Sily question.. Moth in detolf, should I worry?

[Cingen]

Hey all!

I know this may sound silly, but today when I opened my detolf I noticed a small moth that was trying to get out of it.. With all the fabrics on my figures I can't help but worry, should I?

I have no idea how long it was in there, but I doubt it was more than 24 hours, probably ALOT less.

Thanks in advance for answering my silly question!

 

[Snake Plissken]

Did you kill it? Just clean it all out with a good wipe down. It's just a freak occurrence so I wouldn't worry.

 

[Cingen]

Did you kill it? Just clean it all out with a good wipe down. It's just a freak occurrence so I wouldn't worry.

Nah didn't kill it, I just made sure it went out of my window and closed it, don't want bug blood on my figures

 

[Snake Plissken]

My collection is exposed to open air, I never had a bug problem though.

 

[Taibhse]

Technically Tineola bisselliella (common clothes moth) and its close relatives could be a problem on figures with costumes.. but there are quite a lot of small moths that look a bit like Tineola, but do not eat cloth.. small blocks of cedar wood are a good deterrent to clothes moths.. and smell nice (unlike mothballs).

 

[Cingen]

Technically Tineola bisselliella (common clothes moth) and its close relatives could be a problem on figures with costumes.. but there are quite a lot of small moths that look a bit like Tineola, but do not eat cloth.. small blocks of cedar wood are a good deterrent to clothes moths.. and smell nice (unlike mothballs).

I have no idea of how to identify moths XD All I know is that it was small, gray and desperate to get out.

I guess it got attracted by my dioder lights or something, since it was the only lightsource in my room.

 

[Taibhse]

I have no idea of how to identify moths XD All I know is that it was small, gray and desperate to get out.

I guess it got attracted by my dioder lights or something, since it was the only lightsource in my room.

Probably just a small moth attracted to the light.. which means its less likely it was a Tineola.. since they tend to be averse to lighting and prefer to lurk in the dark.

 

[DPrime]

"Moth in Detolf" - why does that remind me of a Dr. Seuss book?

 

[pixletwin]

[ame]https://youtu.be/nqfUfnN6zNk[/ame]

 

[Mr. EcKo]

Just buy a Spider-man figure , and put him on the top shelf

Problem Solved

 

[Lejuan]

Do you have a lisp? Otherwise it might be moss, in which case I'd look at the moisture levels in your detolf.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

I have no idea of how to identify moths XD All I know is that it was small, gray and desperate to get out.

Sounds like Mothman

 

[SAB]

Everything must be burned. Only way to be sure moth germs won't spread.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I would've thought that the clothing used for collectibles like the 1/6 scale figures, would be uninviting to insects - purely since they're likely to have light traces of paint / chemical / starch / glue (pick one or all) residue tainting them.

They'd immediately be repelled by traces of those things.. I wouldn't even worry about a tiny moth. It was attracted to the lights surely..

 

[karamazov80]

This is how it begins. . .

 

[Mr Walker]

Technically Tineola bisselliella (common clothes moth) and its close relatives could be a problem on figures with costumes.. but there are quite a lot of small moths that look a bit like Tineola, but do not eat cloth.. small blocks of cedar wood are a good deterrent to clothes moths.. and smell nice (unlike mothballs).

Or slivers of soap.

 

[Taibhse]

Holey Insect Insights, Mothman!.. this thread has struck a chord

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Just buy a Spider-man figure , and put him on the top shelf

Problem Solved