White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-05-21


PESTS IN YOUR Home?
Are you having trouble with fab
re pests in your clothing and furni-
tire and if so what are YOU doino
about it?
10 you know that some of the So
called clothes moths are not really
moths at all, but beetles? The real
clothes moth is miller with vino
spread of about one-half inch, and is
vellowish or buff colored. There are
two species Of beetles that have come
to be commonly known as carpet
beetles. One, the buffalo moth beetle.
is about three-sixteenths Of an inch in
length with a general BACKGROUND Of
black, spotted and speckled with
white and with red line down the
| middle of its back. The other, the
black carpet beetle, is black and is
about one-sixteenth Of an inch in
| enpth. it is almost twice as long as
| it is wide and rather flattened It is
sober in coloring and can readily be
distinguished from the more gayly
colored buffalo moth beetle.
Do you know that the moth beetles
do not do the damage but that it is
their larvae which eat the holes in
your woolens, or silks, and leave bare
| patches on your furs, velours furni-
ture OF carpets? The larva Of the
clothes moth is white and varies in
length from one-sixteenth to one
nalf inch. 1t feeds upon wool, fur,
hair or feathers. The larva of the
buffalo moth is about one-fourth of
| an inch in length and is covered with
long brown hairs. Its diet is more
aariet than that of the larva of the
clothes moth because it enjoys silk as
! we'll as the other materials of animal
origin consumed by the white larva
t the clothes moth. The long. slender
reddish, brown worm which you
sometimes find among your clothing
or crawling close to the base board is
the larva of the black carpet beetle
and feeds on the same material. 1t is
easily distinguished from the buffalo
moth by it's more slender body and by
the pencil of long hairs which grow
from the '"tail end"
Do you know that the United States
department. Of Agriculture has said
chat the following substances are
worthless?
Tobacco extracts containing nico-
tine and tobacco powder when used at
reasonable strengths. Lavender flow
ers, scattered on Cayenne pepper.
Allspice, busted. Angelica root, dust
cd. Black pepper. Pyrethrum stems,
busted. Lime, air-slaked, busted. Pow
dered sulphur, busted Salt, busted.
Quassis chips, busted. Borax, busted.
Jolocynth pulp, busted. Eucalyptus
caves, busted. Hellebore. white, dust
ed. Formaldehyde, sprayed i to 40.
Sodium bicarbonate, busted. Sodium
carbonate, busted. Lead carbonate, 1
lusted. Lead oxide, busted. Red cedar
caves, dried and placed in clothing.
The department of agriculture has
his to say about cedar chips and ce-
lar shavings:
Ordinarily only partially effect
We, and never effective against
adults or the half-grown to full
crown larvae of clothes moths and
carpet beetles. They soon lose their
,alue and often become valueless be-
core they are purchased by the re-
sailer. Since the average purchaser of
.edar chips and shavings has no GER
ain method of determining their
strength, it is better not to depend
lppn them than to secure weak ma
.erial and suffer loss from moths"
Neither does the cedar chest give
The protection which we have for
nerly believed that it did. The aroma
will kill the newly Matched or young
'arvae, but cannot be depended upon
to kill the millers, their eggs or the
worms after they are one-half to full
grown.
Do you know that moth-proofing
solutions are Of doubtful value as
they are being used today by the av-
erage housewife? Applied to furni-
ture covers and clothing they are of
value only if the covers are thorough
ly saturated. If reliance is placed on
moth-proofing solutions it is wise to
have the solution applied by power
outfit. Leading manufacturers of
mohair fabrics are now treating their
product with solutions said to render
the fabric immune to attack by
moths. Furniture covered with such
material usually carries a guarantee
of immunity for several years and
where such guarantees are given it
is wise to take advantage of them.
Do you know that the old-fash-
:oned "moth-ball" as such or in the
form of "f}akes" is one of the safest,