What the heck is this creature?!?

[TheSeventeenth]

AIBU to be freaked out by this.

We have found 3 of these in random places on our upstairs carpet over the last few days. They are a beige/green colour about 1cm across, 0.5 deep and 2cm long with a little black tail thing. Do I need to burn down my house?

Do they move? Can you do a Google image search?

Are we sure it's definitely not a turd

It’s a larvae of some sort I think?!

They kind of convulse 🤢 in and out of a c-shape.

Do I need to burn down my house? 🤣

Isn’t it some sort of a chrysalis?

Carpet beatle larvae I think.... we had an infestation and have replaced wool carpets with 100% synthetic....

It is some sort of larvae but what?!

Poo nugget?

It's probably a moth larvae

Grim for sure 🤢

It doesn’t have any legs and is quite big.

Really doesn’t look like carpet beetle larvae following a Google search.

Carpet beetles are much smaller, about 5mm long and hairy. Other than that, can't help...

Moth, I would wager.

🤮

Sorry don't know what it is though

Not a poo nugget or chrysalis. It moves.

Moth. Your pic looks a bit darker but I suspect it's just the lighting/angle. That's a moth larvae.

@TheSeventeenth

They kind of convulse 🤢 in and out of a c-shape.

Perhaps he's stressed...having an existential crisis...."what even am I?" he thinks, convulsing in panic.

@DaisyNGO I love it!

@clockover

Moth. Your pic looks a bit darker but I suspect it's just the lighting/angle. That's a moth larvae.

It is quite dark and doesn’t have any legs can that still be a moth larvae.

My house is honestly quite clean!

Throw them far, far away, Sprinkle diatomaceous Earth all over the carpets. Then burn your house down anyway.

could it be casemaker moth? Had an infestation of these on an old carpet once…any threadbare patches anywhere on carpets?

Moths

Googled and think it might be a soldier fly larva. There are a few forms but it looks like your beastie. I guess one got in and laid a few eggs before dying - sweep up and chuck out. It'll be OK.

I love that you took a million photos to select the best one for posting.

Sorry no idea what it could be though.