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This is a bit random, sorry I found what I thought was a bunch of mouse poo in a kitchen cupboard, we had mice years ago so I know what it looks like. I was a bit confused because as far as I could tell there was no way in or out of the cupboard (it's a head-height one). I cleaned everything out and thought nothing of it Then today I get a voicemail from my other half saying "THE POOS ARE MOVING!!" which I thought was quite funny. Anyway, turns out they were actually some kind of little creature which looked identical to a mouse poo. I think they might have hatched out of a packet of star anise. They've all been irradicated now and all non-glass packets have been binned, but I'm quite interested to know what they were. We used to have knowledgeable bug people here IIRC. Any ideas? |
What insect/beastie looks just like mouse poo?
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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magicpanda 15,130 posts
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Registered 17 years agoWoodlice?
Otheriwse known as Bellybuttons in these ere parts.
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That’ll be the deadly larvae of the black widow, often found with imported star aniceed. -
Killerbee 5,249 posts
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Registered 20 years agoFlour weevils? We had an infestation of those in one of our kitchen cupboards a while back. Teach me to buy Tesco Value... -
HiddenPooh 1,426 posts
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Registered 16 years agoWeevils sound about right.
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMagic Panda wrote:
Noooo not woodlice. We call 'em cheeselogs
Woodlice?
Otheriwse known as Bellybuttons in these ere parts.
For reasons long since lost..gif)
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoNot those weevils either. I cannot overstate how much they looked like little poos. They had (as far as I could tell) no visible legs. Think chocolate hundreds and thousands, but manky
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Jeepers 16,616 posts
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Registered 16 years agoKillerbee wrote:
Flour weevils? We had an infestation of those in one of our kitchen cupboards a while back. Teach me to buy Tesco Value...
Weevils are the reason I'd rather eat my own faeces than eat Porridge: my Grandfather offered the juvenile Jeepers a bowl of the stuff after I'd told him I'd never eaten it.
As a hardened Scot, he outraged and sent me to get the bag o' porridge oats he kept in his larder. I did, and opened it to peek at the contents.
Which were moving. Heaving with weevils. I was nearly sick. -
HiddenPooh 1,426 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI still think Weevils.
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThey are weevils, just out of the larval stage.
Look like tiny tiny little brown things. Bleach your cupboards out with a bleach solution, they hate that.
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Killerbee 5,249 posts
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Registered 20 years agoJeepers wrote:
Killerbee wrote:
Flour weevils? We had an infestation of those in one of our kitchen cupboards a while back. Teach me to buy Tesco Value...
Weevils are the reason I'd rather eat my own faeces than eat Porridge: my Grandfather offered the juvenile Jeepers a bowl of the stuff after I'd told him I'd never eaten it.
As a hardened Scot, he outraged and sent me to get the bag o' porridge oats he kept in his larder. I did, and opened it to peek at the contents.
Which were moving. Heaving with weevils. I was nearly sick.
Hooooooooorp!
And the weevils sound pretty nasty too!
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoWeevil larvae eh? Ok, I'll go with that, that sounds about right. I think we've removed all possible sources of the little tykes from the cupboard so I reckon we're alright
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CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBellybuttons? Cheeselogs? They're slaters! -
magicpanda 15,130 posts
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Registered 17 years agoBELLYBUTTONS. -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMy mate had a couple of pet weevils, one was a big bruiser and the other was a bit runty. He preferred the runty one
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CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agosmoothpete wrote:
One should always choose the lesser of two weevils.
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Jeepers 16,616 posts
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Registered 16 years agosmoothpete wrote:
My mate had a couple of pet weevils, one was a big bruiser and the other was a bit runty. He preferred the runty one
One should always choose the lesser of two weevils.
/gunshot
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Spanky 15,037 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI think i know what you're talking about, sort of like a weevil only missing all the extra fancy face bits. Some sort of minipsum-brown-beetleicus. That's the latin name. -
smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI dunno, just looked like mouse shit to me, no legs/face/arse or owt
Sorry about the weevil "joke" by the way, I couldn't hold it any longer
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Jeepers 16,616 posts
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Registered 16 years agosmoothpete wrote:
I dunno, just looked like mouse shit to me, no legs/face/arse or owt
Sorry about the weevil "joke" by the way, I couldn't hold it any longer
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askew 24,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHeh. Top result for a "site:community.eurogamer.net" search. Did you solve it? -
I keep reading 'beastie looks just like mouse poo' and wondering what the OPs beef with beastmaster was.
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neilka 24,021 posts
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neilka wrote:
Brilliant
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smoothpete 37,743 posts
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Registered 17 years agoJesus. What the fuck. Top result?!
Yeah they were weevils, from an old packet of flour right in the back of the cupboard. There were fucking looooads of them in the flour bag -
@smoothpete I had the same thing happen with a packet of corn flour or similar. Cupboard full of the little shits. Since then any time I buy flour or even just packets of dried lentils, pasta, whatever, I stick it in the freezer for 48 hours. Apparently this is enough to kill the eggs.
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