| How to Protect your Clothes from Insect Damage? It's a fact of life: Bugs happen. And it's always a huge bummer to pull your favorite sweater or suit out of storage only to find that some moth has been snacking on it. Here's how to help look after your clothes and prevent such mishaps. Dry Cleaning
Dry cleaning is an excellent technique for preventing insect damage. This works for two reasons: - Moths and silverfish don't like dry cleaning solution, so they will most often stay away from clothing for up to four weeks after it's returned from the cleaner.
- Moths and silverfish tend to settle on soil spots, especially food spots. In other words, it isn't that they simply eat anything in the closet. They prefer clothing that has at least a light soiling to the spot they select. By design, the cleaning process removes these.
Cedar Hangers and Blocks
It isn't a good idea to dry clean clothing too frequently. The way to prevent insect damage is to hang garments on cedar hangers. Moths and silverfish are repelled by cedar. This is why cedar-lined closets are a selling point in homes and also why so many quality chests of drawers are made from or lined with this fragrant wood. Another strong possibility is to use cedar blocks that hang from the hangers. As with cedar hangers, these cedar blocks offer much of the benefit of mothballs without the unfortunate mothball smell. Mothballs
As a third option, you can also use mothballs, which are simply left in the pockets of the suits and slacks hanging in the closet. For most people, the smell of mothballs that stays in their clothes far outweighs the bug-repelling benefits. No one wants to smell like mothballs. Professional Exterminators
If moths and other bugs are a real problem, consider professional extermination to cut down on the insect population in your home. Professional exterminators can eliminate most of the silverfish and crawling fabric eaters. However, this process often seems to be less successful than cedar or mothballs in controlling and repelling moths, and protecting your clothes. | 
