Thank you Linda, I don’t think they could be fecal pellets – they are very tiny and there were many of them! Im going to assume that they are indeed from some cleaning method – currently waiting to hear back from our head of custodial department!
From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of artsconservation Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 8:52 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [pestlist] Insect related? Could be cleaning remnants, as suggested. There are industroal dust mops with red fiber heads that are popular in warehouses etc. Another possibility: some look a little like fecal pellets of small mammals, but this is unlikely unless you have lots of the same size and shape. If mammals ingest synthetic fibers because they are contaminated with food, it shows up in their pellets. I did not notice a scale, so not sure this is likely! Linda Linda S. Roundhill Art and Antiquities Conservation, LLC Woodinville, WA www.conservation-arts.com<http://www.conservation-arts.com> 425-481-0720 Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: "Kundishora, Abbie" <abbie.kundish...@yale.edu<mailto:abbie.kundish...@yale.edu>> Date: 9/6/18 10:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [pestlist] Insect related? Dear All, I have a strange question – I recently found these small balls of fibers in the corner of one of our display rooms. It is a long room with large windows and a door to the exterior, housing only one of our sculptures. There is nothing red in the room and certainly nothing wax like (these red globs look waxy to me?). I am wondering, since there were so many of these small fibrous balls if these are insect related? Anyone have any ideas? 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