Sometimes it's just the folds that attract them for temporary harborage. If food source (proteins), then could be something else. I've had the females attracted to insect cuisine (cooked, dried mealworms and crickets) and have then become a stored food product pest.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Breitung, Eric Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Moths on tempera painting. Inquiry. Does anyone have experience with clothes moths being interested in tempera paint? We have a canvas tempera painting that’s attracted a few clothes moths. They’ve died in the folds of the canvas, where many years of dust has settled. I’m trying to understand what might have attracted them to the space other than it being dark, dusty, and confined. Please let me know. Thank you, Eric Breitung Metropolitan Museum of Art -- 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]. Visit this group at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Fpestlist&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C68a6458a4bec4ee3971b08d64992ca99%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=JI1%2FnfT4BCl8eGg%2FNrzBOHFatQHztsyIiZ36q0oo3L8%3D&reserved=0. To view this discussion on the web visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FA5603C1E-3836-45C8-9970-C6B75F4A084D%2540metmuseum.org&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C68a6458a4bec4ee3971b08d64992ca99%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=RjHOF8kCl%2FGje3XPlq%2B7PDlPkMgIW%2FJhAjLPr4TrNPI%3D&reserved=0. For more options, visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Foptout&data=01%7C01%7Csorkin%40amnh.org%7C68a6458a4bec4ee3971b08d64992ca99%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0&sdata=%2F1REXJrpM7%2FDiEJkw6wyrw%2Fp1Jd9lJjtQnKi4CLZjPg%3D&reserved=0. -- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/DM5PR14MB1721ADDDE1EAE82E8F727D08A6C20%40DM5PR14MB1721.namprd14.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
