Winter is coming, and that means sweater season. But perhaps you’ve had a nasty surprise when you pulled them out of storage recently: tiny holes dotting your wool, silk, cashmere, or other natural fiber-based (and often expensive!) garments. The culprit? Moths. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

But fear not: these little blighters can be avoided – and it’s not even particularly difficult. Here’s the scoop.

Moths! In my closet?

If there’s anything in the house we expect moths to go for, it’s famously the lamp , right? And closets are usually dark – so why would there be moths there?

Well, we’re talking about a couple of very specific types of moth. There are only really two common types of clothes moth: the webbing

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