Silverfish, but then I found larvae ?

3 years ago

I've been sleeping on my bed without cover for a while but then decided to start using a cover because I quickly realized the consequences and the dirt that would stack up and after I got silverfish in my room I decided to clean my bed, just FYI my room is the basement of the house. So I cleaned my entire bed up and washed it and prior to doing so I got a similar type of larvae as the one pictured below. This is the second time finding this disgusting larvae so I'm basically going to throw my entire bed out as my next mandatory option. Just to make sure they're not silverfish I did upload pics of silverfish in my room which continue to appear one at a time every few days, seen one in my bed blanket before as well.

Please help me identify what the larvae is!

(the larvae)

(the silverfish)

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Fori
3 years ago
The pictures aren't good enough but neither looks remotely like a silverfish.

Look up carpet beetles and their larvae and see if that's what you found in the bed.
Abdullah A
Original Author
3 years ago
I'm very convinced the bottom picture is a silverfish nymph, here is more pictures of a different silverfish from the other day, same room.

These are definitely not beetles.
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Fori
3 years ago
Yup, better photo and definitely a silverfish.

Is it too late to get a better photo of the other guy?
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The Logician LLC
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
The larva looks very similar to a dermestid (larder) beetle larvae. They can come initially from outdoors but are very commonly found indoors. Inspect any dried food or natural cloth for damage.

Neither this nor silverfish are biting bed pests, I would hang on to the bed.
Abdullah A
Original Author
3 years ago
Unfortunately too late for better photo of larvae I got scared waking up to it next to my pillow so I took the quick pic and took it to the trash. I've already gotten rid of the bed because as I mentioned above I slept on it for a long time without bed covers which obviously results in dead cells and dirt on the bed which started attracting these and even spiders sometimes. I've been living in the same place for over 7 years and this is the first time I have ever come across a silverfish or this larvae in all my 7 years here so I am convinced that it is my stupid choice that resulted in that. What do you guys think? I'm really out of options on guessing what's causing this, I've cleaned up the room numerous times like a freak, I don't eat here often and there's nothing to attract them. Granted I do work and study a lot with papers and books and obviously I have clothes but that's just the normal stuff.
Fori
3 years ago
Just vacuum often and don't worry about it. :)
Abdullah A thanked Fori
lindac92
3 years ago
And put some sort of sheets and bed pads on your bed and wash them often.
Mars SC Zone 8b Mars
3 years ago
Clean your room.

Then contact pest control.

Change sheats often.

Then your Free of those nasty bugs
lindac92
2 years ago
The picture shows a silver fish...looks exactly lke one...is one.

They like moisture andw ill live on shed skin cells. Get a dehumidifier and a new mattress and use a bed pad which is regularly laundered and sheets.
jane__ny
2 years ago
I think they are in paper. I have never seen them in my house until I started going through old books and sheet music kept in book shelves and cabinets. I've never seen them in the house but when going through books I found them inside the books and sheet music. Freaked me out and I threw everything out.
lindac92
2 years ago
They eat cellulose...paper...rayon and cotton fabrics. I have had one get into a picture frame and make holes in the picture.
Fori
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Mmmm they do like paper and the paste used in old books. They also like dog food. (the photos in the original post don't look especially silverfishy. The follow up..yeah. But the first image looks like a carpet beetle larva.)
El ROD
6 months ago
Looks like a carpet beetle larve to me