The Eco-Expert Helps You Eliminate Moths, Naturally

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Controlling Clothes Moths

Please tell me how long clothes moth eggs are viable and suggest natural ways to keep moths at bay.

–Helen Purdum
Via e-mail

The most common fabric-attacking moth in the United States is the webbing clothes moth, which eats natural fibers in the larval stage. Each adult female lives ten to twenty-eight days and lays up to two hundred eggs, which generally hatch in three to twenty-one days–but depending on conditions, eggs can hatch for up to four years. Larvae can live from thirty-five days to two-and-a-half years, munching on your clothes. Here are some suggestions for controlling clothes moths naturally.

  • Published on Jul 1, 2001
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