{"product_id":"pheromone-moth-traps-box-of-4","title":"Pheromone Moth Traps (Box of 16)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou usually spot the damage before you spot the moth. A few small holes in a wool jumper, a bald patch on the carpet under the sofa, maybe a scruffy little moth fluttering out when you open the wardrobe. By that point the larvae have been feeding for weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTo put that in real terms, sixteen traps is a four bedroom house covered for six weeks at four traps a room. Two bedrooms and the same pack stretches to twelve weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe've been selling pest control for forty years, and clothes moths are one of the problems people get most wrong. They buy a trap, hang it in the wrong place, catch nothing, and decide the moths have gone. They haven't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSo here's how we'd tell you to do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePut them high, and keep them out of draughts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHead height or above. Top shelf of a wardrobe, hung from the rail, a high shelf in the bedroom, up in the loft. Moths fly, and a trap sat in a drawer only ever samples that drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDraughts are the thing nobody mentions. The trap gives off a scent plume that moths follow in, and a draught from a window, an air vent or a radiator scatters it before anything picks it up. Put a trap next to a vent, catch nothing, and you'll draw exactly the wrong conclusion. If a trap comes up empty in a draughty spot, move it and start the six weeks again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSix weeks, not three months\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat's how long the lure lasts. We'd rather tell you that than sell you four traps and let you think you're covered until Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSixteen traps is what a season actually costs. Four areas monitored right through the seasons, or eight areas at once if you're trying to work out which room the trouble is coming from. Write the date on the edge with a biro when you put one up. Six weeks later it comes down, whether it's full or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSetting one up takes ten seconds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePeel the backing off, push the tab through the slot, put it in place. No sachets, no fiddling, the pheromone is already in the adhesive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the count is telling you\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOne or two moths in six weeks is background noise. Most UK homes have that and always will. Ten or more, or one trap filling while the rest stay empty, and you've found a breeding population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is where we'll be blunter than most people selling you traps. A trap catches adult moths. Adults don't eat your clothes. The larvae do, and the trap doesn't touch them, or the eggs. If your count is high the trap has done its job by finding the problem, and now you have to deal with it:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEmpty the wardrobe, drawers or room the trap flagged\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eVacuum it out properly, cracks and crevices included. A soft long haired brush gets where the nozzle won't. Vacuum bag straight out to the bin, not left in the cupboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eHot wash everything that'll take it, 60 degrees where the label allows. Whatever won't goes in the freezer for a few days instead, which kills every stage of the life cycle. Dry cleaning does the same\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eDo the suitcases, bags and baskets stored alongside. That's where people miss them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePut a fresh trap back up so you can prove to yourself it worked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIf the count is high enough that you need a treatment as well as a clear out, we sell those too, and we'll tell you straight if you don't need one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e16 traps in total, supplied as 8 packs of 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePheromone lure built into the adhesive, nothing to assemble beyond folding it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSix weeks per trap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eInsecticide free, no vapour, no odour\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eClothes moths only. If you're finding moths in the pantry or in cereal packets you want a food moth trap, different pheromone, different pest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Pest Help","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57693237608830,"sku":null,"price":60.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/9086\/5969\/files\/ProductImages_5.png?v=1780064207","url":"https:\/\/checkout.pesthelp.co.uk\/products\/pheromone-moth-traps-box-of-4","provider":"Pest Help","version":"1.0","type":"link"}