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Larva in sand cocoon - Phereoeca uterella

Larva in sand cocoon - Phereoeca uterella
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA
November 3, 2011
Size: 14 mm
I was re-baiting a rat trap in a black plastic box(the box is open at both ends to allow entrance to the rodents)in the back yard and found a dozen or so of these inside the box (but not on the trap). There was also an adult earwig in the box. The cocoons (?) are soft/flexible and covered with sand. The larva occasionally sticks its head out of one end and can pull itself along on a piece of paper.

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Looks like the larva
of the Household Casebearer moth:



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