Answer: What you may have found are carpet beetle larvae. They are characteristically brown, they may look banded with brown and pale stripes, and with long ”hairs” at the tail end. They are slow moving across walls and floors.
Millipede Hiding Places
If the conditions outside become too hot, dry, or wet from heavy rain, they will sometimes find their way into your home, seeking shelter. Indoors: Millipedes are attracted to cool, damp places like the basement, crawl spaces, or the garage.
The best control is to remove as much of the moist mulch around doors and away from the foundation as possible (make a 6" to 12" gap between mulch and house). This reduces their breeding sites and the favorable areas for them. Make certain the door thresholds are well sealed.
All are concerned at the vast numbers of these yucky bugs, and want to know what to do. They've all got millipedes. Millipedes are not actually insects, but are arthropods related to insects. They don't harm food, clothes, furniture, or other items within homes, although just their presence can be disturbing.
You should look for maggots themselves or the appearance of adult flies. Maggots will appear in the form of small white worms in the house wiggling about in the food or filth they are found on. Flies will be hovering around filthy areas like garbage and feces and will breed and lay their eggs.
1: Adult carpet beetles are small and often appear speckled or mottled. In a few weeks, the tiny eggs laid by adult beetles hatch into the fabric-consuming larvae. Larvae are about 1/8 to 1/4-inch long, tan to brownish in color, slow moving, and densely covered with hairs or bristles.
Cleaning the bathroom with carbolic acid or detergent regularly has been shown to help eradicate worm growth in the bathroom. If using a chemical cleaning fluid, just pour it into between the open tile floors. You can also pour the liquid directly over the worm's body when you find it.
Bed worms, also known as mattress worms, are not a specific type of pest, but a group of pests and their larvae that can end up infesting your mattress or bedding. Unlike adult bed bugs and fleas, their larvae have not yet developed into an insect with a hard exoskeleton, giving them a worm-like appearance.
Have you seen an oval-shaped case that looks like a speck of dust on your wall? Well, it is actually a living thing—an insect called dust worm, which is also known as plaster bagworm.
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. The other white worms (in that size range) that can be found in kitchens are fly maggots, but those do not have legs. Maggots wiggle along; they can't crawl.
Cloves have antiseptic and anti-parasitic properties that destroy intestinal worms and their eggs. Boil two to three cloves with a cup of water in a saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes and strain. Drink this solution 3 to 4 times daily for a week.
Symptoms may include diarrhoea, tiredness and weakness, abdominal pain and weight loss. Some worms cause anaemia.
If you come across small black worms in your bathroom, kitchen sink, or toilet, you may have a drain worm problem. These small black or brown worms are also referred to as “drain fly worms” or “drain fly larvae.” They can be a nuisance with potential health risks because they can spread bacteria.
These pests love to feed on spiderwebs, lint, and dust. This is why I suggest you dust and vacuum regularly to remove these food sources from your house. They also enjoy feeding on fabrics (especially the ones made with natural fibers), so you should store clothes in air-tight, plastic boxes.
If one looked at dust mite adults under a microscope, their yellowish, white and brownish coloration and the presence of setae, their stiff bristle-like hairs, would be visible. Dust mite adults have 8 legs, unlike insect adults that have 6 legs, and their body is globular shaped.
We put a note on the refrigerator that says: “Worms love: vegetable scraps, breads and grains, fruit rinds and petals, tea bags, coffee grounds and filters, crushed eggshells, shredded paper. Worms hate: meat or fish, cheese, butter, greasy food, animal waste, spicy and salty foods, citrus.”
Drain worms can look sinister but they are not known to bite or transmit blood-borne diseases to humans like other insects do. The health risk they carry lies in where they come from. They can spread bacteria where they go and if they're coming up from the sink drain, they can potentially contaminate food.
Boric Acid
Sprinkle it lightly and evenly on carpet, then use a broom or brush to distribute it into the fibers. Wait several hours and vacuum thoroughly. You may also prepare a larvae-killing spray by adding a tablespoon of boric acid to 2 cups of hot water and stirring until the powder dissolves.
If you spot tiny black worms in your toilet, they are probably drain fly larvae. These pests live off of sewage and decaying matter, which makes your toilet a perfect location for them. Adult females lay large clusters of eggs, which explains why there may be more than one worm in your toilet.
Use borax and bleach to remove the eggs, larvae and worms. An alternative would be baking soda and vinegar. These two ingredients will also help in eliminating eggs, larvae and worms. Clean the pipes as earthworms love to stay in dark places.
Unlike bed bugs, bed worms are larvae that feed on fabric that appear in several colors, white, orange, creamy, red, brown, and black. They are harmless but can cause an allergic reaction and eye or skin irritation in humans.
Threadworms do not go away by themselves, and people do not build up immunity to them, so they must be treated in order to eradicate them totally from the body.