Answer 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.
White worms in kitchen floor.
After hatching the larvae are white colored worms that may be seen crawling along walls or on the ceiling.
After hatching the larvae are small white maggots that may be seen along baseboards and baseboard heaters and around cracks in floors.
The reader left dirty washing perhaps something like dirty plates or dirty rags on the kitchen floor over night and in the morning there were lots of little white worms on the kitchen floor directly underneath the washing.
If you have visible insect droppings in your home you may have a pest infestation.
They prefer to live in conditions with high moisture and humidity.
We found 2 white worms in our kitchen recently and could not figure out where they were coming from.
We receive a lot of questions about little white worms and ironically these questions are rarely about little white worms at all.
D sandown nh whether or not they could be.
I keep finding these white worms crawling on my kitchen walls.
Indianmeal moth larvae have a brown head while fly larvae have no noticeable head.
I can t imagine what they re doing in the kitchen.
I thought they were fly maggots but they look more like little caterpillars about a half inch long.
Turns out that they came from a bird seed bell that we had not yet installed and kept in the.
Could they be coming in from outside.
Dish soap works great as an insect repellant and or insecticide.
Bits of insect feces or frass are so small that only a substantial accumulation will usually be noticeable.
The other white worms in that size range that can be found in kitchens are fly maggots but those do not have legs.
Few drops of water.
Most dish soaps contain a little borax which is the active ingredient.
Pour boiling water over maggots to kill them instantly.
This indicates that a large number of insects are present.
House flies are common indoor pests that lay eggs indoors and outdoors.
As their name implies they feed on processed grains as well as wheat germ yeast cheese flour and cereals.
A reader recently found little white worms in his kitchen.
The other white worms in that size range that can be found in kitchens are fly maggots but those do not have legs.