Nicely put Lou! Gretchen From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Louis N Sorkin Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PestList] Re: Request for Moths
Hi Isabel, If I come across any, I will forward to you. As Gretchen noted: "Actually, they are considered a major pest for many museum and historic house museum collections and spaces, particularly damaging to anything made out of wool, hair, feather, skin, natural history specimens etc. Most museums are susceptible to an infestation, both in collections storage and in the materials used to dress up exhibitions. In one case, an art museum had an ongoing challenge of the wool rugs used stage exhibition areas and the wool carpeting in their auditorium". Don't forget that natural populations of clothes moths can be found on other items. If anticoagulant rodent baits are or have been used, you may be "seeding" the area with rodent corpses. When these dry out, they are very attractive to webbing clothes moths and also dermestids. Unfortunately, rodent corpses can typically be found in overlooked and hard-to-reach areas. See attached pictures of rodent carcasses with caterpillar silk, empty pupal cases and fecal droppings. The smell isn't bad from dried out carcasses but is strong from fresh ones. Lou Louis N. Sorkin, B.C.E. 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Treasurer & Monthly Meeting Organizer www.nyentsoc.org<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nyentsoc.org%2f&c=E,1,h0noFBTy07qw_OK5nORhc_cfLil_zcUaX5jUMCqGJUTDDve9cn7Dzxdw4h_4uxNmMSGXGziKE4J8cerwbVzddmL4-9Gy-GzWex-9e0-oWMnyaglWu_Zv-NYYTV-6&typo=1> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Novick, Isabel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:50 AM To: Museumpests <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [PestList] Request for Moths EXTERNAL SENDER Hi pest people, You may remember some of my previous emails requesting webbing clothes moths from all over the globe. Here is one more! I am a PhD student at Boston University studying the biogeography and synanthropic evolution of the wcm. For a robust study, I need moth samples from all around the globe. I will be sequencing their DNA and comparing them to each other in the hopes of finding some population structure. So far, I still have not had a ton of luck getting samples, so I am switching up my methodology. If this project interests you, send me an email and I will send you a premade kit containing pheromone baited trap, vials of ethanol for preservation, and a return shipping label. Even if you don't think you have moths, if you are interested in any way, let me know and I will send you a trap. All you have to do is set the trap out, date it, and leave it for about 2 months. I will send you a reminder once the two months are up to send me the trap back. Even if there is only one moth on there, I will be overjoyed to receive it. I will also include a hand drawn picture of a moth. Am I a good artist? Not at all. Am I desperate for international samples of webbing clothes moths? Absolutely. Please let me know if this is something you'd like to contribute to! I would be eternally grateful! All the best, Isabel Novick [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 720-454-8058 -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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