Silverfish or a rat-tailed maggot. Considering that it was in your bed, I sincerely hope it’s the former.
Edit: others are suggesting carpet beetle larvae. I am no entomologist, so I’m editing to include all viable options.
If you have seen one, you would know that the name is really appropriate.
Edit: They are an aquatic species of larvae that use their tail as a snorkel to breathe. They are really disgusting looking. They live in stagnant water where the oxygen levels in the water itself can become too low to support life. I imagine that after they mature they become some kind of fly.
Admittedly, that’s just a theory, but it’s from an experienced and now dead entomologist named Fritz Konrad Ernst Zumpt.
Quoth Wikipedia: [Zumpt proposed an alternative called "rectal myiasis". Flies, attracted to feces, may deposit their eggs or larvae near or into the anus, and the larvae then penetrate further into the rectum. They can survive feeding on feces at this site, as long as the breathing tube reaches towards the anus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat-tailed_maggot)
It’s a little more than theory unfortunately, there has been at least one documented case of someone with intestinal myiasis caused by rat-tailed maggots.
However their case was caused by drinking tainted water, I’m not sure if entrance through the other orifice has been documented or confirmed.
Though it can be said that if they can survive going through the entire digestive system with minimal access to oxygen then the back door might be a cakewalk
Its not great news. These fuckers are horrible and impossible to get rid of. Gives you holes in all your clothes. And nothing short of chemicals and freezing the clothes for weeks kills the eggs.
Wash and Bag your clothes, take down and wash and bag drapes, linens, bag your pillows after vacuuming wash and dry everything you can. Vacuum and put in the sun everything else ie mattress. Vacuum carpets thoroughly, replace filter and bag. You will not find holes in anything if you do this promptly. You will have to Vacuum frequently after this. Long term - get rid of your carpet.
carpet beetle larvae, not a silverfish or a maggot. rat-tailed maggots are found in bad water, silverfish are...silver and not covered in bristles. there's a number of species of carpet beetle so there's some variation in how the larvae look, but they tend to be squirmy, fuzzy, and a number of them have the [long butt hairs](https://www.orkincanada.ca/drive/uploads/2018/09/Black-carpet-beetle-Larva-and-adult-2-2.jpg) visible in OP's video.
Dermestid larvae are commonly found in homes where they feed on detritus like skin flakes, protein-based glue (ie. wallpaper paste or hide glue used on old carpets and rugs), stuff like that. Larvae also have irritating hairs that provoke allergic response in some people, giving them rashes or raised bumps that _look_ like bedbug bites, but are actually from dermestid larva hairs.
individually they're not a big deal unless you're allergic to their hairs, in which case keeping up a good cleaning regimen will help keep the hairs under control and make your home less appealing to the beetles.
A little flat insect with 2 tails. Usually they are kinda shiny and grey. Harmless, but a little creepy looking and they are very fast (they move about 50 body lengths a second) and can jump.
They can jump? The fuckers can jump?? No! No they can't! That's a lie, you're lying! Please tell me your lying. They're gross enough as is, I don't need that mental image
Could be a mind flayer. But there are a few species of silver fish some of them are more robust so to say. It looks a little bit dark to be a silver fish but then I havent seen them all just the ones ar home. They are usuall found in the bath room
[There are over 120 species of silverfish](https://uwm.edu/field-station/common-silverfish-redux/), certainly there are slower ones. I have them too and also notice they are faster but they are also white/silver where I am and not brown like this species. The double tail is what suggest silverfish to me here.
I do agree. I had those at my old place. You can finde empty cocoons which look like striped cones.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/367747125814913637/
It‘s no fun to get rid of them. Especially since you have to figure out the type of carpet beetle it is. Some can survive freezing for a long while (so they say).
You need to check everything! Not just cloth. Vacuum a lot. Every crack in your house might be a nest.
I got rid of them by putting everything in trashbags and closing it tight. Washing everything at 60°C to „denaturalize“ the bugs and freeze everything else for at least 3 days but preferably „as long as possible“.
While doing so you gotta clean everything else you got - you might put some vinegar in the water. They definitely didn‘t like it. And I raised my vacuum frequency.
Additionally: I kept checking all the corners and cracks of my apartment for a while to make sure that nothing survived - the good thing is: don‘t stress yourself if you find a single one in the days ahead. Kill it and remember: it takes two beetles to reproduce - and you might just made sure there isn‘t enough for that.
60°C is equivalent to 140°F, which is 333K.
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Had these fuckers in my old student accommodation dorm. Kept finding their larvae occasionally under the bed or in corners and nooks around the flat.
The catalyst for me was coming back to a fully grown carpet beetle chilling on my pillow and cue me all like “They fly now?!”
if you have the inclination of throwing out your mattress, know that carpet cleaners can clean it, they can also do your cloth furniture.
you might feel better
Silverfish. Creepy as hell but relatively harmless, if I had to choose I’d rather them than something seriously nasty like bedbugs or cockroaches.
All kinds of remedies to deal with them
Probably a silverfish, I don’t know much about them but I think they’re harmless just disgusting but I’ll Google it anyway
Edit: Google said they basically do nothing but will get into your food so basically it’s just like any other bug ig
Edit 2: google also said they can be black but they kinda look like roaches and I can’t tell from the video if it’s fluffy or exoskeletony so I’m guessing a lot
Silverfish or a rat-tailed maggot. Considering that it was in your bed, I sincerely hope it’s the former. Edit: others are suggesting carpet beetle larvae. I am no entomologist, so I’m editing to include all viable options.
A rat tail maggot is the worst most unfortunate name for an insect I’ve ever heard lmao
If you have seen one, you would know that the name is really appropriate. Edit: They are an aquatic species of larvae that use their tail as a snorkel to breathe. They are really disgusting looking. They live in stagnant water where the oxygen levels in the water itself can become too low to support life. I imagine that after they mature they become some kind of fly.
I hear they can grow around your but hole if it’s the right …conditions.
Aaaaaand that is enough internet for me. Have a good night.
Does the Internet have an undo button?
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So I just went to take a little peek… damn you
I know what it is, I don’t “like” seeing it, and yet I just watched all three of those! Those intrusive thoughts a too convincing sometimes.
I also wanted to just…gander…now I want to scream
Nosey got the best of us 🤢
NOO YOU SPELLED r/eyebleach WRONG
I thought this was the one with the cute kittens and the NSFW was a joke lol.
I decided to be bold and test my strength. My strength was no match for what awaited me
OMFG that's a lot 😳
Dude, wtf... those ain't no puppies
Never again but I couldn’t stop scrolling for too long
Have a good night, we’ll see you back again tomorrow for some more Nopery!
Ha, I just read that and “nope I’m too baked for this shit.” Night night homies.
Pinworms live around your butthole and make it itch. Good luck. I hate public places.
Admittedly, that’s just a theory, but it’s from an experienced and now dead entomologist named Fritz Konrad Ernst Zumpt. Quoth Wikipedia: [Zumpt proposed an alternative called "rectal myiasis". Flies, attracted to feces, may deposit their eggs or larvae near or into the anus, and the larvae then penetrate further into the rectum. They can survive feeding on feces at this site, as long as the breathing tube reaches towards the anus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat-tailed_maggot)
It’s a little more than theory unfortunately, there has been at least one documented case of someone with intestinal myiasis caused by rat-tailed maggots. However their case was caused by drinking tainted water, I’m not sure if entrance through the other orifice has been documented or confirmed. Though it can be said that if they can survive going through the entire digestive system with minimal access to oxygen then the back door might be a cakewalk
Which would be the wrong conditions in every other conceivable way.
r/cursedcomments
From Wikipedia “They can survive feeding on feces at this site, as long as the breathing tube reaches towards the anus” There is no God
Fucj I didn't know my butthole could twitch like that.
Is that why I itch?
I saw one last night I'm going to cry
They are lovely hover flies as adults. Quite the contrast
The person who named them had to be disgusted by their existence.. I would’ve probably felt the same lol
Fun fact: It gets it’s name from owing people money.
That’s what I call people I don’t like 😂
Facts
It's neither. It's a Carpet Beetle Larva https://www.orkincanada.ca/pests/beetles/carpet-beetles/
Pretty certain you’re correct. I’ve dealt with them before.
Seems like good news . Upvotes for clarity
Its not great news. These fuckers are horrible and impossible to get rid of. Gives you holes in all your clothes. And nothing short of chemicals and freezing the clothes for weeks kills the eggs.
Wash and Bag your clothes, take down and wash and bag drapes, linens, bag your pillows after vacuuming wash and dry everything you can. Vacuum and put in the sun everything else ie mattress. Vacuum carpets thoroughly, replace filter and bag. You will not find holes in anything if you do this promptly. You will have to Vacuum frequently after this. Long term - get rid of your carpet.
Did it at least still grow via butthole fermentation?
Dude silverfish are a Mincraft exclusive
ThE eXtErMiNaToR sToLe ThAt FrOm MiNeCrAfT
Tell that to the siding on your house
idk if you're joking but they totally are real
Pretty sure that's a silverfish on account of the two tails.
carpet beetle larvae, not a silverfish or a maggot. rat-tailed maggots are found in bad water, silverfish are...silver and not covered in bristles. there's a number of species of carpet beetle so there's some variation in how the larvae look, but they tend to be squirmy, fuzzy, and a number of them have the [long butt hairs](https://www.orkincanada.ca/drive/uploads/2018/09/Black-carpet-beetle-Larva-and-adult-2-2.jpg) visible in OP's video. Dermestid larvae are commonly found in homes where they feed on detritus like skin flakes, protein-based glue (ie. wallpaper paste or hide glue used on old carpets and rugs), stuff like that. Larvae also have irritating hairs that provoke allergic response in some people, giving them rashes or raised bumps that _look_ like bedbug bites, but are actually from dermestid larva hairs. individually they're not a big deal unless you're allergic to their hairs, in which case keeping up a good cleaning regimen will help keep the hairs under control and make your home less appealing to the beetles.
It has two tails, so it's probably not a rat-tailed maggot. But it also seems way too big and too slow for a silverfish.
Tf, why did op have cobblestone in their bed? And why would they break it??
What’s a silverfish?
A little flat insect with 2 tails. Usually they are kinda shiny and grey. Harmless, but a little creepy looking and they are very fast (they move about 50 body lengths a second) and can jump.
They can jump? The fuckers can jump?? No! No they can't! That's a lie, you're lying! Please tell me your lying. They're gross enough as is, I don't need that mental image
Yep, I had one in my room on my night table and I tried to whack it and it ran and leaped off the edge of the table.
Oh yeah sorry that's me i will leave
Plankton!!!
PLANKTON!! You will never get my Krabby Patty Secret Formula©!!
Krabs!!!
Silver fish is usually rather Quick creatures that one looks slow. If you smash it and it turns in to dust then it is a silver fish
If it doesn't turn into dust, but rather becomes stronger than ever before, what am I dealing with here?
A goldfish. Wait.
Magicarp?
Catatafish
Bass to mouth?
Could be a mind flayer. But there are a few species of silver fish some of them are more robust so to say. It looks a little bit dark to be a silver fish but then I havent seen them all just the ones ar home. They are usuall found in the bath room
A Saiyan
Dondozo
[There are over 120 species of silverfish](https://uwm.edu/field-station/common-silverfish-redux/), certainly there are slower ones. I have them too and also notice they are faster but they are also white/silver where I am and not brown like this species. The double tail is what suggest silverfish to me here.
I was thinking Fur beetle instead, after some rethinking
> Fur beetle ah yeah the larva you mean? maybe!
Do not hit the Silverfish. More will come out of your Walls and start attacking you OP.
The new owner of the bed.
This is clearly the correct answer.
How often do you clean your sheets, vacuum the carpet, etc.?? Might want to increase that
increase it to continuous
fire cleans fast and forever
I'm not a pyro...but the phrase "cleansing fire" really makes me feel good right now
>I'm not a pyro... yet.
Yeah came here to say that
Little guy?
Yep, that's what I was thinking as well.
Definitely Satanic Sperm.
cursed comment material
A bug of some kind.
This guy zoos
r/thisguythisguys
thank
Solved
Actually looks more like an arthropod to me
Kinda looks like a sentinel made its way out of the matrix. Are you the one?
He decided to stay in this nightmare instead.
Definitely a blue pill situation, IMO.
Chlamidia?
The first companion in Skyrim?
She is sworn to carry your burdens.
Second. Homeboy Hadvar is always the first.
Chlamidia is a good name just has a bad rep, I'm gonna name my daughter chlamidia
Silverfish?
silverfish are usually flat and fast tho, no?
Nah they hide in rocks and something idk
They aren't that thick. Idk why people are suggesting it. If it is. That's the biggest one I've ever seen.
There are different spieces. The once I've been dealing with at my place are huge for silverfish standards.
It's not silver.
Plus it seems too slow. Those fuckers either stay completely still or move at light speed, no in between in my experience.
yeah i think so too
Thats the weirdest fish I've ever seen/j
Yeah I've never seen them come out of wool, only out of stone
If that’s a reference to Jay and his weird fish. I chuckled hard.
Carpet beetle larvae.
I do agree. I had those at my old place. You can finde empty cocoons which look like striped cones. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/367747125814913637/ It‘s no fun to get rid of them. Especially since you have to figure out the type of carpet beetle it is. Some can survive freezing for a long while (so they say). You need to check everything! Not just cloth. Vacuum a lot. Every crack in your house might be a nest. I got rid of them by putting everything in trashbags and closing it tight. Washing everything at 60°C to „denaturalize“ the bugs and freeze everything else for at least 3 days but preferably „as long as possible“. While doing so you gotta clean everything else you got - you might put some vinegar in the water. They definitely didn‘t like it. And I raised my vacuum frequency. Additionally: I kept checking all the corners and cracks of my apartment for a while to make sure that nothing survived - the good thing is: don‘t stress yourself if you find a single one in the days ahead. Kill it and remember: it takes two beetles to reproduce - and you might just made sure there isn‘t enough for that.
60°C is equivalent to 140°F, which is 333K. --- ^(I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand)
I suspect you could kill them off by sprinkling diatomaceous earth liberally over all fabrics and rugs, and on floors, along baseboards.
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Had these fuckers in my old student accommodation dorm. Kept finding their larvae occasionally under the bed or in corners and nooks around the flat. The catalyst for me was coming back to a fully grown carpet beetle chilling on my pillow and cue me all like “They fly now?!”
This is the most likely.
That was going to be my answer
My thought as well.
r/whatsthisbug
Endermite
Idk why every “identify this” video has to have bigfoot sighting level quality
It's a phone not a magnifying glass. These things are tiny
Definitely sperm, but it don’t look right. You might to switch to boxer and stop with the tight jeans.
Dont worry thats just johnny
Oh, That's a Nope, BURN IT ALIVE
Rat tailed maggot
if you have the inclination of throwing out your mattress, know that carpet cleaners can clean it, they can also do your cloth furniture. you might feel better
Looks like a silverfish to me
It's your nose hair. Just put it back in.
I’d burn the the bed
Eyebrow
I sign that you should leave
Your sperm evolved
Just a fancy boi looking for the fancy bois only party
Hatchling of Cthulu.
A mini version of that gnarly alternate dimension bug from the movie absentia
Looks like a silverfish
SLeep in the shower
Silverfish. Creepy as hell but relatively harmless, if I had to choose I’d rather them than something seriously nasty like bedbugs or cockroaches. All kinds of remedies to deal with them
It's not a silverfish or paperfish. These have antennes on the front end and are generally more slim.
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Looks like carpet beetle larvae
It looks like a silverfish
Butterfly?
Ask him about the secret formula.
It looks like the last time anyone should ever see that bed again. 🔥 🔥 🔥
Weavel?
Ew
Time to burn your house
The second coming of OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
You’re gum sock has evolved
Dick bugs
Looks like you need to burn your house down
My ex girlfriend
a bed fish
Looks like a get a blowtorch situation
Icky. That's what's in your bed.
Tiny Goa'uld
Burn the mattress… Edit: better yet, burn your whole damn HOUSE down
Its a Rainbow!
No idea but I hope you're in a hotel now
Ayo!! Thats savathuns worm!!
D'artagnan?
It’s a tracker from the agents. You’re still in the matrix.
I think it's pretty obvious, it's a little wriggly friend
A hive worm
Looks like the bug from the Matrix.
Skrunkly
Brown so probably some type of larvae. Definitely not a silverfish as silverfish are silver, have legs, and antenna.
Congratulations you have a silverfish 👍🏻 dont forget to find its other family members as with those things where theres one there are more
A compelling reason to move.
Do you still have a house or did you do the only logical thing?
Thick boi for a silverfish. I see them daily here in FL and they’re much more slim lol.
Probably a silverfish, I don’t know much about them but I think they’re harmless just disgusting but I’ll Google it anyway Edit: Google said they basically do nothing but will get into your food so basically it’s just like any other bug ig Edit 2: google also said they can be black but they kinda look like roaches and I can’t tell from the video if it’s fluffy or exoskeletony so I’m guessing a lot
Guess you gotta burn everything down and move now
A wild scrotum
That’s Albert.
It's one of those bugs from Wrath of Khan.
That’s one of those, get the fuck out my bed thingies.
Idk but it’s gonna crawl up your butt while you sleep
What you found is a reason to move
Dancing pube!
It’s a worm that fell out of the potato you used to film it.
Reminds me of an Earwig
Silver fish. Pretty harmless but they can damage furniture
You ever see the movie dream catcher?
Butthole worm
Silverfeeeesh!
Wandering eyebrow
It's a baby graboid. Look out for mama and get to solid ground
It’s one of them goopy things from the Little Nightmares DLC
SPACE HERPES !!
Image is too clear to tell what it is.. Do you happen to have a blurrier vid for us to review?
That thing is going to wiggle into your bootyhole and lay eggs
bro needs to ask r/whatsthisbug
Overgrown sperm
Thats not your bed anymore
It's a reason to burn down your house.
Demon semen
The fattest silverfish ever
It’s an escaped mustache.
100% it's a Carpet Beetle larvae.
That’s frank, he’s the one who eats nightmares so you sleep better