Reddit mentions: The best closet moth protection products

These are pretty basic tips, but I didn't know them when I moved from California to New Hampshire!

• Wool socks are your friend. Costco's Kirkland brand socks are Smartwool knockoffs and pretty good actually (and you can dry them in the dryer).
  
• Fleece lined tights are the best. They add a lot of warmth without looking bulky, and will extend your dress/skirt wearing season. I've had good luck finding them at Marshalls, but not in California. Hue is my favorite tights brand.
  
• Mittens > gloves for warmth! I think the best combo is thin gloves under thick mittens, so your fingers don't freeze if you need to fiddle with something without the mittens.
  
• Poshmark has lots of 100% cashmere sweaters for totally reasonable prices. I've found Ann Taylor cashmere sweaters for ~$20 in perfect condition. Also, I've had cashmere get holes from moths/bugs/??? so I store them in bags. These ones are my favorite, they are a little pricier but feel super high quality and hold multiple sweaters each.
  
  Edit: one more!
  
  
• Merino wool camis or tanks under clothes add more warmth than you'd think! My favorites are Icebreaker and Smartwool, but REI will probably have several options.

I was just as surprised as you that I hadn't heard about this sooner. Dealing with allergies in a humid region and living mostly in older houses it had never even been mentioned.
When I moved into this house I needed extra storage options. I prefer to redo old sturdier furniture and happened across a chest at a sort of consignment shop that wasn't great on the outside but when I checked the inside it was immaculate, smelled amazing and even had the manufacturers tags. It turned out to be a Lane cedar chest not a super antique one but still solid cedar and almost brand new inside. After fixing up the outside a bit and storing extra bedding and things in it for a couple weeks I noticed how aromatic it still was but also the items I'd stored in it. I got curious and decided to look more into it.
Cedar wood I found has been being used to store and protect cloth items for centuries. I don't understand how this stopped being common place let alone how it was replaced by moth balls. It protects from bugs but also mold and mildew which keeps away the musty smell you usually can't avoid when storing cloth items.

Just to share some of what I've found in the past couple years if you interested...
As others have mentioned there are plenty of options for adding a bit of cedar to closets, drawers, or cabinets. From the plank in the main post, circular cuttings made to go over hangers, sachet style bags filled with shavings that can be refreshed using cedar oil, and tons more. (Here is a great set with a little of each, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DEF8KCI/ref=pd_aw_fbt_201_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=63BW1DPGEC5DNEHVDDCM )
You can go a step further and replace the rod with a cedar one like you mentioned or replace the shelves in a closet or cabinet with cuts of cedar. You can even go all out and redo the whole closet with cedar.
When sticking with the little pieces I find the best bits to add are ones you can easily refresh like square pieces that will be easy to sand down a bit and the sachets you can just refresh with oil.
I also found Red cedar is what's used and recommended for this purpose. It's suppose to be the most aromatic and longest lasting.

Snippet from a webpage with the basics. Most others were biased towards specifics...

Cedar Products offer natural protection against damage from moths, mildew and mustiness. The aroma of cedar repels adult moths from wanting to enter that environment to lay her eggs. The amount you need depends on the size of the container and how frequently it is opened and exposed to air and light. If you can smell it, so can the moths. You can rejuvenate aging cedar by spraying with cedar mist or by rubbing the cedar with sand paper to revive the scent. You can also use sachets, blocks, balls and hangers to allow you to add cedar easily. Cedar also helps absorb dampness and odors. Cedar, which comes in hangers, boxes, blocks and drawer liners, should be sanded with fine-grade sandpaper after each season because otherwise the surface oxidizes, eliminating the moth repelling scent.

TL;DR - Cedar is freaking awesome! Enjoy the tidbits of info I've come across in my research if you care to. 🤓

Mischief Managed (I have no idea if I'm doing this right, but you said to post them here, lol)

Riddle the First: Goblet. Since it is likely to be on fire, I might as well have some fun little Mystical Fire Campfire Fireplace Colorant Packets to toss into it. They make the flames change colors, without the use of an incantation.

Riddle the Second: A broomstick. I can't afford a top of the line Nimbus, so I've got to worry about getting splinters. Luckily I'm handy and could use this power sander to get rid of them and have a smooth ride.


Riddle the Third: A hat. I get horrible hat-hair, s the Revlon Volume Stay Titanium Hot Air Kit would be on my person all day, every day.

Riddle the Fourth: A book/multiple books. Most of my books are on the Kindle App now, and at some point I'd like to get an actual Kindle. I would give it the Verso Prologue cover. It's a Kindle holder that looks like a physical book. Pretty!

Riddle the Fifth: A traveling trunk. One problem with storing things in a trunk is that you end up with moth-eaten fabric. I plan on keeping moths out of my robes by spraying the interior of the box with the Cedar Spray.

Riddle the Sixth/Bonus: A cape! You know who wears a cape? DARTH VADER. How about a little cross-series cosplay mash-up? Darth Vader Costume With Cape, Belt And Mask This way I can have fun and pretend I'm using The Force, but really I'd be using legit magic. Plus, it would be funny to cast a spell while going "Khhhhh-shhhhhhhhhh". Nothing could go wrong with that. Nothing at all.

In addition to what has been said, these moth traps (or something similar) will help to get rid of them. Most important though is to take away everything that they love as has been mentioned. And don't bring anything into the house that they infest, like grain sacks, bird food, etc. And if you do need to bring that stuff in then store it in a sealed container and/or in the freezer.

Spider Catcher https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000X26IRE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.idXzbBQ03AZ2

I'm glad you're not going to harm the bro! Good luck!

Those cedar things work amazing at getting rid of moths. Like this

This is the product I am using:

Household Essentials 35704-1 CedarFresh Clothes Protector and Moth Repellent Storage Accessories Value Pack (71 Items) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DEF8KCI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Wm9DCb12QVP75

I read everything that came with it, it says 100% chemical free?

Little beige ones? If little beige moths are in your kitchen, they're pantry moths. Everywhere else, they're clothes moths. Don't get clothes moths. The larvae eat all your nice stuff.

You can get these sticky bits of paper that release pheromones to attract them. Stick a few of these around the house and watch them fill up.

These things legit work wonders. Best thing ever for our fruit fly/moth problem in the kitchen. I bet there’s some fruit fly specific ones that are good.

Dr. Killigan's Premium Pantry... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U1SMPBS?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Spider Catcher Original, Green https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000X26IRE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8inzDb7CJN1NG

Theres a few more cracking reviews there as well!

By any chance, do you know if these are worth it? https://www.amazon.com/Pheromone-Attractant-Insecticide-Dr-Killigans/dp/B00U1SMPBS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1469237229&sr=8-4&keywords=meal+moth+trap

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DEF8KCI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It was pretty cheap, and came with a lot of pieces.

Be careful with mothballs, though! (Sorry, I don't mean to be a party pooper). It can be difficult to get their smell out of yarn. From what I have read, strong-smelling cedar and lavender can work just as well. Another downside to mothballs is that they will react with any plastic they are in contact with - which is partly why I opted not to use them with my bin system. This article helped me a bit when I was trying to figure out a storage system.

I also purchased this set of cedar things from Amazon. I thought it was a really good deal! I also purchased some cedar oil to rub into the cedar blocks when they lose their smell.

>I've also tried cedar balls and lavender sachets, but I feel like that's a bit of a placebo?

They work for a little while and then the effect fades as the cedar oil dries up in the wood. Damned carpet beetles ate half my stash before I figured that one out. There are sprays for untreated cedar wood to refresh them, though.

I'm using this one a couple times a year and it's been working well so far.

Try Cedar, its a wood that is odourless and a natural repellent to moths. put a few of these around your room/closet and you should start noticing less holes in your clothes. its fairly cheap too!

This is what you want https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Catcher-B2001-Original-Green/dp/B000X26IRE/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=spider%2Bcatcher&qid=1571508434&sr=8-3&th=1&psc=1

I keep my yarn in a cedar chest. Cedar is a natural bug repellent.

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If you want to display the yarns, get cedar blocks to put on the shelf with the yarn. The yarn will smell like cedar but the bugs will leave the yarn alone. And make sure your buns can't get a hold of the cedar blocks.

Ever think about tossing a few moth balls into the chassis?


https://www.amazon.com/Enoz-Carpet-Beetles-80-mothballs-3-pack/dp/B00ZY8ESQA?th=1

I used the orange stuff (down every drain) and I put out cedar chips (because I thought that they were moths), just in case. I also started covering the drains when they were not in use. I haven't seen anything since April. I'm wondering if I should do another round of treatment.

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This is why I have one of these

They're tiny bugs, not even really like the moths you see outside, and I think the holes are actually made by the larvae after they hatch. Doubt you'll ever see one alive. My wife has a much bigger (and more expensive) wardrobe than me so she has mothballs and cedar planks in both our closets as repellent. There are also traps you can use in conjunction with mothballs.

This spider catcher changed my life. I have severe arachnophobia and haven't killed a spider all year.

The spider catcher I feel it would benefit me a lot due to my phobia of spiders

we live in a flat and there are a lot of spiders in the landen which sometimes manage to get into my room so If I had the spider catcher I would need to fear them being in my house here

Cedar block moth repellant. Moths don't like the smell of cedar, so you hang that with your clothes to keep the moths away.

They are little white balls (marble size) that you put in the closet and they evaporate into the air or something and kill the moths and their larvae and eggs. You just spread out around around the closet (behind your clothes or in boxes) and the moths don’t like the smell so they bounce.

Here is the link to a bag on amazon. (Warning: small drawing of a light blue moth on the packaging, but very feint and little to no details. It’s just an outline of a moth.)

Get yourself one of these bad boys. Changed my life.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spider-Catcher-B2001/dp/B000X26IRE/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_201_tr_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YXSVFT7K37NVBPSX5F0B

I had a moth infestation, and cleared them with these mothballs which were very effective - IMO it's not the cost of getting rid of the moths you need to worry about, it's the landlord realising the damage to the carpet and holding you to blame for it.

If you want to play hardball you could find a jumper or something they've damaged and write a letter before action claiming its cost from the landlord. If you succeed at www.moneyclaim.gov.uk then you have proof he's liable, and then you can use that if he subsequently tries to take it out of your deposit.

More likely he will respond to your letter and argue about it - if he acknowledges the moths were present when you moved in you can say something like "since you have acknowledged the moths were present when we moved in we will, as a gesture of goodwill, drop out claim for the jumper on the understanding that you will not be claiming any of the considerable moth damage to the carpets from our deposit".

I'm not a lawyer by the way, this is just my opinion.

Use plenty of the orange balls, replace them when they go white. Find any eggs in the carpet (feels a bit like dry sand) and hoover them up as best you can. I would find their cocoons on the wall and did;'t realise what they were at first - I also made the mistake of relaxing my vigilance after the first wave, and they came back (presumably because some remaining eggs hatched). This happened within a few months, so I think you'll get them all if you make sure to put down mothballs in all the affected places for a year.

They damage wool carpets dreadfully, so I'd expect the landlord to try and get you to pay for it.

I'm shit scared of spiders too, but have you heard of spider catchers? WARNING-there is a picture of a spider in the link.

I got one for Christmas a few years back, and while I'm still scared of them, the fact that I have a tool to deal with them has really helped reduce my phobia. I can now actually pick up the smaller ones myself, and for the larger ones I have the spider catcher. Don't know if it would help, but it might be worth a try.

It's tame compared to some things in this thread, but for me it's the day my arachnophobia turned from "simple dislike of spiders" tu full blown phobia.

I was visiting a cave in Madagascar with my family. We had to go up some stairs and a ladder then walk bent in half because the cave was at the top of a rock formation, and the ceiling wasn't high. It was dark, and the guide had the only flash light. He was showing us things by pointing it to them. So he shows us insects, then bats on the ceiling, and then a HUGE spider on the wall. I didn't expect it at all, I started to cry hard, had trouble breathing, was shaking, etc. My mom had to guide me to the ladder and stairs because I couldn't see anything through my tears and I wasn't breathing right. Of course we saw another spider on our way back down. I sat there for an hour trying to calm down. I honestly thought I was going to die, bent un half in that tiny dark cave, I couldn't breathe. Since that event, I have similar reactions when I see a spider unexpectedly (I'm "okay" with seeing a small one in a garden where it's supposed to be, but if I see one in my house I panic again). The helplessness is awful, but what's really hard is to know that it's irrational, yet I still can't breathe. Anyway, the only thing that helps is a spider catcher, a stupid tool that's actually so helpful. It makes me feel calmer, like I have a weapon, a way to defend myself. It's all in my head, but at least last time I had a spider in my home, it only took 15 minutes to calm down instead of an hour.