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submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Doensn't look like he moth larvae pictures I found online. Looks a bit similar to the larvae of a Dermestidae. But still not sure.

Sorry for the low quality picture. It's hard to make macro images.

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

Probably carpet beetle larvae

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

That's most likely it. Thanks a bunch!

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

That's a sheep larva. Nurture it and you will soon have unlimited access to wool.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

2 spotted carpet beetle. (Also known as fur beetle).

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I would also put my money on beetle larvae, because of the segmented body and the apparently well developed insect like legs. Moths, butterflies and flies don't have legs like these during their larval stage. Now what type of beetle I've no idea, your dermestid guess is as good as mine.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

My uneducated guess: A cloth moth larva. Just checked what they look like and it’s definitely close.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As @[email protected] has said, it looks more like a carpet beetle larva, the clothes moth's larva ~~isn't hairy and~~ is uniformly whiteish and not hairy.

common clothes moth larva

Wikipedia.org – Tineola bisselliella

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