How to Use moth in a Sentence

moth

noun
  • Use pheromone traps for the adult moths.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Set out pheromone traps for adult moths.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Set out pheromone traps for the adult moths.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Do ziplock bags keep out pantry moths?
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Do ziplock bags keep out pantry moths?
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The third is almost like the moth to the flame.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • This year’s crop of adult moths will emerge out of those bags this spring.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • So what type of plant does the box tree moth target?
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • No, plastic bags don't keep food safe from pantry moths.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • No, plastic bags don't keep food safe from pantry moths.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The moths are active at night and may be seen near porch lights.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But millions of years ago, one group of moths got tired of the night shift.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Was this akin to showing up with mud on my boots and a moth hole in my sweater?
    Aleksandra Crapanzano, Marie Claire, 20 Dec. 2012
  • These are the immature stages of small brown moths.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • Not the suicidal wings of a moth against flame.
    Ellen Bass, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Adult pantry moths only live for about four to seven weeks.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Adult pantry moths only live for about four to seven weeks.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Mosquitoes and moths flit around porch lights all night long.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • Your magnetism draws others like moths to flame.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The moth was female, her furred body already heavy with eggs.
    Jackie Polzin, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
  • Grass moths that darted sideways through the air.
    Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The adult moths, which are gray and 1 ½-inch wide, aren’t a turf issue.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Then his heart beat its last, and the poisonous moth embraced him.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • Here’s what to do to get rid of pesky moths flitting around indoors.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Do not expect to control the adult stage, which is a moth with lawn sprays.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Cave moths clung to the walls, their tiny eyes glittering in my lamp’s beam.
    Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Hang traps to attract the moths with pheromones and catch them using sticky glue.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Hang traps to attract the moths with pheromones and catch them using sticky glue.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Your light gives people life and this is sure to attract lovers like a moth to a flame!
    Ashley Otero, Teen Vogue, 20 Aug. 2018
  • This native moth spends the winter as a black, firm, foam-like egg mass on twigs.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024

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