I finally got an answer to a question I've had for quite some time: what the heck are these worm-like creatures with a weird shell that I see everywhere around the house?
I got a macro photo of one of them, uploaded it to #iNaturalist, and got the genus #Phereoeca, a type of moth, as the suggested taxon. Reading the description of the larvae of this genus, I'm convinced that this is the right answer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phereoeca
#bugstodon #mothstodon #moths #insects #Tineidae #Lepidoptera
https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/111/159/845/361/169/564/original/d4e6edcd687212b7.jpg
@10621173 Still not totally convinced that this is Phereoeca and not Tinea pellionella or another related moth. The former seems to have a black (or very dark) top of all three thoracic segments, whereas yours has less dark marks only on the first two.
There's only 1 GBIF record for 🇵🇭 which comes from #iNaturalist, and with less well-recorded taxa there's a danger that the suggestions are biased by early observations (see this a lot in 🇬🇧).
Family level though is a very safe ID.
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