Colour is the weakest clue because one species varies. The host plant and the feeding position do the work, and root aphids hide below the soil.
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The larva builds silk as it feeds, and that webbing is the diagnostic. The moth that fluttered out of the wardrobe eats nothing at all, ever.
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The bristly stage does all the damage and gets blamed for bites it cannot inflict. The shed skins are easier to find than the larvae themselves.
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Translucency usually describes a life stage rather than a species, which changes what it tells you: whatever you found was probably born nearby.
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Red narrows the list to five, and where you found them decides which. None of the common answers damages a house and only one of them bites.
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Grey usually means damp or dust rather than an infestation. Silverfish, woodlice, springtails, psocids and carpet beetle larvae cover nearly every case.
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Five things live on a dog and only one of them is a flea. Two of the five need a vet rather than a shop product, and this guide says which two.
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Nocturnal narrows it to five, and what happens in the first second after you flick the light on separates them. Only one is a reason to act quickly.
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Rule bed bugs in or out in ten minutes, then work through what a bedroom actually holds: wool, dust, damp plaster and a wardrobe nobody empties.
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The damage names the culprit better than the insect does. Clothes moths, carpet beetles and silverfish each leave a different kind of hole in fabric.
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