I agree, Tony
Tom
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> On Aug 24, 2018, at 7:26 PM, "jmcin...@famsf.org" wrote:
>
> Thank you, Tony.
>
> That's good to hear (that it doesn't appear to be moth made).
>
> We'll be able to get a closer look and try to get to the bottom of it Monday.
>
> Regards,
>
> Julie M
Thank you, Tony.
That's good to hear (that it doesn't appear to be moth made).
We'll be able to get a closer look and try to get to the bottom of it
Monday.
Regards,
Julie McInnis
Collections Care Assistant
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 4:15:31 PM UTC-7, dr.
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> Tom Parker
>
> -Original Message-
> From: jmcinnis >
> To: Museumpests >
> Sent: Fri, Aug 24, 2018 6:18 pm
> Subject: [pestlist] Any ideas what created these white nests/cocoons
> inside seed pods on tribal mask?
>
> Hello Museum Pesters,
>
The seed pod webbing looks too dense to be from a moth - I would say this
is more like spider nest webbing.
Tony
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 23:18, jmcin...@famsf.org wrote:
> Hello Museum
: Fri, Aug 24, 2018 6:18 pm
Subject: [pestlist] Any ideas what created these white nests/cocoons inside
seed pods on tribal mask?
Hello Museum Pesters,
Recently our attention was brought to a vitrine that had a live webbing clothes
moth. We removed the moth, but on further inspection noticed
I’m going to let the entomologists muse over the identification of the white
things, but we also found a live webbing clothes moth in a case that contained
only recently treated Asian ceramics.
Not sure where the moth came from but we’ve instituted a practice of inspecting
and cleaning the micr
