I’m going to let the entomologists muse over the identification of the white things, but we also found a live webbing clothes moth in a case that contained only recently treated Asian ceramics.
Not sure where the moth came from but we’ve instituted a practice of inspecting and cleaning the microclimate space below the deck before an installation. Lisa Bruno Carol Lee Shen Chief Conservator Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238 P 718 501-6562 On Aug 24, 2018, at 6:18 PM, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello Museum Pesters, Recently our attention was brought to a vitrine that had a live webbing clothes moth. We removed the moth, but on further inspection noticed that many of the seed pods that decorate the mask in the vitrine had these small white, webbed cocoons/nests up inside them, about 10-15mm in diameter. I am attaching some pictures (apologies on the lack of clarity). Are these nests? Do WCM nests look like that? Is this former activity of another insect? Everything looked pretty flat - which I'm hoping means they are old/empty. Any help is much appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/8bb385b7-3b06-4e83-90e5-3a3a1a42efad%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/8bb385b7-3b06-4e83-90e5-3a3a1a42efad%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. <Inked20180824_144502_LI.jpg> <Inked20180824_144817_LI.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAE69B61-C8D2-4916-A70C-3CA75276214D%40brooklynmuseum.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
