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well you won't remember last winter its
handicaps its disappointments remember
when you lost your shirt your coach your
smart frock all were ruined and now it's
happening again
the springs over and the seasons here
the big spark begins the moths are back
and here they come bunched up Nick and
Nick wingtip to wingtip everyone a
martyr and every mater the needle design
hello my name is David pin eager and I'm
an entomologist which means I study
insects my job is to help people with
pests in historic houses and museums an
ideal order and I'm English Heritage's
collections pest control manager and
we're here today to help you learn how
to deal with closed moths
closed mosques are small and silvery
gold and you'll see them flying around
the house and they don't do any damage
at all but they lay eggs which hatch
into tiny grubs or larvae and they are
the things that cause the damage both
moth larvae will eat a lot of different
fabrics but only those which have
materials of animal origin so we're
talking about wool fur feathers and silk
the larvae have jaws of the front which
works sideways like bolt cutters and
they all cut through fibers of carpet or
your best woollen jumper clothes moth
larvae will eat clean clothes but they
much prefer it when they are stained and
dirty they will also eat other materials
which sustain such as this dining room
carpet where food has been spilt on the
carpet and the larvae have completely
eaten away all of the fabric in that
area
need to look for signs of the lobby like
in this carpet where the larvae are
being walking across and spinning silk
which they leave behind they also leave
behind small gritty pallets known as
Fras which is insect food
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closed-off lava can wreak real havoc on
two items so for example this piece of
fur here this has been stored away for
quite a considerable amount of time and
that English Heritage we would regularly
check items like this to ensure that
this kind of damage does not happen the
other thing that we've always done is to
use very very good housecleaning methods
and instead of just running the vacuum
across the floor we actually go a little
bit deeper with our cleaning so this
will involve moving heavy items of
furniture sitting on top of carpets and
cleaning underneath them regularly
especially during the spring and summer
months
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you can basically carry out the same
sort of measures that we're carrying now
to English heritage you could also carry
out your own treatment at home so for
example if you find that a favorite
jumper of yours has got clothes morph
larva in it just simply bag it up place
it in your freezer for two weeks - 18 C
and that should kill off all the muff
larvae there's no such thing as a silver
bullet for clothes moths
we've been battling them for centuries
yes in fact during the 16th century
Elizabeth the first employed eight men
to beat her furs for the duration of a
whole day so good luck beating those
clothes moths in your homes you can
still win get busy at once leave not a
month not a- basketball beat the field
and keep your shirt for next season
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