The picture of "Frass 1" suggests *Hofmannophila pseudospretella *(Brown
House Moth) to me. I'm unable to suggest any identification of "Frass 2"
Tony

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On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 at 16:16, Costa Cécile <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> We are currently working on two arched harps that have signs (damages,
> frass) of past infestation from keratophageous and xylophageous insects and
> we wanted to know if by chance someone could be able to identify the pest
> species based on the frass we found (see attached image) ?
>
> Those objects are harps from Congo, stocked in Switzerland for more than
> 15 years.
> Wood species are unknown.
> Skins are antelope and monitor lizard.
> For stitching (image "frass 1"), animal fibers were used, no further
> identification was made.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Best regards,
>
> Cécile Costa
> Student at Haute Ecole Arc (Neuchâtel, Switzerlad)
>
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