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Please help, tiny tiny caterpillars in my home

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  • Dimey
    Dimey Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    The little fellas have just hatched out. Don't kill them. Just put them outside on some leaves and let them live their innocent lives.
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  • ebaybaby
    ebaybaby Posts: 873 Forumite
    Dimey wrote: »
    The little fellas have just hatched out. Don't kill them. Just put them outside on some leaves and let them live their innocent lives.


    No thanks! What are the "little fellas"?
  • Dimey
    Dimey Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    Ha Ha. They look like little caterpillars from a butterfly or moth but difficult to see in the pic.
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  • susannicola
    susannicola Posts: 77 Forumite
    i had the same on a bedroom carpet they were moths, i removed them and steam cleaned carpet, i have had none this year, thank goodness
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    They are most definitely moth caterpillars you need either pheromone traps or call in pest control. You will need to have your carpets cleaned if they are wool or natural fibres.

    Lots of info here

    http://www.mothcontroldirect.co.uk/acatalog/Clothes_Moth_Pheromone_Traps.html
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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  • ebaybaby
    ebaybaby Posts: 873 Forumite
    Thank you Butterfly Brain, I cleared the wardrobe out last night and I'm in the process of washing everything. I don't have carpet in the bedroom. I haven't seen anymore, they all seemed to stem from the cream top (pictured).
    So, has a moth laid eggs on the top?
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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    Most probably in the whole lot of your clothes you need to wash everything on a hot wash to kill the eggs
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
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