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nieminen@lemmy.world to What Is This Bug?@sopuli.xyz · 6 months ago

Please tell me this isn't termites

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Please tell me this isn't termites

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nieminen@lemmy.world to What Is This Bug?@sopuli.xyz · 6 months ago
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  • protist@mander.xyz
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    The brown things are not termites, they’re pupae cases of another insect. Try vacuuming all that up and keeping an eye on it

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    this isnt termites

    maybe, i have no idea. but ill tell you what you want to hear!

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    That’s a terrible picture will nothing to indicate scale but assuming those brown capsule looking things are about 1/4 inch long that looks like fly pupae. Is the location near trash can or compactor? Had you previously noticed maggots?

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      Sorry, thought it was clearer than it was

      They are about 1/4 inch, brown, and hollow. Little crunchy.

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        does it taste salty or a little fruity?

        • protist@mander.xyz
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          A little bitter, with pronounced notes of drywall and batt insulation, and a subtle hint of mouse droppings

        • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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          !cursedcomments@lemmy.world

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      • protist@mander.xyz
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        Those are cockroach pupae

        • WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world
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          Yep, and @nieminen@lemmy.world if they’re hollow, they’re living out their adult lives elsewhere (likely in the building). These are just signs that they used it as a pupation site.

          • nieminen@lemmy.worldOP
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            Thank you. I’ve seen no evidence of them, and they were below some baseboards put in long ago. I’m hoping it’s an issue that no longer exists 😂

            • protist@mander.xyz
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              Cool entomological fact: Cockroaches and termites (and also praying mantises) are really closely related, and many cockroaches have the ability to digest lignin, aka wood, just like termites

              • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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                Floorboards also tend to have gaps so all kinds of insects can hide underneath.

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          Thank you

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  • pomfegranate@lemmy.world
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    Search up cockroach eggs. Looks like that to me

    • nieminen@lemmy.worldOP
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      Yeah that seems to be the consensus. Thank you for weighing in

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    Looks like a brown recluse

    \s

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    • egrets@lemmy.world
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      I’d assume the same. I’ve had houseflies hatch in my indoor trash a few times and the casings look exactly like the pictures.

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    It doesn’t immediately look like termites, but you’ve cropped/zoomed in so tight that there may be missing information that would help.

    • nieminen@lemmy.worldOP
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      There’s no obvious damage around (just some old mold and water damage (washer room))

    • nieminen@lemmy.worldOP
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      Took this a little further out

      • echo
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        I still don’t see anything there that suggests termites.

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    looks like hamster poo to me 😂

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    Looks like rodent droppings.

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    It doesn’t look like termites, but that’s definitely signs of some other bug 🤷‍♂️

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    You got roaches bruh. You nasty mfer

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      Lol people downvoted you. I thought it was funny.

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