This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- That sounds as good as anything we could guess at.
Thanks, Tom! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pestlist] Insect ID This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Ryan - It appears there may have been some sort of fresh vegetable matter at one time in the basket. Some sort of caterpillar fed on the vegetable matter, spun a cocoon, and the moths then emerged. Whatever was the food source was either removed or dried up, hence the end of the "infestation." That's my best guess. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Jones, Robert (Ryan) (Ryan) <[email protected]> To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 5:47 pm Subject: [pestlist] Insect ID This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello group! Today, a few of us were looking at some items during a building closing. We came across a basket that had signs of insect activity inside, but couldn’t quite figure out what we were looking at. The weaving on the basket is quite small….about ¼ inch thick. The attached picture was taken on zoom. In actual size, the casings you see are approximately 2/3 the size of a typical carpet beetle molting. The casings are also quite sticky, and are attached firmly to the basket material. The frass is widespread throughout a 4-6 inch section of the bottom of the basket. There was no discernible webbing or insect parts nearby. Any thoughts? Thanks for your help! Ryan Jones Integrated Pest Management Specialist [Colonial_Williamsburg_Logo.jpg] P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA 23187 (757) 220-7080 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected]
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