How To Keep Bugs Out Of Your Closet Forever

Custom closets are essential to organize things at their place. However, these can welcome unwanted guests like bugs which love to hide in the dark, cool and sometimes moist places. These pests are hard to spot. Do you want to know the types of bugs that can infest your closets and feed on your clothes?

Types of bugs that can eat your clothes:

The bugs that eat your clothes are known as fabric pests. Because these feed on keratin and starch present in clothes. This starch and keratin present in the fabric keep them alive.

Here are the bugs eating your clothes-

  1. Silverfish:

Silverfish feeds on cotton, wool, silk, viscose and rayon fabric. Though silverfish are harmless to humans they can damage your clothing by living in closets for months. Not only feeding on the fabric but also silverfish lays eggs in the closet attracting other silverfish on the same spot.

Early signs of silverfish infestation are small holes with tiny yellow spots. So, save your closet by getting it treated by professionals as soon as you find early signs.

  1. Crickets:

Crickets can damage any type of fabric irrespective of where it is produced from. Moreover, they don’t live in your closet, they have a habit of jumping around. Dirty clothes are their favorites; they are prone to feed on clothes stained with oil and food droppings leaving behind big holes in the fabric.

Crickets can damage curtains, bed sheets and even wood furniture. Call professionals for assistance soon if you find these bugs in your home.

  1. Carpet Beetles Larvae:

Carpet beetles don’t damage the fabric. Instead, they leave larvae that cause damage in your closet. Carpet beetles fly and lay eggs on animal fabric such as fur, leather etc. They sneak into wardrobe frames to lay eggs inside the closets. Therefore, they feed on clothes till they turn into adults.

If you find an adult carpet beetle look into the measures to be taken without suspecting the presence of larvae.

  1. Cloth Moths Larvae:

Cloth Moths Larvae are more dangerous than the other three because these carpets feed on even synthetic and blended fibers. Like adult carpet beetle adult moths also lay eggs in closets. These larvae cause damage to the fabric till they reach adulthood.

Other than these cockroaches and termites are also known for damaging fabrics. Usually, clothes and fabric is not their food. But the stains of food and oil attract them and they make holes in fabric trying to feed on them.

How to keep these bugs out of your closet?

  1. Keep dirty clothes out of your closet. Because dirty clothes attract bugs like cockroaches and termites it is necessary to look out for dirty clothes inside your closet.
  2. Perform cleaning your closet once or twice a month to prevent eggs and larvae.
  3. Keep some bug repellant sachets in your closets by getting assistance from Pest Control Gosnells. Such professionals can direct you to use the right repellents.

Always keep in mind that repellants just repel the bugs but not kill them. Therefore it cannot be a final solution.

  1. Store your expensive clothing in mothproof bags. Mothproof bags are transparent and breathable. Hence, they can store your expensive garments in the right way. 
  2. Make a call to professionals if you find a serious infestation without performing fail DIY projects.

Don’t worry if the infestation is out of control!

The presence of bugs forms away predators like centipedes, spiders etc. So, the best way to keep the pests in check is to identify the early signs. Still, if you have not noticed need not be concerned much about it. Talk to professionals about the issues you have at your home.

Just call Pest Control Gosnells to get assistance and remove the root cause of the infestation of fabric pests in your home.