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Sounds like the consensus is spider webbing, not moth webbing that we found today. Kate Kearns Collections Manager Historic Deerfield, Inc. PO Box 321 Deerfield, MA 01342 (413)775-7202 On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 2:54 PM, bugman22 <bugma...@aol.com> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Kate - > > It is definitely NOT webbing clothes moth silk. Remember, it's the larvae > of WCM's that spin the silken threads from their salivary glands. With > this being true, you'd see all sorts of damage and pelletized frass > associated with the webbing. There is no damage or frass on this piece of > fabric. > > Tom Parker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kate Kearns <kkea...@historic-deerfield.org> > To: pestlist <pestlist@museumpests.net> > Sent: Fri, Sep 22, 2017 2:10 pm > Subject: [pestlist] Webbing found on wool textile > > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hello, > > I'm attaching a photo of some webbing we found on a wool textile in one of > our historic houses. We've had an ongoing problem with clothes moths and > I'm wondering if this is moth activity, or do we have something else too. > > Thanks, > Kate > > Kate Kearns > Collections Manager > Historic Deerfield, Inc. > PO Box 321 > Deerfield, MA 01342 > (413)775-7202 <(413)%20775-7202> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
