# Carpet moths in synthetic carpet?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-moths-in-synthetic-carpet/690380>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-moths-in-synthetic-carpet/690380 "2014-06-09T02:38:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-moths-in-synthetic-carpet/690380/1 "2014-06-09T02:38:44Z")

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Can moths (the teeny-weeny, destructive kind) lay their eggs in synthetic carpeting? Or what I mean is, can the larvae survive if they do? Because I can’t figure out where else they could be coming from.

The little buggers are way too fast to vacuum up out of the air. I am at my wits’ end.

It seems to be a banner year for bugs in general. Well, except bees, alas.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-moths-in-synthetic-carpet/690380/2 "2014-06-10T02:12:56Z")

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Mine were nesting on an acrylic jacket lining and also in a box of #10 paper envelopes. Got rid of them for a couple of weeks but now one flits around about every evening. Grab of hand has worked for me, or a snout full of aerosol bug bomb.