A reader recently found little white worms in his kitchen.
What are these little white worms in my carpet.
When we hear about small black worms discovered in a carpet our first idea is that the creatures are carpet beetle larvae which are extremley common household pests.
They don t seem to be in the kitchen or anywhere else.
I dont know what to do.
On the floor of my bedroom.
Okay i was cleaning out under my bed and i saw these little brown worms crawing in my carpet.
Carpet beetle larvae look much different than the three specimens in the photograph.
What are these little white worms on my carpet.
If the worms are limited to your kitchen and are crawling up walls and along ceilings it s a good bet that they are indianmeal moth larvae.
I went away for the weekend when i came home i discovered little white worms on my carpet i ve been trying to figure out what they are.
I also see some shells from them i guess they shed their skin they look like mealworms just smaller.
No matter what type of larvae you are dealing with it is best to remove them as quickly as possible through meticulous cleaning.
When the eggs hatch small white worms the larvae infest the carpeting.
Or how to get rid of them.
Don t ever skip looking for these as evidence of adults also indicates probable presence of larvae.
Sometimes bugs such as flies carpet bugs and moths lay eggs in carpeting.
Look for the carpet bug larvae.
The other white worms in that size range that can be found in kitchens are fly maggots but those do not have legs.
However we are confident that these creatures are not carpet beetle larvae.
I keep spotting these worms on my carpet few are pretty big they tiny circular worms in outdoor carpet garden guides small worm larva carpet beetle bugguide net.
Insect and spider identification help white worms found under carpet beetles.
What you might think is worms in your carpet is most likely the larvae of assorted insect species such as spider moth and fly larvae.