Ok, I'll be honest. I don't like bugs. I can tolerate most — but for sure
not BIG spiders. For sure not mosquitoes or cockroaches. But these, these are perplexing… are they parasites? Are they pupa / nymph / whatevers of some moth? WHAT are they?????? We 've asked some friends… not much luck. I've even posted on
www.whatsthatbug.com. Still waiting.
They're these light, papery, cacoon-like pods that we find on our apartment walls. Only about 1 cm long. At first we though it was a moth cocoon — but since then I've found a couple with little worm-like insects in them. EWWWW!!! I say insects, because for sure they've got little legs that they use to crawwwwl around the walls with. When they're scared, they retract back into the pod. Kind of cute. Kind of gross.
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| Close up! See it's itty-bitty legs? |
Ok, my curiousity got the worst of me. I had to know. I cut one open. I'm sorry! Anyway, it didn't seem to be dependent upon the casing, but the little wormy-insect just seemed to give up after it's sack was gone. I think I cut some of it's tail off. We'll wait to see what
www.whatsthatbug.com. has to say.
But… at this point, I don't care. When I see them now, I squoosh them.
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MYSTERY SOLVED! The strange bug is a case bearing moth larva. www.whatsthatbug.com graciously answered my pestering emails. I'm just glad I don't have as many as this dog biscuit guy! Look at how many are in his apartment: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/02/18/feeding-frenzy-case-bearing-moth-larvae-eat-dog-biscuit/
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