URGENT! Identify this bug!!

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:24

(NotSoUrgent - Identified)URGENT! Identify this bug!!

Hey Guys,

Who can tell me what these damned things are??

We've had a problem with flies in our back room (where rabbits are) this last week and ive been killing a good up to 15 a day.

Yesterday went and cleaned the rabbits out and behind their cage, and behind some like tarpaulin right down on the floor next to border there were a good 60-100 of these things.

First thought is they were maggots / fly larvae but looking closely at them, they are like spikey n wierd. They seem dead, they're hard little things. Possibly woodlouse? Ive googled but I cant find anything that really looks just like them?

Anyone confirm what they are???

GeX · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:25

They look IMG post bugs to me

(btw, they'll work if you open the link in another window and then refresh the post)

Fenris · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:26

They look suspiciously like bed bug or possibly carpet bugs.

Edit: Not bed bugs, however possibly carpet bugs.

RomanNose · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:26

Queen wasp, I know because my dad kills them for a living.

Davepen · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:27

Whatever it was, it has already laid eggs.

There's no time.

Destroy them before they hatch.

edscdk · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:28

pupa of something (probably a fly) they will hatch and you will find out!

Nexus · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:29

They look like carpet beetle larvae.

LizardKing · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:30

look like woodlice but not quite the right colour...

Edrof · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:30

It's a Queen Wasp, RomanNose's dad kills them for a living I think.

pooey · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:33

I'd say that those are pupae for some form of common fly

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:33

Davepen said:
Whatever it was, it has already laid eggs.

There's no time.

Destroy them before they hatch.

Ohhhhhhh Arse! They looked dead! Im at work and they are sat on my desk at home in a tub I forgot to put the lid back on! :-O

edscdk said:
pupa of something (probably a fly) they will hatch and you will find out!

Ahhh!

Well as I said.. I have had loads of flies in the room the last few days!

Nexus said:
They look like carpet beetle larvae.

Hmm.. And what do these little beggars do?

LOAM · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:38

Fannia carnicularis puparia (Lesser House Fly)

They go like that prior to becoming flies, just like a caterpillar does. Great for fishing with

Edrof · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:42

LOAM said:
Fannia carnicularis puparia (Lesser House Fly)

They go like that prior to becoming flies, just like a caterpillar does. Great for fishing with

Why? Do they give you tips on casting and share their sandwiches?

LOAM · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:44

Edrof said:
Why? Do they give you tips on casting and share their sandwiches?

Yes, they always have ace sarnies and they dont mind being popped on a hook and eaten by the fish, Its win win

Tephnos · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:45

Burn the house down.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:46

LOAM said:
Fannia carnicularis puparia (Lesser House Fly)

They go like that prior to becoming flies, just like a caterpillar does. Great for fishing with

Their the Buggers!!!

Thanks LOAM!

Ok, So they are flies... are these things dead then or are they about to hatch? :confused:

As they were down on the carpet, I hoovered (omgomg there in the hoover too) it all and got everything up that I could see.. any other advice or things I should do?

bhavv · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:46

LOAM said:
Fannia carnicularis puparia (Lesser House Fly)

They go like that prior to becoming flies, just like a caterpillar does. Great for fishing with

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
Ohhhhhhh Arse! They looked dead! Im at work and they are sat on my desk at home in a tub I forgot to put the lid back on! :-O

This will not end well

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
Ok, So they are flies... are these things dead then or are they about to hatch?

They are alive and will have all hatched by now and be flying around the room where you left them.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:49

bhavv said:
This will not end well

They are alive and will have all hatched by now and be flying around the room where you left them.

Efour · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:53

size 18 hook, 2.2lb breaking strain trace. light shotting pattern, self cocking waggler, plumb the depth before but ive fished here before i know its about 5ft. hand full of hemp, a ball of ground bait laced with more casters. gentle under arm cast, its not far and those trees are close. wait, anticipation, is that a tench, those bubbles look familiar. hang on the floats knocked, somethings interested, pick up the rod, gently slowly wait for the next knock, strike! its small and easy to wind in, gudgeon.... not the tench. Lets try again.

arknor · 25 Jun 2012 at 13:54

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
Their the Buggers!!!

Thanks LOAM!

Ok, So they are flies... are these things dead then or are they about to hatch?

As they were down on the carpet, I hoovered (omgomg there in the hoover too) it all and got everything up that I could see.. any other advice or things I should do?

they are probably just the hollow skins left behind from when the larvae have turned into flies.