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Anyone know what this guy is?? - Clogmia albipunctata
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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.
Contributed by Molly on 22 July, 2011 - 3:21pm
Last updated 21 October, 2022 - 11:22am

Moved
Moved from Clogmia.
… Even Dankowicz, 21 October, 2022 - 11:22am

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Moved from Moth Flies.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 September, 2012 - 11:47pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 23 July, 2011 - 11:14am

Moth fly
More info here.
… Brad Barnd, 22 July, 2011 - 3:39pm

 
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

 
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

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