• @[email protected]
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    183 months ago

    The brown things are not termites, they’re pupae cases of another insect. Try vacuuming all that up and keeping an eye on it

  • @breadsmasher
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    133 months ago

    this isnt termites

    maybe, i have no idea. but ill tell you what you want to hear!

  • @rouxdoo
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    123 months ago

    That’s a terrible picture will nothing to indicate scale but assuming those brown capsule looking things are about 1/4 inch long that looks like fly pupae. Is the location near trash can or compactor? Had you previously noticed maggots?

    • @nieminenOP
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      113 months ago

      Sorry, thought it was clearer than it was

      They are about 1/4 inch, brown, and hollow. Little crunchy.

      • @expatriado
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        323 months ago

        does it taste salty or a little fruity?

        • @WhyDoYouPersist
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          83 months ago

          Yep, and @[email protected] if they’re hollow, they’re living out their adult lives elsewhere (likely in the building). These are just signs that they used it as a pupation site.

          • @nieminenOP
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            63 months ago

            Thank you. I’ve seen no evidence of them, and they were below some baseboards put in long ago. I’m hoping it’s an issue that no longer exists 😂

            • @[email protected]
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              73 months ago

              Cool entomological fact: Cockroaches and termites (and also praying mantises) are really closely related, and many cockroaches have the ability to digest lignin, aka wood, just like termites

  • @pomfegranate
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    63 months ago

    Search up cockroach eggs. Looks like that to me

    • @nieminenOP
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      33 months ago

      Yeah that seems to be the consensus. Thank you for weighing in

    • @egrets
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      23 months ago

      I’d assume the same. I’ve had houseflies hatch in my indoor trash a few times and the casings look exactly like the pictures.

  • @[email protected]
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    53 months ago

    It doesn’t immediately look like termites, but you’ve cropped/zoomed in so tight that there may be missing information that would help.

    • @nieminenOP
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      43 months ago

      There’s no obvious damage around (just some old mold and water damage (washer room))

    • @nieminenOP
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      33 months ago

      Took this a little further out

  • @Ledivin
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    33 months ago

    It doesn’t look like termites, but that’s definitely signs of some other bug 🤷‍♂️

  • @Dorkyd68
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    3 months ago

    You got roaches bruh. You nasty mfer

    • @nieminenOP
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      33 months ago

      Lol people downvoted you. I thought it was funny.