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Lint Ball-Like Insect?
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Lint Ball-Like Insect?
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 13, 2010
Size: approx. 1/8 in.
(Top view.) This insect looks like a small lint ball from above. Has pincer-like mouth parts. Found it crawling up the outside of our bathroom shower.

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Lint Ball-Like Insect? Lint Ball-Like Insect? Lint Ball-Like Insect?
Contributed by brwenn0 on 13 June, 2010 - 1:23pm
Last updated 28 June, 2010 - 4:07pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Domingo Zungri, 28 June, 2010 - 4:07pm

Have a look here
http://bugguide.net/node/view/72302/bgimage

Full grown it will be like these http://bugguide.net/node/view/140/bgimage
… John R. Maxwell, 13 June, 2010 - 1:25pm

 
Thanks
Thanks, John. I'm familiar with the adult lacewing, but had never seen the larvae.
… brwenn0, 13 June, 2010 - 4:04pm

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