You have to hoover in all crevices (skirting), move things like heavy furniture and do behind that. They like dark undisturbed places, so as one poster said behind things hanging around on doors, mirrors etc. We had a massive infestation when we moved in and its the larvae you have to try and get - too late in moth form. We did get rid of most of the original carpets here which were wool. I think ours came from birds nesting in the eaves, but that's another story!

Thanks too MrsD. I'm going to try the 50/50. Wish we had room to rearrange the furniture can hardly move it to get behind as it is that's why this has happened I think.

Try vinegar and water spray. We found them a couple of years ago along the wall under the window of front room. Hoovered first, took long curtains down and sent them to dry cleaners, took covers off sofa (they were behind there as well) washed and line dried. Think we did do a localised spraying with chemicals. Now, I hoover a lot more thoroughly and frequently in that area (we re-arranged furniture to make this possible). This summer I found more again, and sprayed with 50/50 water and white vinegar all over the carpet have only had the odd one since. Luckily we have managed to confine them to one room, they obviously don't like our cheap, synthetic hall carpet.

Orangina, I don't want to have to go down the chemical route. I have 2 DC's and 3 cats and am a bit paranoid about things like that. I know someone that bought some kind of powder that you sprinkle where you think the eggs are and it coats them and they cant breathe. Something like that anyway. I might see if I can get some of that. This person was a Kim & Aggie type though. Her house is spotless, so I would think they wouldn't last long there. Plenty of places for them to hide in my house though it being messy and full of crap small and full to bursting with stuff.

You can get these moth pheremone sticky strips that attract the adult moths (thereby hopefully denying them the chance to reproduce...). We have had terrible moth problems at home, but the pheremone strips really helped. Quite horrifying to see how many moths were caught. Bought them somewhere like Robery Dyas. Unfortuately our problem is so bad, we have had to spend a lot of £££ on getting Rentokil in and spray our whole flat w noxious chemicals (not v happy!), but I don't know how we would have got rid of them otherwise.

And obviously wash the dressing gown. They were in my hallway curtain too so I know they get in fabrics. Arrrhggh - I hate them!

The youngvisitor I have just realised that when I moved my DD's dressing gown (hanging on her warddrobe doorknob) the other day it had a white gauzy web between the gown and the wardrobe. I thought it was just spiders or something. Shit - I can put up with the bloody things anywhere in the house but won't tolerate them in the DC's bedrooms. Will have to hoover the whole bloody room now and it only had new carpets put down in the summer.

ugh it's a nightmare - they can eat woolen clothes too so be VERY careful.

The house we moved into had them when we arrived.

4 years later they are still here and I don't own a single wooly jumper

Hoovering helps, you just have to ensure teh eggs (which look like little white speckles in a cobwebby gauze) never hatch into adults.

We had the same things as you MH - a whole patch of our carpet in a bit of the hall is wrecked as I didn't realise what it was until it was too late. Manic hoovering and putting mothballs down (as well as doing the mad 'killing moths dance whilst watching tv' every time I saw an adult one) seem to be keeping them at bay but our carpet looks very sad now...

Yes MH it does sound like them. I was hoping hoovering would get rid of them but as mine can be sporadic too because getting behind furniture is not easy. Have they made more holes? (Oh and thanks very much for replying)