Is the tempera made with egg? If so, perhaps the protein was an attractant? Just a thought off the top - I'm not a paintings conservator.
Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA Conservator / Restauratrice New Brunswick Museum/ Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick 277 Douglas Avenue Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 Canada (506)643-2341 -----Original Message----- From: pestlist@googlegroups.com [mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Breitung, Eric Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 2:07 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [pestlist] Moths on tempera painting. Inquiry. Does anyone have experience with clothes moths being interested in tempera paint? We have a canvas tempera painting that’s attracted a few clothes moths. They’ve died in the folds of the canvas, where many years of dust has settled. I’m trying to understand what might have attracted them to the space other than it being dark, dusty, and confined. Please let me know. Thank you, Eric Breitung Metropolitan Museum of Art -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to pestlist@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/A5603C1E-3836-45C8-9970-C6B75F4A084D%40metmuseum.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to pestlist@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/5b55b3be1d0d4a9ebc3a4735197c4a64%40NBMEX01.NBM.local. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
