Hello Pest list- To those of you that have been monitoring for Webbing Clothes Moths (WCM) for a while, I am curious if you are now seeing Brown-Dotted Clothes Moths suddenly showing up more regularly.
I've been monitoring for about 7 years now and have never seen any (BDCM) up until about a few months ago. Now, although still somewhat rare, they are becoming more common in the traps. Most of the trap areas are in the general vicinity of the building exterior (entrance doors and emergency exits). Minnesota has been very rainy this year which is one theory as to the uptick- more outside means more inevitably find their way in (is that a legit theory?). Has anyone else also been seeing this sudden uptick in BDCM? Also: Just to confirm (true/false?)... The BDCM isn't seen to be as much of a threat compared to WCM and Casemaking moths when it comes to museum objects (wool, fur etc). More of an accidental intruder. Those that have experience with both Casemaking and BDCM, would you say the naked eye can tell those two species apart reliably? They seem like they could be very similar looking in a trap. Any thoughts/observations would be interesting to hear. Thanks as always, Todd -- 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/CAMxAh%2BgHiVVEo2nqzSCwC4BnoiMvTki7wXNo2fcuRa1maQ%3D0vw%40mail.gmail.com.
