Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-22
80 REORGANIZATION.
PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD he on
SERVED IN PACKING AWAY
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| NV klNtA AiNNNNtht ANlNN Ahhh' - ~
await the heat Of tho summer before
watching for moths. Aftlcss young
housewives look nskancc at the hare
thought OF bugs In their newly built
| home, hut VI they stop 10 -quarcly con.
slider the subject they must admit that
visitors are nj any time liable 10 bring
In with their clothing n gulleless moth,
which, with good health aud Industry,
can hatch hundreds Of It's kind In u
week and ruin everything VI mn animal
texture with which Its larvie or
grubs come IN contact; therefore the
need for serious watchfulness and "A
knowledge Of the subject becomes mp.
parent.
One Immediately protests, "Bgt l
have never watched specially for
moths, aud everything In the way OF
clothing and fabrics In my home has
not been ruined"
"rnic, but your immunity from de.
probation has been good luck-n0thlug
more. The moth lays It's eggs In dark
place. and the grub which II Matched
moves slowly aud liz feeding spots are
usually within a foot or 30 OF lis place
OF birth. II by good luck lts place OF
birth II away IRON a textile fabric, the
texture viii not be hurt; II near, II IL
suro destruction
The quacks aud "preecntivc" manu-.
facturors have always roapcd rich
harvest through the Ignorance OF puO-
Pile regarding the moth AMI its habits.
Folks have bundled up their woolens
and packed them away In their chests
full Of tarboline, or carbOllnc, or cedar
line, or camphorlific, aud actually be-
licvcd that they would loo safe un.
I'll fall. They have wrapped zap
hundreds Of moth eggs which ev.ntu.
ally hatch the grubs. These odOfa will
never kill q moth or destroy its lifu
germs. To be sure moth will not
voluntarily seek nesting place where
the odor exists, but " boxed up with an
ohor II cannot ESCAPE from. Il simply
proceeds 10 lay Its rggs In the atm0s.
nherc, which becomes second nature
TO the grub when Matched.
Anything saturated with arsenic,
crcosotc, or even salt. or impregnatei
with sulphur, the moth or worm will
not touch, but the use OF these articles
IN dangerous 10 this colorings VI fine
textures IL Il discouraging, indeed,
when housewife shakes out her
clothus anu puts them into camphor
trunk and keeps them there all sum
mer, TO flnd that In the fall they are
fairly rlddlel; but the trouble has bcon
sho watched only for moths, when the
moth Is not ut nil destructive. II Is the
worm that she should have been on
the lookout Tor, which matches out Of
the egg, aud as tho egg IL hardly por-
ceptlblc n the naked eye, a mere white
spcck like the point OF pin, the
danger Il PASSED over unseen. Until
recently, the utmost confusion aud
ignorance has prevailed regarding the
nomenclature OF the moth species, but
y Is now clearly defined fact that
there arc three distinct spcclcs of WOOL
destroying moths common In this
country, all Of which are OF European
origin. To be scientifically correct.
we should term them the Tlpea
pellionclln, liun.; the Tinea tapetzella,
linn; and the rinoola blsellielia, hum.
nell.
The commonest species are light
brown, aud distinguished by the spots
shown la the illustration. They begin
10 appear late IN April and may oc-
casionaily be seen lifting about ~ late
rs August. They pair of and m,
female then searchcs for suitable places
for the deposition OF her eggs, working
her way Into dirk corners, crevices OF
the walls, cracks In the floor or deep In
the folds OF garments, apparently choos-
Ing by Instinct the least conspicuous
places. The moth lays from Is to IiJ
eggs Mt q time. From these eggs hatch, |
In n period from three 10 seven DAYS.
the white, son body larv,e or worms
which begin immediately ~ make q
case for themselves from the fragmenta
OF the cloth upon which they feed.
The case In In the shape OF n hollow |
roll from u thirty-second to mn eighth |
OF an inch long.
We have all noticed these "rollsv on |
fabrics and frequently we have crushed
them' surprising that We have pre-. |
vented all damage, when tho very ex-
istence OF the cylinder shows that tho
grub has already fled. As the worms
grow they enlarge this case by adding
material which they get by feeding.
Inc worm reaches its full growth In
thirty-six days and then, crawling In.
10 some yet more protected sp0t re.
mains torpid during the winter within
Its case, which by this time Ia thick.
cned anu fastened at either end NJ
the full seized cocoon. The transfsrm.
alton OF moth takes place within The
case during the following spring. Such
IL the life round Of the species. This
worm feeds Oh wooden fabrics, curleJ
hair, hair cloth, firs, feath.rs
or anything Of that chnract.r
which may possess an annual deposit
for within the cellular tissues OF bnir
there IL the same nutriment which one
hnds on u smaller scale within n hons.
IL IL the thirty-six day period, m from
me time that the eggs are laid To the
lime that the worm or grub reaches
The full size that the damage IN dom.
and II Is fortunate that all OF the ecr,
That are laid do not hatch--ln fnc,. re,
\ small proportion ever find life.
The second species constructs t,s
cocoon mainly from fragments OF Tho
material upon which II has been feed.
ing, spinning certain amount n,
nix, however, wherever II eoes. le,y.
ing the trace which one aomstlmss
inds on wooden fabrics; this species ~
most common nom Washington souih,
ward. This parent moth ~ OF n dirk
'lraw color aud haa none OF the spots ~,
( that you see on the Tinea pellIonpIja
Tho moth OF the Tlnea tapetzelln. IN,
hird species II readily ,iistinpuIshrJ
rom nli others by the 'front.' wings. ~ hich
lrc black from the base 10 the body and .
Yhlto beyond, the white portion holm"
omoiimcs crowded with dark graz
The habit Of these species are much :