My wife is telling me that if you can't find fresh/dry lavender, the essential oil will do as well. She puts that on cotton balls and refill it whenever it "smells" out.

You can also use lavender sachets in the dryer in lieu of dryer sheets.

Trader Joe's sells them in a 4 pack.

My land and the whole area I live in is covered with lavender. This info will definitely come in handy. Thanks.

As a public service, I want to tell you all that lavender does not work. And once you have clothing moths, you need the professional services of an exterminator. You have to dry clean every single thing in your home that is dry cleanable, including rugs.It costs a lot of money.

Christine, could you tell us a bit more about how you found that out? Personal experience?

Looking around at various home sites on the internet, the consensus seems to be that lavender and rosemary offer "some" protection, but that cedarwood or cedar oil is more effective.
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True that cedar is also reported to be good, but you should add to be careful about stains from contact with the cedar wood or cedar oil.

MGR... the tip on the lavender arrived via a tipster (remaining anonymous unless he mentions he would like the credit) who passed on the eco-worrier's recommendation. Anyone who follows the eco-worrier link has probably already seen that cedar is also recommended there. I can only testify that I keep a mixed sachet in the drawer with my woolen sweaters and I have never had a moth problem...but I am certain there are zones more prone to moth infestation than my home base.

Christine D... Can you tell us more? How often did you replace your lavender? Did you have a moth infestation before you started the lavender? Please note that eco-worrier has also anticipated this case and offers the advice of the British Pest Control Association: natural solutions do work but only as preventives, not as curatives. If you have moths already, the larvae must be eliminated completely. BPCA recommends an eco-friendly and more cost effective solution than dry cleaning: pack all your textiles in polyethylene bags and squeeze the air out and then freeze for 72 hours.

I am recently seeing a lot of tiny little holes in our clothes. The holes are identical, except for the size: some are tiny, some bigger. I guess this is from cloth mothes. I read the advice about polyethylene. What is a polyethylene bag? Is this just a plastic bag? Is there a difference?
Thanks.

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Yes, polyethylene is a type of plastic. A typical garbage bag or grocery store bag should do. Since it would be impossible to squeeze out so much air from woolens that the eggs or larvae are suffocating, the plastic bag is mainly to protect your clothing and prevent eggs falling into your freezer. It is the freezing that kills the bugs. Don't forget to thoroughly clean out the drawers where you store your clothes as well, before using some lavendar or cedar to prevent a reinfestation.

I can't believe i got to 48 years of age and discovered how dangerous it is to store clothes in napthalene flakes. Have I been living under a rock? Of course it's naive to ask how much longer we can continue to see it being marketed for this very purpose. Anne