To me, this looks like one of the Nepticulidae. The larvae are mostly leaf-miners (on living plants), and are not a threat to collections. Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 09:34, Ayesha Fuentes <ac...@cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > > > Our collections staff have been catching these little moths (see attached) > in our off-site storage facility, always flying around near ground level > and only starting in the past 6 weeks or so. They haven't seen any in our > sticky traps, where we tend to see more common pest varieties, or in > amongst the objects (yet?). Could one of you more knowledgeable folks > please let me know what they are and if they are any risk to a collection > with lots of plant and animal derivative materials in it? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > > > Dr Ayesha Fuentes > > Isaac Newton Trust Research Associate in Conservation > > University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology > > -- > 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/LO0P265MB565618AC07E4D4475BA667C5A982A%40LO0P265MB5656.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LO0P265MB565618AC07E4D4475BA667C5A982A%40LO0P265MB5656.GBRP265.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/CAFWqZKPm10OD%3DnRR8-2zJbErKtPY6OYzyn2%2Bmupn2Z%3Dj4JtsNA%40mail.gmail.com.
