Mothballs only help prevent spiders by keeping one of their food sources (moths) away. Here's how experts actually recommend ...

Are your clothes safe this summer? When you packed away your favorite woolly sweaters and long johns last spring, you probably didn’t expect to give them a second thought till sometime in November.

A clothes moth infestation spells real trouble for your closet. Before you know it, all your favorite sweaters and expensive silk shirts will have holes in them. Even your nice wool rugs are at risk.

Clothes moths often enter the home through fabric or food brought in from outside. Irregular holes in clothes or furniture indicate moth activity. Clothes made from natural fibers should be kept in ...

A MONG entomologists there are well known to be two very common moths the larvae of which are destructive to fabrics; namely, the case-making clothes moth (Tinea pellionella L.) and the webbing ...

I am sad to report that I have clothes moths in my New York City apartment. I noticed these flying bugs for a few weeks before I Googled them and discovered what they were — and realized that they ...

Everyone dreads bedbugs, but other insects can also ruin your life. Like clothes moths, icky critters that I’ve just discovered have gone to town on my wool sweaters. Voracious eaters, they’ve chewed ...