Moth Control & Treatment

The webbing clothes moths are naturally attracted to fabric items like carpets, rugs, tapestries, upholstered furniture, leather bookbinding, feathered items, and silks.

They will cause damages to felts, woolens, clothes, and upholstered furniture. So, you need cloth moth removal services, whether you are in New York City or New Jersey, to ensure that your items are safe throughout the year.

To reduce the risks of pest infestation, our pest control technician will vacuum your home and business environment to make it unsuitable for pests. Weekly vacuuming and good housekeeping will go a long way to preventing pest infestations. By cleaning more often, you will remove the pests without even knowing it. Vacuuming will also remove the eggs and larvae from your carpets before they hatch.

For best Webbing Clothing Moth Pest Management, dry clean your affected garments to kill the eggs, larvae, and adults. When possible, wash the fabric items regularly and store the clothes carefully to protect them from damages. Extreme heat and cold will kill the moth species, so heating and freezing food items is a good option.

Case-making clothes moths cause less damage than webbing clothes moths. They are less common in the southern parts of the United States. Their name originates from the ability of the larvae to spin protective silk cases while they feed. That makes it hard to see the larvae because their color is similar to that of the cloth.

The larvae carry the cases with them when feeding, and they expand them as they grow. They will leave the case behind if they die, but the moths have to stay in the cases to pupate. Adults have a dusty brown color in addition to three dark spots.

The life cycle of a cloth moth starts at the egg stage. An adult cloth moth can lay around 100–400 eggs in its short life. The eggs have a length of 0.5 mm, and they take 4–10 days to hatch depending on the humidity and temperature level.

The eggs hatch into larvae that will grow to around 1–1.5 cm, depending on the availability of silk and woolen clothes, carpets, and moisture, which facilitate water intake. The moth can stay in the larvae stage for 30 months, and at that time, they will happily consume your clothes while waiting for the right time to develop into adults.

When the temperatures allow and the larvae are of the right size, the pupating stage starts. In this stage, larvae spin cocoons in which they develop into adult moths. The phase lasts for 8–10 days, and the debris from the phase looks like used webbing cases.