Tiny black worm type things?

[krhall]

Just found some tiny worm/catepillar type things on the windowsill, perhaps 50 odd. They were about 2-3mm long. Oh and black any ideas?

Moved just like catepillars?

[kwak zzr]

get a newspaper, roll it up , SPLAT!!!!!

[missyburd]

do they have legs? if so then probably caterpillars then lol, possibly moth youngsters?

[krhall]

Cheers Kwak!

[krhall]

not sure they are tiny and I wear glasses (well I'm supposed to!).

They are only in one location?

[missyburd]

They are only in one location?

no doubt just hatched :shock: scoop em up and chuck em outside ;)

[kwak zzr]

Splat!!!!!

[krhall]

so nowt more sinister? loads of them?

[missyburd]

Splat!!!!!

tad harsh that, they're only babies! you started off tiny too ya know :p

[Wideboy]

are your sill's wooden i smell wood worm

[krhall]

Nah not wooden.........although we are in the loft?

but no wood is exposed?

[missyburd]

could be beetle larvae too. you need to see if they've got legs lol, find a magnifying glass!

[Wideboy]

if it was there would be holes every where, like some one has shot at it with a pellet gun

i second kwaks idea :D

[krhall]

Miss YC - does it make a difference? Will they be a problem?

[kwak zzr]

tad harsh that, they're only babies! you started off tiny too ya know :p


i am still tiny according to some:( SPLAT! EM!

[missyburd]

Miss YC - does it make a difference? Will they be a problem?

depends how much you like bugs :p

I'd personally remove 'em while they're all in one place before they disperse, nobody likes infestations of any kind :shock:

[dizzyblonde]

I say splat em or spray em. either way get rid of em

[Biker Biggles]

They are alien invaders.They will burrow into you and make you pregnant.Then when the time is right they will explode out of your stomach and take over the world.

You read it here first folks.

[missyburd]

Actually, just because I'm of a somewhat curious disposition, why don't you keep 'em in a jar or summat and see what they turn into and take a pic :D

(as long as they definitely can't escape, just in case what BikerBiggles says is true - then it may be a case of :smt068the blighters :shock: )

[larigos]

urm or a mouse or two leaving pressies

[kwak zzr]

we got a small black beetle type bug on our window sills? like a tiny ladybird type bug? i just keep squishing them with me finger :) would like to know wat they are tho.

[Lozzo]

tad harsh that, they're only babies! you started off tiny too ya know :p

I know a good few people who should have been stamped on at birth.

[Ed]

Definitely unwelcome creepy crawlies. Get rid of em. Get em onto a piece of kitchen roll and flush em down the loo.

[Gordon B]

I say, take off.

Nuke the whole place from orbit.

Only way to be sure...


HTH

[krhall]

Things have taken a more sinister turn they are in the top drawer of the wifes chest of drawers - undie terratory. Seemingly only on the cotton stuff???

Pics attached, not of the undies of the worn things on the drawer.....not great photos but they are only 2-3mm each?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/krhall_2006/170808002.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/krhall_2006/170808001.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l286/krhall_2006/170808003.jpg

Mrs.H is in the shower now as she feels unclean!!! Sorry no pics!

[Woz]

They look like caterpillars. You sir, have moths.

[Ed]

They look like caterpillars. You sir, have moths.

+1

[krhall]

so just get rid and forget it? they are tiny though must be small moths?

I guess one came in last night dropped eggs and left us with caterpillars to look after like two kids aren't enough?

[larigos]

oh dear - holes will now appear in lots of things...clean clean clean everything and once you have cleaned it clean it again just in case and get some moth killer stuff.

[Lissa]

Eeeew.................get the Raid!

[krhall]

The whole drawer contents went straight into the washing machine, but none of the subsequent drawers showed signs of moths, how can I be sure they are only there?

[missyburd]

so just get rid and forget it? they are tiny though must be small moths?

all bugs start off tiny and i bet its those horrible moths with white heads that crawl everywhere :pukel: (don't get me wrong i like big moths but that particular species irritate me!!!!!!!!)

I guess one came in last night dropped eggs and left us with caterpillars to look after like two kids aren't enough?

Lol!


Why did you not scoop 'em up and get rid last night when they were in one place on the windowsill :rolleyes: Now they'll be all over the place eek! rather you then me :shock:

[missyburd]

these are what I mean

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/UKmoths/01067UKIK.jpg

The adult moths have no tongues, and do not feed at all. They only live for about a month, and rely on food reserves built up during the caterpillar stage. Incredibly their only food for the whole of their lives is dry fabrics!

I'd get rid, sounds like they have a lot of munching to do! :p

[Hooligan]

Could they be millipedes, they are black, about the thickness of match stick, about 1 inch long and have tons of legs. They same family as centipedes which are brown.