Indoor Pest Control - Tiny gray/brown moths

I live in the country and my house is infested with tiny gray/brown moths. 1/4" wingspan. They are somewhat attracted to light but mostly hangout on the ceiling and walls. I have found no sign of any food infestation as in Pantry moths. These do not look like any picture I have seen of Meal moths. They are outside as well and I have the same infestation in several small cabins on my property as in my house. These cabins have NO food in them, not pet food or bird seed either. These moths mostly hide in the daylight hours and suddenly appear after dark. I would like to know what they are and how to get rid of them. I vacumn at least fifty from my bedroom every night. They are also in the bathroom, living room and kitchen.
Thanks.

Dried flower arrangements and wreaths, bird seed, and pet food are often a source. Do some detective work to determine source and eliminate. Sticky traps are available as well as interior insecticides for nooks and crannies where moths lay eggs. Moths tend to be attracted to light and most visible as a problem at night.


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These moths are from outside!!!!!!!!!
In the evening as the sun is setting there are thousands of them flying around the exterior of the house. They are inside cabins that are completely bare inside. No wreaths, no pet food, no bird seed.............

Capture some specimens and take them to an exterminator for proper identification and recommended control method. Post back for all to learn from your experience. Wool moths tend to be rare in most reports. Pantry moths tend to be most common.

Rafox, you don't say what state you are in so it's difficult to narrow down which might be pests in your area. I'm wondering if there could be fruit or nut trees near you as some moths are attracted to them. Some moths to look at:

Coddling moth:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/NEWS/IMAGES/codling-moth_2.jpg
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7412.html

Light brown apple moth. Scroll down at this site for pics.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PDF/PUBS/lbam091207.pdf

I thought of pitch moths, such as the Sequoia pitch moth or the Douglas fir pitch moth, but their wings are see-through and their bodies are generally more colorful then what you describe. They are called clear-wing moths. Here's pics of a couple of them. The second link is more info on them.
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/S/I-LP-SSEQ-AD.003.html
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7477.html

Oriental fruit moth:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/G/I-LP-GMOL-AD.001.html
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r602300211.html

This is a California site, but has lots of pics of many different moths.
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/lepidopt/Moths.htm

Any of those look like what you see?

Newt

If you have identified the outdoors as the source of the moth problem, then seal screens and windows, buy bug proof screen mesh, keep windows and doors closed, and take whatever logical reasons are available to keep moths at bay.

When my daughter was about 4 we visited my husband' relatives on a farm in Nebraska. It was a hot summer's night and the windows were open. Fans were going as there was no HVAC. The moths were flying. Everyone was armed with a fly swatter. I recall my daughter saying, "Kill millers, Scot!" That was a distant cousin, that I currently have no recall of his face.

If you live with similar conditions and the house is open and there are opportunities for moths to enter, then the solution is exclusion. Seal screens and windows, go with bug-proof mesh, reduce interior and exterior lighting, keep windows closed and get HVAC or window air conditioning, or arm yourself with fly swatters and aerosol insecticide.