Moths infestation, anyone affected by them ?

[MichaelW2]

I recommend bats.

 

[ColinJ]

I recommend bats.

Cricket or baseball?

Only needed for the largest moths...

I find an electric tennis racket fly zapper does the trick! (Small moths just go pop but flies sometimes start smouldering. )

 

[sungod]

you can get these in the uk as well, they seek and destroy the moth eggs before they hatch and start eating, eventually the moths die out...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/...e_code=1.4U4.m5HE.pn2Gq1PRLSfR&smid=url-share

 

[Moon bunny]

you can get these in the uk as well, they seek and destroy the moth eggs before they hatch and start eating, eventually the moths die out...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/...e_code=1.4U4.m5HE.pn2Gq1PRLSfR&smid=url-share

The trouble is they only work on one species out of the five common in Britain, so identification of the pest is essential to avoid wasting money. The National Trust abandoned their experiment with them as being no better than pheromone traps.

 

[biggs682]

The only place we have moths is around swmbo purse

 

[ColinJ]

I saw the first of this year's moths last week!

I have my high voltage tennis racket handy to deal with them but that will probably be another closing the stable door after the horse has bolted scenario!

 

[Ridgeway]

We get them from time to time, really difficult to get rid of. Ours are the food eating type (Indianmeal moth), not the fabric eating ones. Just replaced our trap this morning with a new one in fact🤞

 

[Accy cyclist]

Look at this monster, taken now as I post! Thankfully on nervously looking at it, I saw its undercarriage, letting me know it's on the outside, not the inside of my flat!!🙄

 

[Accy cyclist]

It's now changed positions. 🤔

 

[Moon bunny]

…and that was the last time Accy posted, as the moth, a fine specimen of Carnivora viciosa, found her way through the letterbox…

 

[Moon bunny]

But seriously Accy, if it does bite, get straight to A&E, a course of antibiotics may be called for.

 

[ColinJ]

But seriously Accy, if it does bite, get straight to A&E, a course of antibiotics may be called for.

My sister was bitten by a moth** a few days ago and now has an angry red mark expanding around the bite. It is at least 10 cm in diameter. I think she needs to go to the doctor to get it seen to!!



** Actually, she has no idea what bit her, but her skin definitely does not like whatever got into the wound!

 

[Red17]

I didn't think moths could bite, aren't they are more like the beast on red dwarf with the big sucker