Kevin1908 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 About the size of a grain or rice and looks like a grain of rice. When it started to move I thought an even smaller ant was moving it. Something then appeared from one end or the other and it took off like rocket. I could believe how fast it was for something the size of a grain of rice. Was in the room that the cats stay in so maybe came from outside on their fur. Looked horrible even if was tiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 How far did it fly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1908 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 That is what surprised me it didnt fly. It just had this foot thing that poked out of the end. May be a rocket is an exageration but is was still fast. Took a video if I can transfer it from my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsianAtHeart Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Sounds like a rather large specimen of a springtail, or collembola. I could be more certain if you had a picture. Usually they are more grayish in appearance, but they have an outer scaly surface that can be somewhat iridescent, and, depending on the lighting, might appear in other colors. If it is a collembola, it's rather harmless. Maybe something like this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted September 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 Be afraid.... be very afraid! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Ticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin1908 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 Here's the little <deleted>. 20220925_213549.mp4 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AsianAtHeart Posted September 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Kevin1908 said: Here's the little <deleted>. 20220925_213549.mp4 Oh, that's a casebearer. It eats spider webs, mostly, but can sometimes eat other natural fibers (including cotton). The grayish case surrounding the inner worm/caterpillar protects it from the spiders. 8 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1908 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Can actually see it a bit clearer on the video than with the naked eye. Looks like tiny catterpillar poking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin1908 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 So pretty harmless except that it can eat fibres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsianAtHeart Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Kevin1908 said: So pretty harmless except that it can eat fibres. That's correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sparktrader Posted September 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 41 minutes ago, Kevin1908 said: Here's the little <deleted>. 20220925_213549.mp4 Slow rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skeptic7 Posted September 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 Casebearing moth aka Plaster Bagworm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Case Moth cocoon. Many threads about them on the forum over the years. Harmless, just sweep them off the walls and toss outside. Eventually there will be no more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2baht Posted September 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 Evacuate! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted September 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2022 When I saw the title, I thought this was gonna be another bargirl story ! ???? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 These are deadly if bitten but eaten with some chop garlic Delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, 2baht said: Evacuate! Coffee, stomach rumbling, time to evacuate indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catoni Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Kevin1908 said: Here's the little <deleted>. 20220925_213549.mp4 Oh…. I got body shivers and my blood pressure went up when I saw this creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 We were infested with these a year or so ago, Googled it and got common bagmoth. As another poster said just throw them outside, eventually they have all but disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 It's got a little sleeping bag...perhaps it's going camping? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Tempest Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Sparktrader said: Slow rocket It's an "Artemis Rocket Bug"!.... We had these in our house a while ago and knowing how much Thais love eating Critters I thought of collecting them and selling them at the local market....But, when I mentioned my idea to a Thai friend he said, "That will never take off" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/artemis-moon-launch-delayed-tropical-storm-ian-strengthens/ Edited September 26, 2022 by Troy Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors65 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) Harmless, shows up during rainy season with high humidity. Eats food, spider webs, dust even dead insects, ants. Makes a cocoon with dust, hair, cotton and spider webs incl. sand for protection. moving around mostly at night, hangig on walls etc. Ugly beasts! Edited September 26, 2022 by Mentors65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Skeptic7 said: Casebearing moth aka Plaster Bagworm. Not Plaster Bagworm again , first appeared in Mad Max 2. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, thailand49 said: These are deadly if bitten but eaten with some chop garlic Delicious! You know it could be the cheap plastic rice that China uses as a filler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 13 hours ago, Sparktrader said: Slow rocket one of Kims! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 8:16 AM, Catoni said: Oh…. I got body shivers and my blood pressure went up when I saw this creature. A tiny insect on the wall does this to you? A couple of weeks ago while sitting on a chair watching tv I found a 7-inch centipede climbing up my thigh about to head inside my shorts. That's scary. My FIL spent last night at our place sleeping on a mattress on the floor. In the early hours of this morning all were awoken by his shouts as he had a similar one crawling on his face. Transpired it had stung him on the calf. Have to listen to his moans and groans this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsianAtHeart Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Old Croc said: A tiny insect on the wall does this to you? A couple of weeks ago while sitting on a chair watching tv I found a 7-inch centipede climbing up my thigh about to head inside my shorts. That's scary. My FIL spent last night at our place sleeping on a mattress on the floor. In the early hours of this morning all were awoken by his shouts as he had a similar one crawling on his face. Transpired it had stung him on the calf. Have to listen to his moans and groans this morning. Sorry about your stings. I used to fear centipedes and want to kill them, too, before I learned how good they are. Now I catch and release them in the garden. Centipedes will eat snails, and snails definitely need more predators! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catoni Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 16 hours ago, AsianAtHeart said: Sorry about your stings. I used to fear centipedes and want to kill them, too, before I learned how good they are. Now I catch and release them in the garden. Centipedes will eat snails, and snails definitely need more predators! If they are just common house centipedes, we ignore them. They eat the bad bugs we don’t want around. But their large cousins….no… don’t want them. They can bite/sting. House centipedes are rarely able to puncture our skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetongue Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/27/2022 at 12:31 PM, Old Croc said: A tiny insect on the wall does this to you? A couple of weeks ago while sitting on a chair watching tv I found a 7-inch centipede climbing up my thigh about to head inside my shorts. That's scary. My FIL spent last night at our place sleeping on a mattress on the floor. In the early hours of this morning all were awoken by his shouts as he had a similar one crawling on his face. Transpired it had stung him on the calf. Have to listen to his moans and groans this morning. Got stung by one of these a few years back. Can attest that it was extremely painful and has never really healed, second toe, I started a thread on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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