Moths rush in where light fears to tread

Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. We are fortunate to have a house full of Oriental rugs that one person or another has given us – if you don’t have central heat in your house a wool rug on the floor helps keep your feet somewhat warm. The Chinese rug in the living room was under a sofa with a slipcover that came to the floor before we got it and the moths ate holes in that part that was in the dark.They are sneaky little fellows, and I try to not have any furniture over a rug that would give them that dark space. When I was young, people had companies come take up all their wool rugs when summer came, clean them and store them until moth season was over, putting down prickly sisal rugs in their place.