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Originally Posted by sushi_78
They lay eggs in the dry food, and I think also on the ceilings.
Freezing probably doesn't kill the eggs but I think it's usually enough to just keep all dry food clipped shut and in glass jars or tins (they can eat through plastic bags), replace a hamster's hoard with food from a new bag, kill the larvae and moths as you see them, and maybe get some sticky traps. When I had an infestation this worked and I never had to clean the cages out completely.
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I've always kept their food in glass jars with very secure tops and put up sticky traps but never trapped any. I kill the moths as i see them but there's only one now and again. What puzzles me is that i couldn't find any larvea even though i saw a young moth flying in and out Betsy's cage and saw an adult moth in her cage. I checked the substrate before chucking it out which may not even have been necessary.