Chris- The contents of the box might help point towards/rule out different varieties. Did the material in the box contain wool/feathers/fur? It definitely does resemble a webbing clothes moth. Maybe you have already done this, but just to confirm, hopefully the contents of the box have either been bagged or disposed of outside the museum building.
-Todd On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 2:38 PM Miles, Steph <smi...@gallery.ca> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > > > This definitely looks like a webbing clothes moth to me. I’m no expert, > but as we’ve been combatting an infestation of these little nuisances for > 18 months I’ve seen more than my fair share of this particular species. > They also have that characteristic reddish hair tuft, and the light > brown/gold-ish wings. The size is dead on, too. > > > > Hope this helps! 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I can't see any specks or spots on the > wings that are more characteristic of casemaking or brown-dotted clothes > moths (but that might just be a result of the lighting/angles in these > images). I would defer to the experts if anyone else has a different ID, > but it is definitely a species of clothes moth. > > > > Best, > > Madeline > > > > *Madeline Corona* (she/her) > > Assistant Conservator, Decorative Arts and Sculpture Conservation > Getty Museum > T (310) 440 7261 | getty.edu > <https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetty.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csmiles%40gallery.ca%7Cfaa3cecf156246bd86dc08d9220bb2ee%7C8eb07b377bfc44febb049721cdf49054%7C0%7C0%7C637578256614263425%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=B7wZ925uBRKlOllX4QxqSkmG1pICfBGxNBmLYdDeU%2B0%3D&reserved=0> > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D753D7.40A04BC0] > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf > of chris.niver <chris.ni...@mam.org> > *Sent:* Friday, May 28, 2021 11:49 AM > *To:* MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* [PestList] Moth ID > > > > It's Friday afternoon before Memorial Day weekend so the timing isn't > great but here we go. > > > > I found 3 of these alive in a box that was brought to our museum. 7 mm > long. 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