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@NurseHolliday
OK @BQ @Tenderloin @andyp @T-V @aggi I believe you were all in on the moth chat on this thread.
Pls halp, I just need re-assurance that what I'm doing is the right thing.
Here's the run down. Cupboard in spare room has all my formal clothes, suits, nice shirts, smart jackets, new suit for wedding and new asian suit for wedding day 2
It also has a few boxes full of old paperwork, some of my other half's old clothes, and random storage shit. It also has a bunch of winter stuff on a shelf at the very top - jumpers and coats that my friend/lodger has stored up there - I am assuming they are the source.
I opened the cupboard on Tuesday to pick a suit for a wedding I was going to, opened up the suit bag to find a hole in the crotch of the trousers and some silky remnants around the area.
I have not seen moths nor any cocoons or larvae, but I understand holes plus silky strands = moths. No other clothes have been affected - out of my clothes - I haven't touched the woollen stuff at the very top, nor the boxes of paper or other half's old clothes on the floor so don't know if they're affected, I don't really care if they are.
That one suit bag was zipped up but I'm assuming that means fuck all as it's not airtight.
I have put all the shirts in a hot wash and hung them up to dry in a different room. I have just thrown the affected suit away and taken 2 other suits to the dry cleaners. My wedding suit is very new and has only been in that cupboard for maybe 2 weeks, as has wedding day 2 Asian suit. I've taken a risk that since they've been in there for a very short period of time, and I haven't seen any activity, I have transferred them to brand new suit bags and moved them into a different part of the flat. I have thrown away some of my older trousers and a jacket I wasn't really wearing. The original suit bags for the new suits I have put in the freezer to make sure if there's anything going on in there I can kill it off now. I have also hung up "moth repellent strips" in that cupboard - no idea if these are effective at all.
Tonight I am clearing that cupboard out, hoovering everywhere in that cupboard and room, and laying down insecticide powder on the skirting board and edges of the carpet.
I have the smoke bombs @BQ recommended on their way - enough for multiple applications in each room in the flat, also a carpet and clothes spray, and finally those wooden things to hang up and put in drawers too. I am also buying the sticky strips too in case there is actually a load of moths and they are just hiding and I can't see them.
What else can I do, or should I do??