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Anyone know what this guy is?? - Clogmia albipunctata
Copyright © 2011 Molly

Anyone know what this guy is?? - Clogmia albipunctata
Westover, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
July 22, 2011
This little bug is no bigger than the eraser on a pencil. Maybe not even that big. When you squish it, it turns to a powder like substance.
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Contributed by Molly on 22 July, 2011 - 3:21pm
Last updated 21 October, 2022 - 11:22am

Moved
Moved from Clogmia.
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Moth fly
More info here.
… Brad Barnd, 22 July, 2011 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
sewer bug
Thank you for the information. But, I wasn't clear, how do I get these little guys to leave my home? Do I have them because I don't clean well enough???? I always thought I did a good job in that area.

Do they carry diseases?????

Thanks for your help!

:)
… Molly, 23 July, 2011 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert
But I find that their larvae eat the gunk that grows inside sink drains. (That brown slime that lines the drain pipe)
… John R. Maxwell, 23 July, 2011 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

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