Thank you, Tony. That's good to hear (that it doesn't appear to be moth made).
We'll be able to get a closer look and try to get to the bottom of it Monday. Regards, Julie McInnis Collections Care Assistant Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 4:15:31 PM UTC-7, dr.tony.irwin wrote: > > The seed pod webbing looks too dense to be from a moth - I would say this > is more like spider nest webbing. > Tony > > Dr A.G.Irwin > 47 The Avenues > Norwich > Norfolk NR2 3PH > England > > mobile: +44(0)7880707834 > phone: +44(0)1603 453524 > > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 23:18, [email protected] <javascript:> < > [email protected] <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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. >> > -- 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/f94ceeed-23ff-4590-a6d5-8f4093077337%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
