Interesting problem. How old are the paintings? I have never seen Tineola bisselliela go for paintings. My guess (and guess only) is that they are finding something to go for in the room in general. What life stages are you seeing? What is your housekeeping schedule in that storage room?
Gretchen From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Breitung, Eric Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 3:49 PM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [External] - [pestlist] RE: Moths on DISTEMPER painting. Inquiry. The moth is: Tineola bisselliella The painting was made with the distemper technique, where either animal or vegetable (glue) binder is used as the binding media for the pigment/paint. (this excludes egg, apparently) From: 'bugman22' via Museumpests <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 3:38 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [External] - [pestlist] RE: Moths on tempera painting. Inquiry. Unless you know what kind of moth, every comment is conjecture. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Breitung, Eric <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tue, Nov 13, 2018 1:13 pm Subject: Re: [External] - [pestlist] RE: Moths on tempera painting. Inquiry. Yes. Egg yolk, I presume. The question is whether anyone else has observed 2-400 year old egg yolk mixed with pigment being an attractant for moths? >From phone On Nov 13, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Dee Stubbs-Lee <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is the tempera made with egg? If so, perhaps the protein was an attractant? Just a thought off the top - I'm not a paintings conservator. Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA Conservator / Restauratrice New Brunswick Museum/ Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick 277 Douglas Avenue Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 Canada (506)643-2341 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Breitung, Eric Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:07 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[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. 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