Sometimes one stumbles across the most unusual bug: here, a member of the insect order Embioptera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embioptera (also called Embiidina).

Black webspinner, Oligotoma nigra (tentative ID), a male (only males are winged) http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181104245 casually sitting on a curtain at home … I wasn’t even trying to find a rare insect order.

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The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home | Deep Look

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JP3RbJ8zk&feature=youtu.be

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