What is the main use?
You can do many things with a mothball, but the main use for them is to protect your clothes from the harm of moth larvae making a meal out of your clothes(Ratnashri,10). You can also use moth balls to repel snakes, squirrels, rabbits, and moles from your garden by scattering a few mothballs in the soil to protect your flowers(Ratnashri,10). Another use for mothballs are that you can use them to get rid of bats in your attic, you can also keep snakes and other reptiles away by scattering a few mothballs around your home(Ratnashri,10). The toxic smell will automatically repel any pests(Ratnashri,10). Naphthalene goes through sublimation meaning it starts off as a solid and eventually turns into a toxic gas that keeps many pests away, ranging from moths to reptile. (Ratnashri,10)