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Lepisma saccharina
About three eighths of an inch long. 2 long antennae. 6 legs. Medium purple color for it's body, and also a little brown coloring too. One long filament coming straight down, from the tip of it's abdomen. One long filament, coming straight out to the left, near the tip of it's abdomen. One long filament, coming straight out to the right, near the tip of it's abdomen.
Inside my house.
I saw this small insect, resting on one of the walls, inside of my house. This was about 6:00 p.m. in the evening. I took some photos of this small insect, but I was unable to find it's photo, on the Internet.
Welcome to Project Noah maplemoth66
Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing
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This is a member of the Order Zygentoma - Silverfish, Firebrat or Booklice. I cannot tell exactly from your photo, but here is a link for further study: http://bugguide.net/node/view/79
Spotted on Feb 15, 2015
Submitted on Feb 16, 2015
