Clothes Moth Trap

We have a longstanding clothes moth problem. They are in our carpets rather than our chests of drawers / wardrobes, mostly, I think, and though we hoover regularly they get 'in behind' the skirting boards, and apparently also thrive underneath the heavier bits of furniture we've got that we don't move too often. The product blurb says these traps can be used to trap moths in whole (smaller) rooms as well in enclosed spaces such as wardrobes and I thought they'd be worth a try.So the moth traps had an amazing initial effect. No sooner had I unwrapped the first one - in the kitchen - than moths were mobilized throughout the house, upstairs and downstairs. It's not a big house by any means, but they were flying in from all over the place within a couple of minutes. So the traps clearly have a very effective moth-attractant effect, and despite the many poor reviews of this product, I thought they might have a chance of working.WRONG!The glue in the traps to which the moths (notionally), adhere and eventually perish, is absolute total and utter pants. It genuinely seems to be made of one of the least-sticky substances in existance. Completely not fit for purpose. So, on my traps I can see tracks on the surface of the glue where the moths have sort of skated over the surface and then merrily gone on their way. Clothes moths have very dusty wings and leave this kind of obvious trace of their presence (as anyone who's swatted them against a white wall or pale background will know) but they're not very robust, or particularly good at flying and so if the glue was anywhere near good enough to trap them, they simply shouldn't be able to escape in this way.More than 48 hours after initial deployment and we have caught a grand total of ONE moth in the two traps (it must've been stupid, on its last legs anyway or wanting to commit suicide - I'm sure it could've gotten free had it really wanted to.)What the traps were very good for was, initially mobilizing the moths so that they come out into the open where you can 'get' them. I must've swatted about 20 to 30 plus in the first 15 minutes after opening the traps. I'm glad I got those ones killed, but I reckon I've paid about £6 (for the two traps) to kill approximately 50 clothes moths - which doesn't seem like fantastic value to me. You might think that as I've potentially killed all the moths manually, it's unreasonable to expect to see them stuck the traps, but this isn't so; there are new ones to swat every morning that have clearly been doing their stuff all night near (or even on) the traps - but without being caught.This product WON'T kill moths as it doesn't trap them, and it probably WON'T act as a 'warning signal' to tell you if you have a present / ongoing moth problem (you're advised to keep a trap open at all times to indicate whether the moths have come back) as moths simply do not stick to the traps.UPDATE: after the three month useful lifespan of the moth trap was up, I found there was a good number of moths stuck to the trap. I don't know if it's because we've had the central heating on during the winter - clothes moth life cycles accellerate when the background temp is warmer - but I've been seeing more and more of them lately - and, as this re-emergence of moths has also coincided with the time I disposed of the original two traps, I've ordered some more as I have gotten this - probably, largely supersticious - idea in my head that perhaps they were doing SOME good after all. The traps weren't brilliant and certainly didn't eradicate my moth problem but they were a small amount of help in my ongoing struggle against the clothes moth infestation.

First the good news - let me say that these work - no question. I would recommend them to help with moth control. Not sure if I would put them in a wardrobe mind you - they attract moths and I dont think you want to be inviting them into your wardrobe. I place mine on top of my wardrobe and on the floor behind the curtains.Now the bad news - these traps only kill male moths so the females will still be on the rampage somewhere.Now for some really bad news. I have been trying to clear my tenament flat for the past 2 years - every product I have used has helped but I am convinced that NOTHING will ever completely erradicate the problem. Thinking about calling Rentokil or someone? Seriously - save your cash. The best you will do is try tocontrol the problem. Use these traps, put moth hangers in your wardrobe, use sprays in rooms ( but wear a mask as the spray is horrible when inhaled ). Good luck.

I was fed up of finding little holes in my clothes so thought I would give these ago. We had them a few weeks and caught nothing, yet I would still see them flying around and have to squat them. We,d heard that you needed to put the traps up high, so did so in areas we found them flying, still nothing. Then one day my hubby noticed a couple flying out near the washing machine, close to the floor, so he put the trap down on the floor in front of the washing machine, and sure enough, the next morning there were 2 in the trap, after a few weeks there is tons on there. We moved the washing machine out and cleaned all around it, but actually found there were loads of eggs and larvae stuck underneath the washing machine (ie when we pulled it out there was nothing, but we had tipped it up slightly and they were all stuck underneath it). I took the kickboards off under my kitchen cupboards near the washing machine and found so many larvae and eggs. I've hoovered and cleaned what I can, and we now have two traps under their which are still catching tons. I'm about to buy more cos they are getting full. The trick is to try and find where they are breaking and put the traps their. I know it's not easy though, it took us weeks to find them,but now we have, the traps really work, and hopefully we can eventually kill them all off :-)

warning - do not use this if you have moths... this is only to be used as a detection. I put this in a bedroom and the entire south london moth population were suddenly attracted to my house. crawling through gaps in windows and doors etc. they like the smell and go looking for some moth "action" but then get stuck and die.this item simply caused more moths to enter my house for a huge moth orgy. if you have to use, please close and seal the room off completely.

I was expecting a pack of two, as in the photo, but it is just one moth trap.

Having seen no moths in around a year and a half I spotted two over a week and thought I'd give this trap a go. It is easily assembled and within minutes of peeling off the cover to the sticky pheromone sides several moths appeared near the trap. It's currently in day 3 of use, day 1 saw around 8 moths appear flying around - hence my suggestion to keep a can of fly spray handy as they can be tricky to swat - day 2 saw two moths stuck in the trap plus another six or so flying around. Day 3 has seen a few more fluttering around.The pheromones clearly get the moths moving although not suicidally throwing themselves into the trap but handy that at least they appear to be drawn out into the open where they can then be disposed of if spotted.

The product is very good. However the image indicates that there are two traps in the packet. The ones that Amazon sell only have one trap - and are marked as such on the actial packet.Otherwise I would have given the product five stars.