So, you want to catch one? Grab a flashlight and check the folds of your clothes and the edges of your carpets. Look for tiny, silvery trails or small cases.
FS1182: Clothes Moths (Rutgers NJAES)
If you see a moth fly out when you open a rarely used drawer, that’s a good clue. But again, the adults are bad at flying—they sort of flutter like a weak, dizzy paper airplane.
The easiest way to identify them is by the damage. Not a big, ragged hole, but a clean, small chew mark on a natural fiber.
