English below

Jeg tiltrekker meg møll. I stedet for å kvitte meg med dem. Ganske uskyldig har jeg selv vært skyldig i at leiligheten min i Spania har hatt inntrengere i flyvende utgave over flere måneder. Det var ikke jeg som inviterte dem i utgangspunktet, selvsagt, men uten å vite det har jeg bidratt til at de stadig har kommet tilbake.

Ikke bare har jeg dårlige spanskkunnskaper. Jeg er visst elendig når det kommer til å lese bruksanvisninger, og videre å tolke dem, med utilstrekkelige kunnskaper om hvordan naturen fungerer mht insekters formering. Det står tydelig på møllfellene at de tiltrekker seg møllene pga feromoner (signalstoffer). Slik jeg forstår det, har da klisteret i møllfellene lokket til seg hannmøll.

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Jeg kontaktet det spanske skadedyrfirmaet igjen da jeg oppdaget at det påny var møll i leiligheten, og en mothbuster kom velvillig innom til avtalt tid for å gasse ut krekene. På fem minutter var det gjort. Det var mannen fra skadedyrfirmaet som gjorde meg oppmerksom på hvordan fellene fungerer. Han henviste til hva som stod skrevet på baksiden av fellen, som var blitt fylt opp av møll mens jeg var hjemme i Norge. Han forklarte at møllene kom inn utenfra gjennom bittesmå hull pga feromonene i klisteret i fellene. Mine spankkunnskaper er temmelig begrensede, men jeg tror jeg fikk poenget riktig.

Jeg sloss mot møllene i ganske mange uker i sommer. Satte opp feller, vasket og gjorde rent, tettet hull i vegger og tak, slo i hjel de flyvedyktige, sprayet og jobbet på. Ble sliten, utmattet og lei, og jeg fikk ingen ladeferie, som var den opprinnelige planen. Dere som leste innleggene HER, HER og HER, i tillegg til det jeg nå skriver, har nok sikkert også lært litt om møll. Forhåpentligvis til ingen nytte.

Da skadedyrfirmaet sprayet og gasset i sommer, måtte jeg være ute av leiligheten i ti timer etterpå. Denne gangen brukte de et annet produkt, og da var det nok med tre timer. Tre ettermiddagstimer er akkurat passe for en strandtur på en god dag. Hvordan det gikk, kan du lese om HER.

English:

I attract moths. Instead of getting rid of them. Quite innocently, I myself have been guilty of the fact that my apartment in Spain has had flying intruders over several months. It was not me who invited them in the first place, of course, but without knowing it, I have contributed to them constantly coming back.

My Spanish skills are poor, but I’m seemingly miserable when it comes to reading instructions for use, too. Furthermore, I’m terrible at interpreting them, also with insufficient knowledge of how nature works in terms of insect reproduction. On the instruction for the moth traps it clearly says that they attract the moths due to pheromones (chemical signals). As I understand it, the glue in the moth traps has therefore attracted male moths.

When I discovered that there were moths in the apartment again, I contacted the Spanish pest control company. A mothbuster kindly stopped by at the appointed time to gas the bastards, and the job was done in five minutes. It was the man from the pest control company who made me aware of how the traps work. He referred to what was written at the back of the trap, which had been filled up with moths while I was at home in Norway. He explained that the moths come in from outside through tiny holes due to the pheromones in the glue in the traps. My Spanish skills are pretty limited, but I think I got the point of it right.

I fought against the moths for quite a few weeks this summer. Put up traps, washed and cleaned, sealed holes in walls and ceilings, killed the flying ones, sprayed and kept working. Got tired, fatigued and fed up, and I did not get to charge my batteries during the holiday, which was the original plan. Those of you who read the posts HERE, HERE and HERE, in addition to what I am now writing, have probably also learned a bit about moths. Hopefully in vain.

When the pest control company sprayed and gassed this summer, I had to stay out of the apartment for ten hours afterwards. This time they used another product, and then three hours was enough. Three afternoon hours are just right for a beach trip on a good day. You can read what happened HERE.