Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Mad Doug Biker]

I got a moth infestation when I lived in Hebden Bridge about 25 years ago and have been unable to stop the little swines. They came over to Todmorden with me when I moved here about 10 years ago!

I have been killing 4 or 5 a day this week but they just keep coming...

Are they actually eating things though?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Now that we have a couple of days of warm weather what really annoys me are flies - they come in then spend hours flying around pretending that they don't know how to get out - FFS flies grow up!

You open the door for them and they still miss! 🤦‍♂️🤣

 

[ColinJ]

Are they actually eating things though?

In Hebden Bridge they ate all my woollen clothing then the woollen carpet!

I don't know what they are eating here - pretty much no wool left!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

In Hebden Bridge they ate all my woollen clothing then the woollen carpet!

I don't know what they are eating here - pretty much no wool left!

Might just be moths generally, provide a lamp for them somewhere out of the way instead and be done with it.

What species are they, as only a very few actually eat clothes and so on?

 

[Chris S]

I'm more slightly worried than annoyed that I spotted 2 small moths hanging around my tweed, wool, linen and silk clothing yesterday. We have a moths eating clothes problem in the retro clothing shop I work in, with the owner constantly battling to keep them at bay. Those 2 I saw might not be natural fibers eating moths and just part of the insect influx we get in our homes in the summer and I've never had a problem with them before, but I'll be keeping an eye open for possibly seeing more than 1 or 2 in my flat.

I've seen a lot more recently as well. Also, there's a woman who comes to the gym and always smells of mothballs. Perhaps there is an infestation in Birmingham as well?