They are not attracted to lights and usually hide when disturbed. Female webbing clothes moths lay 40-50 eggs that hatch in 4 to 21 days. Larvae like to feed on soiled material, spinning silken mats or tunnels and incorporating textile fragments and bits of feces into the contruction. The life cycle is about 65 to 90 days. Clothes moths can feed on wool products, such as clothing, carpets, rugs, furs, fabrics, blankets, and piano felts.
Clothes moths can do serious damage to small or large wool rugs.
Articles must be protected from clothes moth attack, either by frequent cleaning or storing in insect-free environments. Most damage is done to clothing and fiber left undisturbed for a long time or to clothing soiled with beverages, urine, oil, and sweat.