"I saw this worm in the den on the carpet at my parents house" says this reader about the black, segmented worm-like creature pictured below. Our reader, who is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, asks if we can tell him what it is. Continue reading [...]…

"I found this bug that apparently got stuck on the tape and died as it is not moving," says this reader in Buffalo, New York. "I think it might be a [...] black blister beetle but I'm not certain so I was hoping that you could help." Continue reading [...]…

"I found this bug (and a few of its friends) on a watermelon plant today" says this reader about the dark green caterpillar-like creature photographed below. She wonders if this is a roly poly larva, and asks if she will need to relocate the bugs or if they are okay to stay in her garden. Continue reading [...]…

"I have found the attached maggot/worm in my dining room in front of a large window," writes this reader in southern Ontario. The maggot appears to be a creamy-white color, with a brown head and no legs. Continue reading [...]…

"Can you help me identify this worm found on my puppy's paw after going outside?" this reader asks of this white, larva-looking critter crawling around on the floor in a video she sent in with her query. Her puppy recently had a tapeworm and so our reader is understandably "freaking out". Continue reading [...]…

Worms of approximately 1/2-inch long were found in a large mass in the moist mulch of this reader's garden in Earlyville, Virginia. The worms in question are a clear white color, with dark markings along their bodies, and a bulbous brown mass on either end of their bodies. Continue reading [...]…

One of our readers might be dealing with powderpost beetles and their larvae in her home. We recommend she begin by locating the wood that they are inhabiting, and then start the process of saying goodbye to the pests. Continue reading [...]…

One of our readers discovered a large grub near a bag of basmati rice. We think the specimen bears some resemblance to a rice weevil grub, but we aren't sure that this is a match because of its large size. Continue reading [...]…

A reader wrote to us because her wooden floor was covered in small, white larvae. We think these larvae are either woodworms or maggots. Continue reading [...]…

One of our readers asked us about larvae that could be damaging her wood furniture and sent us three great pictures. We are confident that she is dealing with wood boring beetle larvae. Continue reading [...]…

A reader found a White Grub, or scarab beetle larva, in a bag of mulch. We aren't sure which species of beetle this larvae will mature into. ? Continue reading [...]…

A female reader wrote to use having found a critter in her bed. Typically, when we get a letter about a creature in someone’s bed, it turns out to be a carpet beetle larva. So, imagine our surprise when this one wasn’t. Continue reading [...]…

A reader would like help identifying what the worms she’s finding on her basement floor are. From the picture provided, we think that this is a lawn grub, possibly the larva of a June Bug or Masked Chafer Beetle, (Cyclocephala) which are members of the scarab family. The Masked Chafer Beetle larva is a white grub with a dark stripe on its back with a brown head capsule and legs. When full grown, white grubs are about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long grubs and if our reader stretched one out, she'd find it has irregularly arranged spines on the underside of the last body segment (raster). They are commonly found curled in the C shape and are considered agricultural pests, in part because they really enjoy eating the roots under new turf and can kill lawn installations pretty handily. June bugs Continue reading [...]…

A reader just sent us this photo of a cream-colored specimen that he found on a slate patio in a New York City. It had recently rained when he discovered this creature near his dog. His description is great, so we will include it here: "It's white with a brown 'face.' It looks like it has several antennae at the front end. Although it's a pearly white, its rear 25% looks like it contains something dark or black. It ambulates quite nicely." Continue reading [...]…

One of our followers sent us a video via Facebook of a creature she has been coming across in the entryway to her house. She wants to know what they are and why they end up in her house. Continue reading [...]…

A reader just sent us a photo on our Facebook page and requested the identification of the creature in it. The picture features a very small worm-like organism with a white body and brown head. We don’t have any information about its behaviors or where it was seen. We aren’t positive what this creature is, but we have eliminated it down to two possibilities. Our first thought is that this specimen is a grub, which is another word for beetle larva. Grubs live in the soil and eat plant roots. They can cause significant damage to trees and shrubs. While grubs have a white body and brown head, they are often much fatter than the creature featured in the photograph. Perhaps this grub is just very young and hasn’t eaten very much yet? Our second idea is that this is pantry moth larva. Continue reading [...]…

A reader from California contacted us about some cottonwood trees he planted outside of his apartment building. He planted these trees several years ago, but is just now beginning to notice some damage to the trees. After doing some research on the problem he believes the issue might be cottonwood borers. Although he has never seen any of these creatures, he has seen some evidence of their molting. For those who are curious, molting is shedding old skin, hair, or feathers to make room for new growth. Finally, he found a living organism while breaking up some branches. He sent us a photo of the creature he discovered and requested any information we can provide. Continue reading [...]…

One of our dedicated readers just wrote to us about some larvae he discovered while redoing his roof. He was replacing the old thatch with new thatch, and in doing so discovered some creatures in the old thatch. He described them as having a 25 mm light brown body with dark brown head and tail segments. Continue reading [...]…

We just received a short message that reads, “white worm like an inch long, fat and ugly!” As this is the entire message, we assume that the writer is curious about a worm species that is white, fat, and ugly. Since there is no picture, we can only guess what organism they might be referring to. Continue reading [...]…

One of our readers sent us a photo of a white worm-like creature she found while on a road trip. She said the photo was taken at a rest stop in West Virginia. After looking at her photo, we have determined that the "worm" that she found is a white grub. Continue reading [...]…