesmoth influx happened a few weeks after the sheep shearing was
done about a hundred yards away. It's even possible the fleeces were
just dumped nearby, they aren't worth much these days.


Fleece moths are a different draw of moths altogether. Does this "shepherd"
also drive over your fifteen year old hebe? If so, think conspiracy.


Janet.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

"anne" wrote in message ...
martin wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:46:10 +0200, martin wrote:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:16:40 +0100, "anne"
wrote:



Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

It seems we can't trust you :-)

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2107.html

and a UK website on the same subject

http://www.harrow.gov.uk/council/dep...lth/carpet.asp
--
Martin

Oh dear, I've been rumbled! I can hardly believe you went looking for
clothes moths websites just to disprove me though ;-) Well done.

I know it's OT, but I'd love to know why you said it.

I don't know why you didn't believe people would check: it's quite
important, after all.

Mike.

Surviving a plague of moths
 

On 13 Aug 2003 01:31:50 -0700, (Mike Lyle)
wrote:

Clothes moths officially died out according to a website I came across.
Forget the year and the website, but trust me all moths around today are
friends.

Well then, can you tell me what has eaten holes in one of my Woollen
cardigans? I was in no doubt it was moth damage when I discovered it
last week, and I do have little moths flying around occasionally, the
sort my Grandma used to kill by clapping her hands together on them.
(I always seem to miss!!)

Pam in Bristol