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16 questions linked to/from What insect is this? (India)
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What insect in shell is this?
Location: INDIA(Tropical Monsoon)
I found an insect (approx 7mm) (marked with red in image) in my bedroom hanging from the roof.
It can spin some kind of thread, since it was hanging at the first ...
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Species identification: flaky worm [duplicate]
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Recently our house got ABSOLUTELY INFESTED with the following creature.
Kindly identify.
Hapitat: damp shadowy regions of our house
Description: The outer flake is ...
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Probably a moth larvae but better to confirm [duplicate]
What I know,
It reacts to light
the red seems to be blood but can't say for sure
1 to 10 mm
it has a casing of something soft fabric possibly
it grabs to walls
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What is this organism? [duplicate]
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What is this flat organism? It is around 1 cm long. I find them in places which aren't cleaned often. Location is India. Are they harmful or poisonous?
Edit: I've found that this ...
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Species Identification : Worm like insect but broad at back [duplicate]
Can anyone help me identify this insect
Location: Southern India
Size: About 2cm
It looks like a worm but has a broad back, it seems like (not very sure) it tucks it's thin head inside the broad ...
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What is this hard shelled insect in my house?
I moved to a new city in west India last year and I've since, on several occasions, seen this insect on walls and it's usually climbing using its head. It has a greyish long shell and moves in a very ...
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Insect identification - pantry moth vs clothes moth
Are the following insects a pantry moth or a clothes moth? I live in Europe, if geographical location is of importance in this case.
The insects are about 7 - 10 mm in length.
For several months I ...
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What is this black and white worm in a white case?
The case is very small and it's an off white color.
The thing living inside can come out of either end. It's a black and white looking worm. It will poke its head out and move everywhere!
They are ...
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Help in identifying an unknown arthropod
I'm not even sure it's an insect: the best I can do is identify it as an arthropod. I captured this slow-moving organism and after a period of observation under high magnification, I concluded that ...
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What is this insect found commonly in coastal India? [duplicate]
I have lived in two cities on the western coast of India and I have seen quite a few of these insects(?) in both places.
It basically has an outer cocoon of sorts, which looks a lot like dirty lint. ...
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Identify this smooth-cocoon worm from Southern India
I couldn't identify which species these worms belong to. I believe they're insect larvae.
They measure approximately 5 to 10 mm in length, and are common in the southern states of India. They carry ...
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What is this animal that hides in dustlike structure?
I'd like help identifying the species of animal in these two photos. There's some dust(or dust-like substance) with something alive inside of it (possibly a larva or I don't really know what to call ...
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Identifying a creature that appears to be a worm wrapped in a cocoon
This creature was found on a bed. At first, I thought it was a piece of lint, but then it suddenly moved. I picked it up in a paper towel and put it in an eye cream containers, which it is currently ...
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Are there organisms that have incorporated plastic into their lives?
Are there organisms that have incorporated (manmade) plastic into their lives in any way? Either in their diet, or as a part of their body?
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What in the world is this critter?
We spotted this thing crawling around a (thankfully empty) bowl in our apartment in Barcelona, Spain. I have never seen anything like it. It appears to be some kind of caterpillar-like insect, but it ...