Thank you to Tania, Matthew, and Tom for your replies. I appreciate getting the chance to walk through the thought process with you. And I did not notice the bristles until Tom pointed them out.
Sincerely, Nancy Nancy Jenner, Curator California State Parks State Indian Museum, and Sutter's Fort SHP nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<mailto:nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov> From: 'bugman22' via MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 10:33 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PestList] Frass and damage on horn button Nancy - If you look carefully to the left of the button, you'll see some bristles, typical of carpet beetle larvae. Frass is not always exactly the color of what they may be feeding on. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: Jenner, Nancy@Parks <nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<mailto:nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov>> To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2022 11:48 am Subject: [PestList] Frass and damage on horn button Hello-- we're cleaning and processing some collections that have already been through a freeze cycle. One item (a fabric bag with a button closure) has buttons that are seriously damaged, and residual frass. I've tentatively identified this as a horn button, and my guess is that this is damage from dermestid larvae. Wondering if anyone might be able to confirm that, or suggest another culprit? (note-- the fabric is not damaged) Thanks very much! Nancy Nancy Jenner, Curator California State Parks Sutter's Fort State Historic Park & State Indian Museum email: nancy.jen...@parks.ca.gov<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.ces.ca.gov%2Fowa%2Fredir.aspx%3FC%3DjJluFg7_mEi3of46FM5M6OmwzYHxpNEICYcwc450-lvcaP93f2ErmvC4eB3LyAF_QBOALB_BK3k.%26URL%3Dmailto%253aNancy.Jenner%2540parks.ca.gov&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.jenner%40parks.ca.gov%7Cddf4f33db25c4124750108d9dd0c8498%7C06fd3d24656448018226b407c4d26b68%7C0%7C0%7C637783869757556740%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=K8gg4ANaJa4SPt0vuU%2Buv%2FCaslOvZew0ilQfFiXZezE%3D&reserved=0> -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BY5PR09MB5425D61EF31734AB9614BE22B05B9%40BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2FBY5PR09MB5425D61EF31734AB9614BE22B05B9%2540BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.jenner%40parks.ca.gov%7Cddf4f33db25c4124750108d9dd0c8498%7C06fd3d24656448018226b407c4d26b68%7C0%7C0%7C637783869757556740%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=wSGP6oseuRYGEviwMM67drPT5XlYwMJhCYlVrxI0phU%3D&reserved=0>. -- 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<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/1808503796.1113567.1642790003401%40mail.yahoo.com<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fpestlist%2F1808503796.1113567.1642790003401%2540mail.yahoo.com%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cnancy.jenner%40parks.ca.gov%7Cddf4f33db25c4124750108d9dd0c8498%7C06fd3d24656448018226b407c4d26b68%7C0%7C0%7C637783869757566698%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=UU1E8Nl7I7q6qCBseo2xKvYeZX8d14L4qKv%2BaxjQOTg%3D&reserved=0>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BY5PR09MB54252E3DFD05338071CBB266B0289%40BY5PR09MB5425.namprd09.prod.outlook.com.
