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What is this thing?

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Doensn't look like he moth larvae pictures I found online. Looks a bit similar to the larvae of a Dermestidae. But still not sure.

Sorry for the low quality picture. It's hard to make macro images.

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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As @RobotToaster@mander.xyz has said, it looks more like a carpet beetle larva, the clothes moth's larva ~~isn't hairy and~~ is uniformly whiteish and not hairy.

common clothes moth larva

Wikipedia.org – Tineola bisselliella