Found this bug indoor. What is this?

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Good or bad? Thanks.
 

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Looks like a thrip :eek:
 
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The insect shown in the OP is a Silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) or related species (Order Zygentoma, formerly Thysanura).
This is not a complete specimen, the three appendages (two cerci, one telson) at the tip of the abdomen are missing.
 

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