Moth damage?

[Wiggley1]

Do moths only go after furs or do they go after feathers. I've had feathers in a art piece that seem to have lasted for years.

I keep all my feathers in seperate containers but my furs are kept in a red cedar storage drawer. The furs seam fine and the feateres do too. I wonder if some feathers are affected more than others?

[Mojo]

I've had bugs get in my feathers, usually feather mites from wild game birds. My suggestion is to keep some moth balls in a altoid box with holes in it in the same drawer as your feathers.

[SilverFly]

Oh yeah they like feathers. I had 2 old (but nice) grizzly hackle necks get a good "trimming" when I left them in what I thought was a sealed box.

[Old Coot]

Ditto on the moth balls.

I had mite/bug problems several years ago, and I think it arose from keeping "found" materials in my regular materials stash.

Now my roadkill recoveries spend a few months in the freezer before going into the tying desk, but I still keep them in Zip-Loc segregation from purchased materials.

Helpful hint: If you pop a fresh hide or hare's mask into the freezer, remember to tell your wife it's in there. You'll both live longer.

OC