Stats

Lifespan: A few weeks
Size: Tiny
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

The bathroom moth fly is a tiny household insect whose fuzzy, moth-like wings and body are covered in fine hairs that make water bead off them. Its larvae develop inside the slimy biofilm coating household drains, making it one of the few insects that completes its entire life cycle within indoor plumbing.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4.
adult
Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Psychodidae
Genus: Clogmia
Species: Clogmia albipunctata