Hi Miriam, >From the photo and small size this looks like a psocid (book lice).
Callie On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 5:47 PM Miriam Murphy <miriam.mur...@slam.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > > Apologies for the quality of image I was given! The insect was killed and > not retained by the person who spotted it, but she described it as very > small. It was walking across a painting that had just come in to the museum > from a private collector. > > > > Many thanks for your help, > > Miriam > > > > *Miriam Murphy* *(she/her)* l Associate Textile Conservator > > SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM l 1 Fine Arts Drive, Saint Louis Missouri, 63110 > > 314.655.5271 l *miriam.mur...@slam.org <miriam.mur...@slam.org>* l > www.slam.org > > > > > > -- > 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/BN0PR04MB80784B72FEF6C697CE268DEB8BCEA%40BN0PR04MB8078.namprd04.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BN0PR04MB80784B72FEF6C697CE268DEB8BCEA%40BN0PR04MB8078.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAFJOEC%3Dp6X4N%2BTeTJOdqP-Peo9aJPpE7aQZDERXkc-gmU3GWEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
