Hello all, We just discovered a clothes moth outbreak in a rarely used office in our building. There are no specimens in this office, and I am not quite sure what they are eating - casings are around the edge of the carpet, which I do not think is wool. Perhaps they are feeding on dead insects that are behind the desks, etc?
I'm looking for thoughts on how to best treat the outbreak. We discovered the problem at the end of the day, so tomorrow morning we will pull all furniture away from the walls and vacuum and wipe down all surfaces that we can. I am tempted to 'bomb' the room with a pyrethrin based flea bomb thing, but I am not sure how effective that would be, if at all? Thoughts on that would be appreciated. I am also wondering about sprinkling diatomaceaous earth around the edges of the carpet where the outbreak seems to be, after vacuuming. Finally I was planning on putting up pheremone traps to monitor the situation, and to keep vacuuming (daily? Weekly? suggestions?). If there is something I am missing or suggestions for what else to do (or not do), I would very much appreciate it! Thanks, Tonya -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/ME2PR01MB550808E82775AED47D833933EE339%40ME2PR01MB5508.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com.
