Pest Control Advice & Guides
Practical pest-control guides covering bed bugs, clothes moths, carpet beetles and heat treatment. Learn how to identify common household pests, understand why infestations occur and discover the treatment options available.
Understand the Pest Before You Treat It
Successful pest control starts with correct identification and an understanding of how the pest lives, hides and spreads. Our guides explain the signs to look for, common treatment mistakes, professional treatment methods and practical steps that may help reduce the risk of an infestation returning.
Explore Pest Control Topics
Choose a topic or browse our latest pest-control articles below.
Latest Pest Control Articles
Browse the latest MothKill guides below for straightforward advice about bed bugs, clothes moths, carpet beetles, professional heat treatment and household pest control.
Do Clothes Moths Bite Humans?
If you’ve found clothes moths in your home and you’re also experiencing itchy skin or unexplained marks, it’s understandable to wonder whether the two are connected. But there’s an important fact to establish first: Clothes moths do not bite humans. Neither the adult moths nor their fabric-damaging larvae feed on human blood. So if you…
What Do Clothes Moth Pheromone Traps Do?
Clothes moth pheromone traps are extremely useful – but they’re often expected to do a job they were never designed to do. A trap can help you detect clothes moths, monitor activity and identify possible hotspots. What it cannot do is reach the eggs and larvae hidden in clothing, carpets, furniture and other protected areas.…
What Insecticide Kills Clothes Moths?
What insecticide kills clothes moths? Several insecticides can kill clothes moth adults and larvae – but choosing the right product is only part of the solution. The bigger challenge is getting treatment to the larvae and other life stages hidden within carpets, furniture, wardrobes and susceptible textiles. That explains why somebody can spray repeatedly, kill…
Why Do Clothes Moths Eat Wool
Why do clothes moths eat wool? The answer is hidden in the chemistry of the fibre – and in the feeding behaviour of clothes moth larvae. If you’ve discovered irregular holes in a wool jumper, cashmere clothing, a wool carpet or a valuable rug, the adult moth isn’t actually eating it. The larvae cause the…
Does Heat Treatment Draw Bed Bugs Out
Does heat treatment draw bed bugs out of hiding? It can – but bed bugs do not need to come out of hiding for professional heat treatment to kill them. As temperatures rise, some bed bugs may become more active or move away from hotter areas in search of more favourable conditions. This sometimes worries…
Clothes Moth Larvae Life Cycle Explained
Clothes moth larvae are the stage of the clothes moth life cycle responsible for damage to wool, carpets, cashmere, fur, feathers and other animal-based natural fibres. Seeing an adult moth may alert you to a problem, but the moth flying around your home is not eating your clothes. The damage happens earlier, while the insect…
How to Identify Clothes Moths
Finding a small moth indoors doesn’t automatically mean you have clothes moths. Correct identification depends on the insect, its larvae, where you find it and the type of damage present. Clothes moths can remain unnoticed for months because the damaging stage – the larva – often feeds in dark, undisturbed areas. This guide shows you…
The Hidden Clothes Moth Problem Ruining UK Wardrobes
Clothes moths can damage wool clothing, carpets, rugs and furnishings while remaining almost completely unnoticed. The reason is simple: the small adult moth isn’t actually eating your clothes. The damage is caused by hidden larvae feeding on susceptible natural materials. That distinction explains why some DIY treatments appear to work for a while, only for…
How Do Clothes Moth Get into Your House
Clothes moths don’t simply appear from nowhere. An infestation starts because moths, eggs or larvae have reached a property – or because a small existing population has been hidden there for much longer than anyone realised. So how do clothes moths get into your house? There isn’t one universal route. They can potentially arrive with…