I Found a Strange Little Object on My Floor—Then I Discovered What It Really Was

by its case.

The structure becomes a kind of mobile shelter.

The larva can extend part of its body when it needs to move or feed and retreat inside when disturbed.

That makes the strange dusty tube far more sophisticated than it first appears.

A Tiny Animal Has Turned Household Debris Into Architecture

That was the detail that changed the discovery from continue reading …