Moths spell death from above for everything woolly (except sheep, who nobly withstand the little buggers).
We had moths in the office and lo! A lovely ginger exterminator visited. Pests in offices are very common (insert joke about harassment here) - but moths were a new one.
I cornered the ginger exterminator (insert second joke about harassement here) and asked him for the low-down on moths. I'll pass on what he said. This is a housekeeping magazine moment - but it may be useful, so here goes.
The problem is that sprays and stuff do not kill the larvae. The moth larvae are the small white worms you might have seen on your ex-favourite jumper. They are very difficult to exterminate. That is why it's so hard to tackle moths.
What you do is kill all the flying ones in the hope that they don't lay more eggs. But you also need to get on your hands and knees and hoover up the little white squirmy things (avoiding hoovering up your husband at this time). That's the bit that I didn't know. You've got to kill not just the adults, but all the children too.
So it's not just a spray around that is needed. By the way, the exterminator told me that any spray that kills flying things will kill moths. Do not spend more than you need to. According to him the most basic supermarket essential does the trick as well as the most sophisticated packaged - and pricey - product. As he was actually employed by a pricey exterminating outfit, I thought this was as close to a rebellion as you can get. Truth will out in the midst of the brain whirling crisis that is clearing pests from business premises.
If any of you have suffered the disappointment of something beautiful and warm turned into a holey cheese of a garment, I suspect that this will have been worth reading. Sorry to everyone else.
Love, M&Txxx
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