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Trailer (of) Trash - Phereoeca uterella
Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Trailer (of) Trash - Phereoeca uterella
Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
February 11, 2007
Size: ~15mm trailer
Looks like a leaf, fluttering on my wall and attached by a cobweb. Nope, a tiny critter - larva, probably - is dragging its mobile home.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 13 February, 2007 - 3:51pm
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 9:26pm

Moved
Moved from Household Casebearer Moths.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 September, 2008 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Trash?? Is That What You Call Your Carpet?
By the way, it's already double-wide in the middle, room enough for the critter to turn around and reverse course using the rear door.
… Bob Patterson, 14 February, 2007 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Love it!
Trash is indeed what my wife calls our carpet. Grandma lived in a mobile home, but it was nothing like this!
… Ron Hemberger, 14 February, 2007 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Love the humor:-)
I do appreciate your wit and sense of humor, Ron....This is probably the "household casebearer." I haven't committed anything else about it to memory, sorry.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 February, 2007 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks and thanks again, Eric
I'll dig around. Look for a doublewide next!
… Ron Hemberger, 13 February, 2007 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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