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Clothes moth infestation #874401

Asked June 24, 2024, 10:51 AM EDT

We have a clothes moth infestation and have been eliminating every source that we can identify in our house. This has been going on for months. We have cats and are concerned about using chemicals on our surfaces and found a source for trichogramma wasps. They eat eggs and larva of other pests. I have a concern that we may be trading one infestation for another if we get these wasps.

Hennepin County Minnesota

Expert Response

Scroll to the very end of this web page. The adults don't live long. The other two web pages are general information on these wasps. 
https://extension.umn.edu/beneficial-insects/parasitoid-wasps
https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7435.html
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1382

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