Moths in feed bin!

[santas_spotty_pony]

They are driving me mad and seem to be multiplying! I’ve put lavender in there as apparently they hate the smell but there is still a fair amount of them. I’ve ordered some glue traps but does anybody know a horse friendly spray I can use? I’m very particular with it being where the horse’s feed is stored and also having a horse competing under FEI rules. Thanks

 

[Jambarissa]

I get this sometimes but only a few and they seem to die off without me doing anything.

Do you have a steam cleaner? If you could completely empty the bin then blast everything with steam that'd kill the eggs.

 

[asmp]

How are they getting in? I would change to something more air tight.

 

[cobgoblin]

The moth eggs will be in the sack of feed when you buy it. I sometimes get this with sacks of parrot food.

 

[asmp]

The moth eggs will be in the sack of feed when you buy it. I sometimes get this with sacks of parrot food.

Ewww

 

[santas_spotty_pony]

I have plastic bins and also a metal feed bin. Today I opened my plastic bins and found a bag of pony nuts that was going off that I had forgotten I had leftover from winter so I’ve binned it and scrubbed the bin out - it was full of moth larvae and did the same with my other plastic feed bins. Just the metal one left. I’ve never had the problem before - like cobgoblin said, it must have been in a bag of feed that started it off!

 

[mavandkaz]

The moth eggs will be in the sack of feed when you buy it. I sometimes get this with sacks of parrot food.

Yes, that's what I thought happened.