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Small house moths and grubs - can you advise how to repel rid?

Greetings I have small cream/brown mottled house moths that I think are housing themselves in central heating outlet, I have 2- 4 a night/day, this morning I saw 2 white small grubs one crawling on the pelmet ceiling in kitchen and another on the skirting board in living room. Can any one advise how to repel them and get rid please? Many thanks for your help. There is some info at link below but I would like some other options how to treat, can not yet find any image to show you. http://www.devonline.gov.uk/index/information_and_services/environmental_health/pollution/eh-pollution-pest_control/eh-pollution-moths.htm I have read Cedar is repellant to moths any one else know of a any other natural repellant? Thank you all for your good advice (disregarding one exception) very difficult to choose who should have all the points.

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1. get some moth balls. Put one or two in each room, in the closets, and I put them in my food pantry, too. We also use them in the backyard. You throw them out back , just "broadcast" a few, and they are supposed to keep snakes and crawfish out of the yard.
2. Get some sticky bug traps. They will crawl in but can't get out. I'm not sure moth balls would work. If you got enough of them to repell them, your house would stink. ha!
3. Get those bug repellent plugs, you plug in one downstairs and one upstairs and it will rid your house of bugs, we did this as in the summer we used to get beetles and ants terribly and no nothing, it doesn't harm them its just they don't like the sound wave they produce so they move on, i hope you will be bug free soon thanx
4. Get a owl.... ok seriously. Mothballs are made from paradichlorobenzene and can cause all kinds of health problems including damage to liver and kidneys. They’re especially hazardous to children if swallowed–and they don’t smell all that good either. Read to the bottom alot of good info for you here. One of the most effective ways to get rid of moths, especially clothes moths, is to regulate the humidity of each room in your home carefully. Clothes moths are most comfortable at a relative humidity of 70-80%, which means that strategically placed and regularly running dehumidifier will help your control moth populations in your home. Just make sure to set that dehumidifier to extra dry, and set it in your basement, or wherever else you happen to be storing clothes. To get rid of pantry moths or Indian meal moths as people like to call them, careful sanitation practices are required. Vacuuming around the pantry or places where food is kept will keep pantry moth populations at bay. This works for clothes moths as well, so long as closets, dressers, and storage areas are vacuumed clean as well. To ensure a completely pantry moth free pantry (say that five times in a row), pull appliances away from walls and wash with soap and water. Indian meal moths are particularly resilient and can survive on the smallest scraps of food. Vacuums are useful for preventing moths and getting rid of moths. Clothes moths in particular are threatened by vacuums, not because of the suction but because they thrive in damp and dirty closets, basements, and other confined areas. Vacuum as often and as regularly as possible, making sure to get every crack and crevice vacuumed out. For the odd moth in the house, a vacuum is the surest way to capture and kill a loose moth. Ironing your clothes will help get rid of clothes moths, if you have an infestation. Clothes moths dine on natural fabrics like silks, cotton, and wools. It’s best to iron your silks and cottons, and dry clean and treat your wools with special treatments that a lot of dry cleaning services offer. But remember, you need to reapply these moth treatments on a regular basis if you don’t want that nice wool coat to get eaten. Ironing your other clothes will cook and kill any larvae present in the fabric. High pressure sodium lights and sealed screen doors are an excellent way to get rid of moths. A lot of people just want to keep moths out of their home. Well, high and low pressure sodium lights attract fewer pests, like moths, because they don’t attempt to emulate the sun’s light spectrum. To complement your new porch lighting system, it might be wise to get your window and door screens refit and secured properly before the height of the pest season. Low pressure sodium bulbs contain no mercury, but their high pressure cousins do. Here are a few ideas for alternative, natural moth repellents: * Dried lavender * Cloves * Rosemary * Mint * Thyme * Cinnamon sticks * Eucalyptus * Peppercorns * Dried lemon peel * Cedar (chips, balls, planks or essential oil–cedar lined closets, drawers or trunks) You can make sachets to stash in drawers, trunks or hang in closets out of pretty cotton fabrics, plain cheesecloth, muslin, linen or clean nylons (knee highs or cut pantyhose). Moth Repellent Sachet Recipes: * 50/50 rosemary and mint * 1 part dried lavender, 1 part rosemary, 1/2 part dried lemon peel, 1 TBS cloves * 1 part whole cloves, 1 part whole peppercorns, 2 - 4 cinnamon sticks broken in pieces * 1 part dried lavender, 1 part dried lemon peel, 1 broken cinnamon stick * 1 part cedar shavings, 1 part thyme * 1 part peppermint, 1 part spearmint, 1 part rosemary, 1/2 part thyme You can mix and match your own recipes, or just use 100% one ingredient if you like. Replace sachets with fresh ones annually. The stronger the fragrance, the better it repels moths. To help protect your clothes and linens from the attention of moths, make sure items are laundered and clean before storing away. It also helps to seal items in plastic if possible. If you know moths have discovered your storage area, kill larvae by dry cleaning, freezing cloth items for a few days or wash then tumble in the dryer on high heat (if possible). Clean the storage area thoroughly before using again.
5. Conkers! I've got a few of these around the house and haven't got any moths.