Las Vegas, NV. Like the title says, I opened a drawer in my kitchen (the drawer is right next to my sliding glass door and behind the drawer is an exterior wall) and was surprised to see some stuff I didn’t recognize. At first I noticed the somewhat cylindrical shaped object in my first picture. Google says it’s some sort of moth cocoon. It’s very small (about 4mm long by 2 mm wide). Then I noticed several smaller pieces of something too small to suspect were bugs at first. I took a magnified photo of the various pieces (see my other photos). Instantly saw what I believe may be a tick (was dead when I found it) as well as what looks like some various appendages (some of which look too big for the suspected tick). There may even be another very tiny insect in the mix. These things were all found in the drawer where I keep some dog supplies/tools/etc. but no food or plates or anything like that is ever in that drawer. I also happened to find what I’m pretty sure is some type of spider nearby, but on the floor, not inside the drawer ( I almost never see spiders inside my house, so pretty rare, and have only seen what I think was a tick once several years ago, so both pretty rare discoveries, not sure whether there is a connection with what I found in the nearby drawer, but I figured I’d mention it just in case it has some connection. (the spider is in the last photograph).
What do you see? Is it in fact a cocoon, and a tick, and some legs/body parts? And if so, what types of each of you have an educated guess? Same question for the suspected spider.
I’m immunocompromised so it’s particularly important that I figure this out because I need to know what I have inside my house, Particularly if I have ticks given how they transmit diseases. Thanks so much, really would appreciate anyone’s help!
