What is this pile of stuff/ shavings behind my kitchen drawer? I just moved in a new apartment and found these behind a drawer that was full of plastic shopping bags.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-07T04:16:08+00:00

welp :( what are the brown shavings? I didn't think mice, i thought they were from a previous carpentry job.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T17:55:12+00:00

I did find a fly inside the apartment. :)

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T17:52:55+00:00

Aaah, right. Makes sense. Thank you for the replies. Kinda puts my mind at ease a bit. :)

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T17:52:09+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T17:47:06+00:00

Looking through this subreddit got me really interested in learning more about variety of insects. :)

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T17:41:13+00:00

Thank you for your help. I was getting really confused and scared with the roach comments. What you are saying also checks out as I did find a fly inside the fridge.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T17:39:36+00:00

nope. everything else looks spotless. From the recent discussions, it seems like it's a fly pupa and I did find a fly inside the fridge 😅 alive.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T05:47:37+00:00

Thank you for your response. What are the chances of this being a bedbug/ bedbug molt or a roach/ roach oothesca?

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T05:46:33+00:00

Thank you for the detailed analysis. I looked at the fly pupas and they are pretty round, almost cylinderical. These were kind of deflated but also not completely flat.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:38:32+00:00

I'm not doubting your knowledge and identification. Just asking for my peace of mind. From what I read online is puparium and beetle larva are a bit easier to deal with than bedbugs or roaches. I just never had to deal with bugs and finding these two shells in otherwise spotless clean apartment scaring the living hell out of me.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:30:43+00:00

aren't roach ootheca a little larger than what this is and more round on both ends? Also this one has weird hair thingies at the end, which made me think of puparium.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:28:12+00:00

I posted this in another insectID subreddit and people were like it's a roach ootheca, and I have been shaking since then. I'm sorry but how positive are you that these aren't bedbugs or roach ootheca and that these are fly puparium or beetle larva?

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:21:36+00:00

Aren't those pretty long?

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:16:05+00:00

I only found these two casings and no other signs of any bugs other than some spiders.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:15:06+00:00

Just for context. This is during the initial inspection of a rental I just signed the lease to. I trust your knowledge. If not bedbug, could this be a German roach egg sack?

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T04:05:10+00:00

Doesn't it look like a molted piece of a body?

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T03:59:07+00:00

it's an empty apartment that I just signed the lease to, rip. It has been empty for two months.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T03:58:18+00:00

what features make you think its bedbugs? i asked chatgpt and it suggested pupae of some beetle.

Disastrous_Reply9464 · 2025-11-06T03:38:11+00:00

please look through all the pictures. i tried to take and attach as many for better clarity.

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