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Tiny Jumping Bugs in Lagos Apartment: Springtails, Then Drain Flies/Fungus Gnats

1-mm black bugs on walls in Lagos, Nigeria—antennae, 6 legs, jump 3–4 cm. Initially thought carpet beetles, but they jump. Expert: springtails (Collembola)—but user insisted on wings. Next: drain flies or fungus gnats—tiny dark flies. Fungus gnats breed in damp soil; drain flies in drain slime. Neither has transparent wings.

Best: take specimens to University of Lagos Zoology Department for microscope ID. See springtail guide, fungus gnat, drain fly.

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