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Curled Up Worms or Casings

One of our readers found a few possibly dead millipedes in her home. She sent us a few pictures and she said she was not sure if they were millipedes or if it was a type of casing that was left by another type of worm-like creature. She did mention that she lives in an elevated home with a three-foot crawlspace. After looking at these pictures, these could possibly be dead millipedes, carpet beetle larva or their molted skin. The first picture that our reader sent to us looks very much like a dead millipede because its body is all curled up which happens when millipedes die. Millipedes also curl up like this when they are hiding from predators or resting. Millipedes are usually brown, red, or black in color and it appears that our reader could possibly have found some in her home. Here Continue reading [...]