TO FIGHT BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.

  The butterflies are flying insects day or night. They are born from eggs that leave the butterflies females in a plant as larvae, feeding on leaves for grow rapidly and become nymph, it builds a cocoon where, in this state the butterfly no is fed, but suffers some metabolic changes in the physical environment for power forming the body and wings.

The butterflies differ from the moths for his great brightness.

   They are called moths to diverse small and night butterflies, are developed by means of metamorphosis whose larvae devour stored food or household items, such as clothing and paper. Some species attack to grains and stored forages, rice, maize, chocolate, tobacco and there are others that attack the books, looking for the fungi that grow on the tail. Of between all the most problematic species of moths, for the damages that produce, they are the one that they feed on clothes stored in the cupboards.

    The moth of the clothes no makes migrations, this one accustomed to living in zones slightly illuminated, protected and closed , not to look like his kind, since it is not attracted by the light, for that reason their more common places of location are the closets. In some occasions it is possible to find in nests of birds. To attack the larvae of the moths we must avoid to keep the garments without washing or that have not been used during a long time, since they are those that more they appreciate. He is advisable to use the bags or the hermetic drawers for this aim. Also it is important to avoid the excessive accumulation of cereals or forages in the case of moths of foods.

The moths of the clothes neither are attracted towards the light, nor are migratory.

    Some domestic remedies against the moths, are products without substances chemists and have side effects neither for the persons, nor for the environment, giving a very agreeable smell of the clothes. The most advisable are: the lavender, it is possible to place between the clothes hung or on the bar of the cupboards in bags; the lemon or the orange, it peel and the clean skin are placed between the clothes; chunks of wood of cedar or the oil of cedar, is placed in suitable not to stain weaves.

    Another way to kill moths are chemical methods, are presented in balls or receptacles placed among clothes or in the wardrobe bar, to give of a strong characteristic odour, are consumed slowly in contact with air to generate a gas that kills moth in all states. The compounds most commonly used are: Naphthalene, dichlorobenzene, camphor and derivatives. It is important to follow the manufacturer's directions for use, clothing should be aerated well before using it and above all avoid inhaling gases released, can be harmful in children or pets.

The plagues of moths prefer the clothes that goes more time guarded in the cupboard.

   In an invasion of butterflies or moths is suitable realize a follow-up. With adhesive traps realized with natural rubber and adhesive strips where they remain stuck, it is suitable change the strip regularly. Them can find fixed or disposable, they are products of easy managing and innocuous for the man. To attack the moths it is possible to use traps with feromonas produced with plastic in the exterior and covered with a powerful tail impregnated with feromonas attractive for the males, where they remain caught and die that lowers down the possibility of reproduction. Also we can use the traps with funnel they are stock exchanges of compilation of insects that can be placed near places frequented by the moths, it can include up to 200 square meters.