Little Red Worms In Carpet

Home pests can cause a lot of damage to furniture clothes and other fabrics while creating health hazards for people and pets living in the residence.

Little red worms in 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. Tiny black worms on the carpet black and brown little brown worms in house small thin black white worm black worms in bathroom floor thin red little carpet how. Two major home invaders are the carpet bug better known as the carpet beetle and the maggot which is actually a house fly larvae. Carpet beetle larvae look much different than the three specimens in the photograph.

Although obviously larvae people routinely refer to them as worms which is why we have articles about worms under furniture worms in the pantry worms in the carpet and worms on the counter. However we are confident that these creatures are not carpet beetle larvae. All of these articles are about carpet beetle larvae and they are only a sample of the many articles we have written about them. 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.

This is especially true if there is a food source in the carpeting such as old rotten food or other organic matter.