Folk means of dealing with moths

Folk moth remedies Numerous and known to most people better than more effective modern drugs. When inconspicuous butterflies are found in the closet, and on clothes there are unaesthetic bald spots, it is some folk remedy for moths — lavender, orange peels or geraniums — the first thing that comes to mind to the wardrobe owner.

Only later, in the market or in the store, he learns that against the pest of things today, high-tech achievements of the chemical industry are more often used. But even such modern drugs in the fight against butterflies are very effectively complemented by simple and easily accessible traditional means.

Folk remedies for moths differ depending on whether they are used against a pest - against a dressing pest or against a kitchen moth. At the same time, almost all folk remedies for controlling moths are focused precisely on repelling pests, but not on destroying them.

At one time, naphthalene was considered the most effective against moths.

Indeed, he demonstrated high efficiency of his work and was used so widely and everywhere that he became firmly in the number of "popular" means and even gave rise to the idiom "smelled naphthalene." However, later, doctors discovered the carcinogenic properties of this substance and came to the conclusion that it is no less dangerous for humans than for moths. Therefore, naphthalene is practically not used today. Fortunately, he has a large number of substitutes.

 

Orange peels

Orange peels are an old folk remedy. from food moth. The strong smell of citrus acts intimidating on adult butterflies, and therefore in bedside tables and cabinets, in which orange, lemon and tangerine peels are laid, the moth does not lay its eggs. However, if somewhere in the products the eggs or larvae of the moth are already wound up, the orange peels will not expel them or destroy them.

Rules of application: fresh crusts should be laid out near food.As they dry out and lose their flavor, they need to be replaced.

Conclusion: this tool is good for the prevention of infection of clean products and scaring moths from kitchen furniture in general.

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“When the little brown butterflies bred in the kitchen, I poisoned them with vinegar and laid orange peels on the cabinets. This did not give much effect until I found and threw out a bag with old peas, in which the caterpillars simply swarmed. After that, I continued to keep orange peels in the cabinets, and even despite the butterflies appearing in the kitchen sometimes, they did not infect the products. Two months ago, the mole disappeared altogether, and no longer appeared. ”

Inga, Rostov-on-Don

 

Laundry soap in the closet and in clothes

The laundry soap is a universal folk remedy for protection against moths, which is very effectively used against both the kitchen and clothes moths. Its main disadvantage is an unpleasant smell: elite clothes with a frank aroma of soap are few people want to wear. The tool discourages adult butterflies and severely restricts the movement of caterpillars.

Rules of use: pieces of soap (preferably fresh) are laid out in pockets of clothing or in kitchen furniture.

Conclusion: laundry soap is always an affordable and easy-to-use tool, well suited for protecting storerooms and closets from moths.

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“When I was little, my grandmother, against the moth, put pieces of laundry soap into the pockets of fur coats in a closet. It seems that there has never been a moth, but now, I think, this tool should not be neglected. ”

Oleg, Novokuznetsk

 

Lavender

Of all the folk remedies against the moth, the most famous, perhaps, is lavender. It has a strong and fairly pleasant smell, does not expire for a long time, reliably scares adult butterflies and caterpillars. Both dried lavender flowers and its essential oil are used. The latter, by the way, is part of many industrially manufactured tablets and sections for moths.

Rules of use: leaves of lavender in special porous bags are laid out in cabinets and between the piles of clothes. Essential oil in open vessels is placed in cabinets and cabinets.

Important

You can not spray the essential oil of lavender clothing itself. One can never be sure of the quality of this product, and if there is at least a small amount of sunflower or palm oil in its composition, there will be stains on clothes.The clothes themselves can be sprayed with lavender decoction, but this should be done regularly and often.

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“When the mole got wound up, I bought a pack of lavender the old-fashioned way and put it in the cupboard in the glasses. Before that, all clothes were carefully cleaned and aired on the street. So now everything is there, and there are no signs of parasites. ”

Olga, Novosibirsk

 

Geranium

The fight against moths by folk remedies does not have to be active and imply the purchase or independent preparation of scaring agents. Sometimes for this purpose it is enough just to get a special plant at home. For example - geranium.

Its smell can not stand many insects and moths - including. At the same time in a large apartment you need to have several geranium bushes - one in each room. Geranium protects the apartment well from the laundry room and kitchen moths.

Rules of application: you should constantly keep in the room living adult bushes of geraniums. Cabinets and cabinets once a day or two need to open and air.

 

Fragrant tobacco and simple tobacco

Both of these plants are equally effective, only fragrant tobacco - in the form of a living houseplant, and the usual, smoking - in the form of dried, crushed leaves, such as those that are present in cigarettes.It is undesirable to use ordinary tobacco to protect clothes: things smelling of it smell of it lose their attractiveness.

Rules of application: simple tobacco is used like lavender flowers - in perforated packages it is expanded inside the furniture. Sweet tobacco just stays at home as a houseplant, and cabinets with things are regularly ventilated.

Similar to lavender, tansy, thyme, horse chestnut seeds, mint, cloves, rosemary and ginseng are also used. When using them, it is important to check from time to time whether the preparations in the cabinets are exhausted and, if necessary, replace them with new ones.

Similarly, with lavender oil, mint, eucalyptus, orange and cloves can also be used as folk remedies. They can be replaced by fragrances, but the number of both should be constantly monitored. It is important to remember that all of the above means will not allow the destruction of the mole already in the house - they will only scare away adult butterflies from cabinets and cabinets.

 

Garlic and vinegar against moths in the kitchen

These folk remedies for moths stand apart, because they have not the most pleasant smell. But it is thanks to him that they scare away the mole.Garlic is usually simply stored in bedside tables, kitchen cabinets and pantries with food, and vinegar is added to the water when cleaning the apartment.

Craftsmen know and some traditional methods of direct destruction of moths.

For example, it is known that a mole is afraid of both high and low temperatures. Even if there were eggs, larvae or females of the moth in clothes (males are those winged flying butterflies), washing things at a temperature above 50 ° C or airing in the frost below minus 10 ° C will destroy all insects.

It is also quite effective to air things in direct sun on a hot summer day: both moth larvae and eggs hardly endure temperatures above 30 ° C, and, moreover, they die under the influence of ultraviolet rays.

One last thing: the larvae of the moth and its eggs are very weakly attached to the clothing. Shaking it well is enough for them to fall on the floor. That is why constantly worn clothing rarely spoils moth. So wear what hangs in your closet, air it more often, and the moth will have almost no chance.

 

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