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. ----------------------------------------------------------- I'm surprised to hear the suggestion that these are fly spots. It looks to me like the book has been damp at some time and this is mould growth, the spots being patches of fruiting bodies, but it's always difficult to be sure from photos. The first photo shows that the spots are present close to the spine of the book. Can't see how flies could have squeezed in between the pages to do the damage. Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 6 March 2014 16:34, Richard Pollack <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Pascal, > > I think you're right about these being fly feces. I've conducted > considerable research on house flies and other filth flies throughout the > Middle East and elsewhere. Our own notebooks, papers, clothing and other > items quickly were transformed to resemble the damage on the book you > imaged. Damage from termites would tend to be far more significant. > Cockroaches may also chew on the edges of pages and also leave their feces > behind. Last but not least, book lice are likely to cause some damage, but > what you've depicted appears to me to have resulted from flies and / or > cockroaches. > > Regards, > Rich > > > > *Richard Pollack, PhD. <[email protected]> CEO & Chief Scientific > Officer IdentifyUS, LLC* > 320 Needham Street > Suite 200 > Newton, MA 02464-1593 > ------------------ > 617.600.6360 (W) > 617.513.9266 (M) > <http://twitter.com/IdentifyUS> <http://www.facebook.com/IdentifyUS> > <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-pollack/7/899/681> > <http://idmybug.tumblr.com/> > <http://quora.com/Rich-Pollack> > <https://identify.us.com/><https://identify.us.com/support-topics/spec-eval-forms/spec-eval-form-en.html> > <https://identify.us.com/support-topics/spec-eval-forms/spec-eval-form-en.html> > Instructor, Harvard School of Public Health<http://[email protected]> > Visiting Researcher, Boston University <http://[email protected]> > <https://identify.us.com/support-topics/spec-eval-forms/spec-eval-form-en.html> > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:44, Pascal Querner <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, > > has anyone seen such a damage on a book before?? The book is about 300 > years old and was transported from Yemen to Austria long time ago and is > now in the national library. I think it looks like fly droppings but I am > happy for other suggestions!! We have no idea why this book was so > attractive for the flies. The spots can be removed mechanically and have a > small relief, bus some stains remain. > > Thank you very much, > > Pascal > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] 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]<HAD_Cod.Gl.2a_kac > (15)verkleinert.jpg><HAD_Cod.Gl.2a_kac (16)verkleinert.jpg><HAD_Cod.Gl.2a_kac > (20)verkleinert.jpg><HAD_Cod.Gl.2a_kac (27)verkleinert.jpg> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] 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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