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What is this thing?

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They seem to spin some kind of silk everywhere they go. They seem to be no longer than about 4 mm. I noticed them crawling up things and then dropping down on a line of silk. I've started catching them by putting little sticks up in the air attached everywhere that I find them. They tend to gather at the top of the stick for easy rapture by vacuum.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My first thought is that it looks like a house centipede. Not sure about if they can make silk though. They hunt other bugs in your house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

That was my first thought too but they don't look like the larvae of how centipede since those usually have some longer hairs at the front and back.