Hi Jane!
I put all my clean fiber into pillow cases that I get at GoodWill.
then I either stitch the top closed (by hand, not by machine), or I
tie it pretty tightly. I also keep those moth traps with the moth
hormone out in a few places. Maybe we are just lucky, haven't had a
problem.
A chest freezer is usually a good cheep sealed box. But that is what you
want something the moths can't get through. The problem with plastic bags
can be sweating. I do now that flea spray works for killing them. you can
get special sprays for more but it is the same ingredient. Flea spray is
On Apr 22, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Jane Woodhouse wrote:
I am trying to stay one step ahead of the moths but its not easy!!.
I find eggs here and there and an occasional infestation. I have
sheep and store fleeces. Any ideas.
I have been checking the internet and some of what I read does not
I was moth-free for years in spite of storing raw
wool in my house. Then I made the mistake of
buying some alpaca and not checking it thoroughly
enough. Long before I discovered it had moths,
they had escaped from the alpaca and I've not
entirely gotten rid of them since.
However, they can
'Revenge pantry moth traps' will get them all eventually.
Have to keep them around for second/third hatchings but they really work!
No poison, just a scent lure and sticky trap. It is designed for pantry moths
but will get every flying moth type of critter in your house.
Julie
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Hi Nina,
I have heard of using zippered pillowcases from some alpaca breeders.
I just went on line and found some reasonable ones and then really
found some reasonable ones on Overstock.com
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/230-TC-Pillow-Protectors-case-of-12/2039825/product.html
They are
Where does one find Revenge Pantry Moth Traps?
Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t
what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was.
Martin Luther King, quoting a preacher and former slave.
Well behaved women seldom make history.
Laurel Thatcher
I'm not quite sure I buy the idea of pantry moth
traps working on clothes moths, but in case you
want to try them, I know they can be purchased
from Ace Hardware stores--can be ordered in if not
on the shelf. I would imagine most grocery stores
would sell them, too. We had pantry moths for
I never had moths until I got a wall hanging my mother had acquired in
Africa. Disaster
After pitching much wool and clothing (sheepskin coats for example) I
sort of have things under control. I use the pheromone traps and keep
most wool and yarn in empty cat litter containers.
Dear Fibernetters,
I had a terrible wool moth infestation several years ago. I took care
of it with a permanent mothproofing solution sold by Hill Creek Fiber
Studios.
Here's a link, and I believe it's sold with the dyeing supplies. You
have to simmer your fiber with the powder, so you can
Pantry moths are not the same thing as wool moths so I don't thing
these traps will work to protect your wool.
Katy Blanchard
Urban Eagle Design
http://www.urbaneagledesign.etsy.com
http://www.urbaneagleherbco.etsy.com
http://www.urbaneagle.com
Youngsville, New Mexico
On Apr 22, 2009, at
Moths like darkness and quiet. They need protein for food and grease and dirt
to get all the minerals and salts they can't get from the wool. The adult moths
find their food sources by zeroing in on the sulphur bond found in nearly all
proteins. To combat moths successfully, you need to deprive
Pantry moths are not the same thing as wool moths so I don't thing
these traps will work to protect your wool.
I think that's probably the case - and in fact, I just
ordered both pantry moth traps AND closet moth traps
(separate lures) from Gardens Alive (Nayy, of course). I
used some a
That's the stuff I use and I haven't had any trouble with moths in the
treated fibre.
Shepherds' Spring Farm
North Gower, On
Canada
http://www.shepherdsspringfarm.ca/
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