Weird insect that eats hair and has two ends, please help ID

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heyday478 Jan 12, 2016

It is able to move the black head out both ends and it ate a very long hair, it also defecated out one of the ends.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jan 12, 2016

This appears to be a household casebearer, a caterpillar of a moth in the family Tineidae - http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/occas/household_casebearer.htm

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MaypopLaurel Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Jan 12, 2016

In S. FL, these are probably second to termites in the amount of household damage. They have a wide range of favorite foods including silk, wool and even book covets and bindings. Don't know if it's the linen or the glue. I discovered they are attracted to the bait in roach hotels and it does kill them.

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