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Insect I can't indentify?

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There are these...bugs, of sorts, I've seen twice in my bathroom and once in my hall. It's like a worm/caterpillar/inching thing attatched to a leaf looking tail...thing. I'm no good with insect identification. The worm body is black colored with white stripes around it horizontally. The leafy thing is thin, I would say wing like in thickness and maybe texture (I havent felt it) It's crinkley and spattered with dots. It's like a greyish white color with dark speckles. Though the thin part looks like a wing...it isnt. The worm thing drags it along, I can't figure its true function but all three of them were built the same. I showed it to one friend who said it was a termite (Though twice it was crawling along tile, no where near wood, and once inching its way across a mirror.) Because I dont know what they are or if they're harmful, I have'nt killed them, but if they ARE termites or something I figure I better call someone. Can you help me figure out what it is?

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  1. If it is a termite it should look like this:

    http://fusionanomaly.net/termites.jpg

    It may also be caddisfly larvae

    http://www.mark-ju.net/wildlife/images/a...

    and it may also be dermestid beetle larvae

    http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/images/...

    and finally a house centipede

    http://www.insectpod.com/images/20071201...

    These are very unlikely possiblities, and it is best to send us a pic so we can see it. Kill them if they are not house centipedes, which they are likely not, because house centipedes move very fast. All of them do not have the tail things.


  2. http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/life/a...

    http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

    http://www.insectimages.org/

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