Interesting problem. How old are the paintings? I have never seen Tineola
bisselliela go for paintings. My guess (and guess only) is that they are
finding something to go for in the room in general. What life stages are you
seeing? What is your housekeeping schedule in that storage room?
G
The moth is: Tineola bisselliella
The painting was made with the distemper technique, where either animal or
vegetable (glue) binder is used as the binding media for the pigment/paint.
(this excludes egg, apparently)
From: 'bugman22' via Museumpests
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 3:38 PM
T
Unless you know what kind of moth, every comment is conjecture. Tom Parker
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Sent: Tue, Nov 13, 2018 1:13 pm
Subject: Re: [External] - [pestlist] RE: Moths on tempera painting. Inquiry.
Yes. Egg yolk, I presume. The qu
Sometimes it's just the folds that attract them for temporary harborage. If
food source (proteins), then could be something else. I've had the females
attracted to insect cuisine (cooked, dried mealworms and crickets) and have
then become a stored food product pest.
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Yes. Egg yolk, I presume. The question is whether anyone else has observed
2-400 year old egg yolk mixed with pigment being an attractant for moths?
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On Nov 13, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Dee Stubbs-Lee
mailto:dee.stubbs-...@nbm-mnb.ca>> wrote:
Is the tempera made with egg? If so, perhaps
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
Can
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 th
