Adding insult to injury, clothes moths (or, more precisely, their larvae, which we’ll get to later) prefer fibers of animal origin, including wool, mohair, cashmere, fur, and feathers—in other ...

Cashmere, wool, silk, fur, leather ... Poorly wrapped or sealed food is an open invite. If you spot any moths or larvae (they ...

Clothes moth larvae can damage anything containing wool, including carpet, upholstery, wool-blend fabrics, and even the wool pads inside pianos. They can also damage furs. Damage will first appear ...

In their wild state, says Moncrieff in the current issue of Discovery, moths did not eat wool. Their larvae ate dead animals on which the females deposited their small white eggs. But as soon as ...

Similar to clothes moths that eat away at your wool sweaters, the larvae of carpet moths tend to feed off natural fibers in carpets, and other soft furnishings instead. This allows larvae to grow ...