Casemaking clothes moth caterpillars feed on organic-based textiles like wool and cotton, and have no business in an enclosure with millipedes and springtails. If it were not for the video, we never would have come to this conclusion. When captured or bothered, they flail, but they do not curl up.”īased on this context, and the video she sent, we think that this is a casemaking clothes moth caterpillar. They are fast moving and burrow through substrate quickly when I shine a light on them.
They are barely less than a millimeter thick, and about half a centimeter long. It has a red head and a clear-ish, yellow body. It appears to have two very small and thin antennae, but they are not long like centipedes. It appears to only have legs on the front (barely visible), not throughout the body. They’re too small to see what the backside looks like exactly, but it’s not sharp/tapered. The specimen in the video above is damaged – the backside was torn when I was trying to capture it.
Her observations are as follows: “This was found in a semi-moist substrate in an enclosure containing ivory millipedes and springtails.
#Transparent translucent small clear worm series#
She goes on to list a series of observations she has made of the creature, which we really appreciate, as any context is always helpful. I posted a video on reddit but I am not sure of the answers because I feel they don’t match my description.” “I’ve been searching for a while but I can’t find a bug that is matching mine. Our reader was also so kind as to send us a “ video of the creature moving about the enclosure“. It is a bit difficult to spot among all the dark objects in the photo, but in the center you can see the clear worm-like critter making its way between these objects. “I would love to know what these are and if they are harmful to my other specimens”, states this reader in her submission regarding the semi-transparent, yellow, worm-like creature with a red head pictured below.
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