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Dear Mary

Dear Mary

15 October 2016

9:00 AM

15 October 2016

9:00 AM

Q. My father has been on the warpath to eradicate Tineola bisselliella, the common clothes moth. He told me to sort through my dressing room and administer sprays and pheromone strips. He’s finally eradicated them, or at least that’s what he thinks. In truth, I never bothered to go through my own clothes back in May.

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