Which bug are we finding on our clothing?
August 29, 2011 9:52 AM Subscribe
Which bug is this?
Really tiny (penny for scale), found on clothing, a whole bunch of them in a drawer that hadn't been opened in a while. 1mm long, doesn't seem to bite or destroy clothing (that we can see). Doesn't seem to be winged, can't tell if it has pincers, looks to maybe have antenna. Translucent white, almost tan.
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thanks!
Really tiny (penny for scale), found on clothing, a whole bunch of them in a drawer that hadn't been opened in a while. 1mm long, doesn't seem to bite or destroy clothing (that we can see). Doesn't seem to be winged, can't tell if it has pincers, looks to maybe have antenna. Translucent white, almost tan.
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thanks!
Yeah, looks like carpet beetles.
KILL THEM WITH FIRE. They are a plague.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 10:10 AM on August 29, 2011
KILL THEM WITH FIRE. They are a plague.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 10:10 AM on August 29, 2011
FWIW, I can't see a single bug-like thing in any of the photographs. (Not that I'd know what they were if I could)
posted by jon1270 at 10:42 AM on August 29, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by jon1270 at 10:42 AM on August 29, 2011 [3 favorites]
Looks like a book louse to me. All my carpet beetle larvae are black and fuzzy with little hairs to which I am allergic.
posted by oinopaponton at 2:46 PM on August 29, 2011
posted by oinopaponton at 2:46 PM on August 29, 2011
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posted by gudrun at 8:45 PM on August 29, 2011
posted by gudrun at 8:45 PM on August 29, 2011
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posted by apparently at 10:08 AM on August 29, 2011