Clothing Moth Traps with Odorless Pheromone Attractant -8 Pack

As a kid, I remember going through things in Grandma's basement, guest closet and dresser, etc and constantly finding stinky moth balls everywhere. Even if the moth balls were years/decades old, EVERYTHING stunk of them and I absolutely hated the smell. Once something absorbed the odor, it was virtually impossible to get rid of. When I mentioned it to my mom, she said clothes moths were a common nuisance Back East (my grandparents lived in Indiana, and most of my other relatives were in Illinois & Arkansas) and most people living in that region probably had moth balls in at least one place in their house. When I asked why we'd never had problems, she said she didn't think they were able to survive in Arizona where we lived and that they eat clothes, carpets, cloth bound books; anything with cloth on them- but she'd also run into them eating the pages of her books as a kid. I myself had never had an issue with clothes moths or any other type of bug/insect eating my clothing or books. Until a few months ago. My mom used to take us to yard and estate sales as well as thrift stores regularly as we never had much money; even then, we had never had a problem with inadvertently bringing something home with destructive critters attached living here in Arizona. I still go to thrift stores, yard & estate sales and my husband loves to go with me. He recently got turned onto searching for records as I bought a turntable 5 years ago and saw that I had been finding some cool ones. So we have been purchasing a LOT of used records. All of a sudden a few months back, I started noticing a small moth flying around here and there then remembered she had mentioned clothes moths are little. They kept multiplying and now they are EVERYWHERE. I didn't notice any damage at first, but when I started vacuuming a couple days ago and was moving the cat caves made out of expensive wool from across the world, I realized they had holes all over on them and were completely covered with white speckles. When I picked them up off the floor, there was wool dust all over the place and I realized the white speckles were ungodly numbers of moth eggs. So those immediately went outside to the trash. I started checking things more thoroughly and am seeing small areas on multiple items that have begun inexplicably eroding when they were in extremely good condition when we bought them. When looking on amazon after I finished vacuuming, I ran across numerous brands of moth traps similar to this one using the clothes moth pheromones, and they were all 1.5 to 3 times the cost of these. So I took a gamble and ordered these ones as they were the lowest price ones I could find. When they got here this morning, I pulled 5 of them out of the box and cut them all open at the same time. Even though we only have 2 closets with clothing in them and a coat closet, the darned moths are virtually everywhere. The traps are quite easy to assemble and before I could even get the adhesive backing completely pulled off of ONE moth trap, I noticed 3 moths flying around me. By the time I was setting up the second trap, there were 10+ moths flying around in the kitchen nearby, and the first trap had 2 moths stuck in it already. I had also bought some cedar slabs as well as lavender and cedar sachets for the dressers and began opening those. Then I got curious and went to check one of the traps I had place in a room where one of the wool cat caves and all of sewing and embroidering equipment was located, and the trap already had 6 moths stuck in it. I'm now worried we have a bad enough infestation that I am going to have to have numerous different moth deterrents and killers on auto-ship in order to try and get them under control if not have an exterminator come out. Unfortunately, we can't bomb the place because we have 2 dogs and 6 cats. We initially just had 2 of each until a feral mama cat adopted us a few years back along with her babies and we were unable to find anyone to take any of the babies and we now have 6 cats. Yes, I tried a few different shelters in the area as well, but we ended up with them right after COVID when people having to go back to work in the office decided to dump the animals they had adopted while the pandemic was in full swing, back into the shelters they had gotten them from. None of the shelters I contacted responded and I had a couple vets that we take our pets to inform me that shelters don't consider feral cats a priority because they're "working cats" and won't take them once someone has decided to do the humane things and take them into their home. So we're stuck with them. Sadly, both the cats we already had abhor being picked up and it severely traumatizes them when I have to crate them to go to the vet, that one of them turns into a biter and won't let them look at him. One of the feral babies is still mostly feral and won't let anyone near her, one boy lets me briefly pick him up but claws me when trying to put him in a carrier, and the other feral boy won't allow anyone to pick him up. So we're most likely going to have to use a ton of these sticky traps, which I abhor knowing how inhumane they are for mice and other creatures that get caught in them. I made sure I placed them all in spots the cats can't get to. NOTE: Even though the sticky glue on these is listed as "non-toxic" and probably thinner than the glue used in rodent traps, beware of placing them anywhere that your cats, dogs, and other pets can access them. The glue is on all 3 sides of the inner section of the trap, and if they get it stuck to their paws or fur it will still tear skin and fur out trying to remove it from them; causing massive trauma and pain.

These Moth tents don’t repel or just catch the small silvery illusive closet and carpet Moth. It lures them in with scent, where they get stuck in the adhesive and die. It is very easy. You open and set up each tent and put them on your closet shelves, or anywhere you’ve ever seen any tiny moths. If you start to see dead moths in your tents, look further for folded wool sweaters or rolled up wool rugs where moths have laid eggs. ( they love the dark) Vacuum everything like crazy and immediately empty the vacuum bag into your trash can in a closed up bag. Prevent holes in sweaters and bare spots in rugs. I’ve stopped a lot of moths with this product.

I realized I had a clothing moth infestation about two years ago. They were living/breeding in a wool rug. I sadly got rid of the rug. Then I bought these traps. They caught so many moths! Eventually I saw the moth population reducing. However, I continued to use these. I only see an occasional moth, but I know the eggs are hiding in tiny cracks and crevices. I will continue to use these. Don't think you've tackled the problem when you're not seeing any moths. Don't stop using these traps. They work if you are persistent.

I bought these as part of a broader cloth moth treatment strategy and they do work in the sense that they attract and kill moths. If you're trying to figure out where your infestation is concentrated, these will tell you that. I had them placed around my closet and carpets and they definitely caught moths. That said, I didn't find them effective enough to actually control the population. They felt more like an indicator of where the problem was rather than something that was actively making a dent. I've used Dr. Killigan's traps as well and found those significantly more effective at actually bringing numbers down over time. For the price they're not a bad addition to a broader treatment plan. I just wouldn't rely on these alone if you're dealing with an active infestation. Think of them more as a monitoring tool than a solution.

I've used three or four other brands of these for clothes moths and the others might trap a couple over a span of weeks. This brand already had a significant amount of moths trapped after only a few days, about 10 moths.

They catch some of our common, webbing clothes moths (Tineola bisselliella). There surely are much better traps available from other brands (industry grade used in hotels) which cost around $100 for ca 3 months treatment. These here are much cheaper and cannot be expected to draw moths out of cracks - but they will catch some over time if a population is present. The 16 pack come wrapped in 8 packs of 2. The 8 pack are individually wrapped. Try a few different places (floor, hanger, outside closet) to gauge "hot spots". Beautifully golden, unicolor webbing moths love to eat away at furs, wool and silk fabrics, all your natural clothing, carpets, and they adore dark spaces with little to no disturbance. They will find hair, cotton, paper or any fuzz enough to live on once established. They do not live in pantries or eat food supplies. These traps work in that a few males get stuck, along with other occasional insects like ants, spiders who end up on the paper and die exhausted after dragging halfway over. Please show kindness and check your traps to shorten desperate battles that last days. These traps are sticky enough to trap mice, so don't get your fingers in there. These traps will NOT rid us of the moth problem, but they show us that it persists months after our first clean-through. De-moth strategies (it's a drag or a toss, sometimes both) without poisoning the home: - Toss any garment with several holes unless you want to have them chemically cleaned. - We tried freezing most of our wool clothes outside in deep winter, way below freezing. - We will try next to heat our entire closet in the car when it's hot enough outdoors. At full sun, checking the thermometer shows no less than 55°C or 130°F for an hour. - Wash everything that can be washed on hot (60°C > 30min). - On a regular basis, vacuum (corners, cracks) and wipe surfaces with water and a little vinegar. - We think some safe spaces will always remain (e.g. ducts). Disturbing the population often should help keep in control, though. - Essential oils, as in cedar wood, are said help in preventing a moth problem. We have always kept cedar balls (oil or sand every 6 months) and satchels of lavender blossom (2 years if fresh) in our laundry, especially with delicates. Large amounts of oils irritate us and our pet and will not deter an existing infestation. - Never put unwashed clothes in the closet (sweat spots are said to attract moths - try Atsko sports wash to remove smells gently and healthily). We expect to keep using these traps for years to come, exchanging them every 2-3 months (just our guess at how long they last)... and go through it all over and again as soon as the population recovers. Hopefully no more than twice a year. When there's a rise in numbers, we also use live Trichogramma wasps. They lay eggs in the moth eggs, so their larvae never develop into their clothes-eating stage. Keep unleashing the wasps every two weeks until the glue traps show the webbing moth population has diminished.

these work well, but the hangars are too small and very flimsy, they fall off the clothing rod. Had to tape them to the shelf above the rod.

I bought several different brands of Closet Moth Traps to make sure that I had a decent chance of getting a quality product. I purchased: MaxGuard, Ecotastic, Trap-A-Pest, and Dr Killigan’s I even got a pantry moth trap as well, to verify if I had any of those. Amongst 7 rooms (2 bedrooms, 2 closets and 3 bathrooms) I put multiple brands in each room, with each brand in at least 4 different rooms. For 3 months I’d check every trap once a week. Each trap had more moths than the week before (except for the pantry moth trap – the 4 of those I deployed caught one moth just by chance). The numbers of moths caught in each trap were surprising. No brand failed to catch at least 40 on at least one trap. So now I’m moth-free, right? Wrong. These traps lure in just the male moths. So if any male moth happens to mate with a female before being captured, there’s another fresh batch. I’ve been waging moth war for almost 2 years, and use other trap types as well (zappers, etc). There are a lot fewer of them flying around now, but I just can’t knock them out. I also kept some of each brand, and deployed them 1 year after purchase. NONE of those did well. Out of 16 traps, only 5 moths were caught. So I would recommend buying a new batch of traps every 6 months – deploying half right away, and the other half in 3 months. I checked all boxes for a manufacturing date. None had any on the outside. Dr. Killigan’s had one on the inside flap. Dr. Killigan’s also stated they would be good up to 3 years after manufacture (lies). Recommendations: They are all effective if used right away. Buy the one whose price or design you like. My design preference is MaxGuard and Dr. Killigan’s. If you are not having success, maybe your have different kinds of moths. Or you have expired traps. Hints on use for all brands: Write the date on it before you expose the glue. Bend the cardboard at least a little on the creases before exposing the glue – bending it afterward can cause sticky fingers. When pulling the paper off of the glue, start at one corner and firmly pull towards the opposite corner. Pulling from the center of the top makes it more difficult.

I purchased one 16 pack of these moth traps, thinking I didn't really need them as much as I needed some traps for moths I noticed in the pantry. (So I bought two 20 packs of those.) Well... have a look! Was I wrong or what?!! I put a few of these traps here and there in my closets and dark places around my bedrooms and dressing room just as a precaution. Thought I wouldn't catch much bcuz I only ever saw one or two moths in my clothes areas. You can see for yourself tho', the number of moths I caught over the fall and wintertime! And these are mostly males too, as they're the ones attracted to the pheromones in the traps! Meaning... most of the females are still out there! Yuck! Even though I am careful, and keep my silks, woolens, shearling items, and furs in cotton storage bags when I'm not wearing them, all these fine fabrics in my closets were in danger anyway, and I never knew it. You think you have no moths until the change of seasons comes. You begin to think about your change of wardrobe and switching out your closets, you pull out these moth traps... and... holy smokes!!! Moths. Ugh!! Lots of them!! Double ugh!! Highly recommend these traps. Very impressed with this product, and very glad I decided to purchase in the first place, even tho' I really didn't think I needed them. Well, I needed them alright. I have none of these traps left now, and will definitely order more. They work, obviously! Two thumbs up.

Since setting out some of these traps they've taken out a whole lot of carpet moths

Four traps were distributed in a room with moths (around 2 per day), never once did any moth end up in a trap. Clearly a broken product was delivered to me.

Hace tres semanas que coloqué las Moth traps en roperos y clósets. No ha caído ninguna y siguen revoloteando como si nada en las habitaciones de mi casa.

After learning about the health risks associated with moth pesticides, I decided to try a more natural alternative. While I was sceptical about the effectiveness of these traps, I’m pleased to be able to report that they’re actually very good. In fact, they’re better than any of the chemical-based options I’ve used over many years.