I agree, Tony Tom
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 24, 2018, at 7:26 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] <[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]. >>> 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/8bb385b7-3b06-4e83-90e5-3a3a1a42efad%40googlegroups.com. >>> 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. -- 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/4B702E3E-A03E-4EE7-A91B-58DE5E627B7E%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
