Hi everyone, At my museum we have also recently identified Brown Dotted Clothes Moths in traps in a Natural History store that contains taxidermy items, bird skins and shell collections. There are Webbing Clothes Moths being caught in the area too. We haven’t discovered if they are feeding on collection items yet, so unfortunately can’t add to the conversation about what risks they pose to collections.
I’m very interested to hear that they are popping up at other institutions, I wonder who else is seeing more of them? If they feed on stored food products, I wonder if they would be attracted to starchy materials in collection items? Cheers, Kate Blair Kaitiaki Taonga Conservator Textiles Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 169 Tory St Te Aro 6011 Wellington New Zealand +64 029 647 5040 kate.bl...@tepapa.govt.nz From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Ethan Estabrook Sent: Thursday, 15 July 2021 4:03 am To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: [PestList] RE: Brown Dotted Clothes Moths - increasing in frequency Hi Aisha and Adam, At Insects Limited, we have seen more brown dotted clothes moths sightings in the past couple years as well. We have seen a handful of reports of them at stored food warehouses, particularly with pet food, and have learned that brown dotted clothes moths are attracted to one of the components in clothes moth pheromone lures. I have sent some samples to Mark Metz at USDA to confirm their ID (N. sabroskyi and N. orleansella look very similar). According to him and his attached paper, there seems to be new evidence that brown dotted clothes moths are more of a host to stored food products where a newly identified moth, N sabroskyi is more of a host to bird nests. Personally I have not been able to confirm this, but it would be interesting to see if anyone else has identified items that brown dotted clothes moths feed on. Thank you, Ethan Estabrook, BCE Research Associate at Insects Limited, Inc. (317) 896-9300 www.InsectsLimited.com<http://www.insectslimited.com/> www.GreenwayTraps.com<http://www.greenwaytraps.com/> SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER <https://xy314.infusionsoft.app/app/form/c9d55fc37d27412988d0f757b0e1ad71?cookieUUID=37b248cb-3cad-4585-bcd5-5b69d3df072b> From: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Adam Osgood Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 10:59 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] RE: Brown Dotted Clothes Moths - increasing in frequency [EXTERNAL] Hi Aisha! Nice to hear from you. We encounter Brown Dotted clothes moths not infrequently as they are also attracted to the Insects Limited clothes moth pheromone along with Webbing and Case-making moths. My understanding is that this is a “lesser pest” that will sometimes go after textiles but would love to hear what other folks have to say about it. Best, Adam Adam Osgood Collections Technician and IPM Coordinator Historic New England (he/him/his) Collections and Conservation Center 151 Essex Street Haverhill, MA 01832 617-994-6637 aosg...@historicnewengland.org<mailto:aosg...@historicnewengland.org> From: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> <pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Aisha De Avila-Shin Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 10:26 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] Brown Dotted Clothes Moths - increasing in frequency Hello, At our museum, we have started capturing more and more brown dotted clothes moths in our pheromone traps and elsewhere in the museum galleries. The first time I found one was back in August of last year, and most recently as 3 in the past month in very different areas of the museum. Is there anything that we should be particularly aware of as we continue to find them? Are others also finding them more and more in their museums? We also currently have some webbing clothes moths (not at an infestation level however) and have been trying to tackle that problem with varying degrees of success. Thank you, Aisha De Avila-Shin Assistant Collections Manager Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052 P 718-501-6565 brooklynmuseum.org<https://www.brooklynmuseum.org> Exhibitions<https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions> | Membership<https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/support/join/membership> | Shop<https://shop.brooklynmuseum.org> | Follow @brooklynmuseum -- 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>. 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