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Bathroom Moth Fly (Clogmia albipunctata)
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Bates and Josephine Littlehales
fly or moth? -
Clogmia albipunctata
Accomac County, Virginia, USA
October 12, 2015
Size: 1/8" more or less
We've seen this little insect in our bathroom sinks for years. We suspect it breeds down in the plumbing and comes up the drainpipe occasionally. Never seen it leave the sink.
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Bates and Josephine Littlehales
on 12 October, 2015 - 1:35pm
Last updated 21 October, 2022 - 11:14am
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mothfly - Psychodidae
They will indeed mature in drains.
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Even Dankowicz
, 12 October, 2015 - 1:55pm
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