I agree, Tony

Tom

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> 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
>> 
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>> 
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>>> 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. 
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