The resolution of the images leaves a bit to be desired, but these are likely feather lice or their eggs. There are also feather mites to consider. Both kinds of critters are fairly common.
Richard J. Pollack, PhD HARVARD UNIVERSITY Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Senior Environmental Public Health Officer 46 Blackstone St. Cambridge, MA 02139 Office: 617-495-2995 Cell: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Christina Bisulca <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pestlist] Eggs(?) on feathers Hello all - We have an object with featherwork that has what appear to be clusters of eggs on some of the feathers. Any idea what these might be? Thanks! Christina -- 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_group_pestlist&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=GWo_XvWdMPT_KJ4kxbn9VsY2Z2X9kZ87SvBfap69x_8&s=-xZ3LVQmf-sqdPM9bH4vN4Zv02JpHDtohhHdxMzST4o&e=>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CALyMK0FB8uRx4qUzHKn2ACWJP9%3D1g9-_%3Dj9dLB7S1Vp7wm6ysw%40mail.gmail.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_CALyMK0FB8uRx4qUzHKn2ACWJP9-253D1g9-2D-5F-253Dj9dLB7S1Vp7wm6ysw-2540mail.gmail.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=GWo_XvWdMPT_KJ4kxbn9VsY2Z2X9kZ87SvBfap69x_8&s=f0D2UkSlE_95FBOmUYQwUopy73RBS_WFwF7fgg96gMo&e=>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=GWo_XvWdMPT_KJ4kxbn9VsY2Z2X9kZ87SvBfap69x_8&s=xcsIzuMVhwVIMwWfzJsUa0lhMwL1dmFj-cQEdbVc38Q&e=>. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/BL0PR07MB4099EAA3BB6D0D1C4599C89294680%40BL0PR07MB4099.namprd07.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
