“I am finding these dead, dried worms on the pavement and on the exterior wall of my home”, writes this reader about the black, worm-like creature pictured below. “They range in size from 1/2” to 1 ½” long. I live in southeast Florida.” Right off the bat, we will have to say that we will not be able to identify this worm accurately, and that is because when a worm has dried out to this extent, their bodies look little to nothing like they did when they were alive: their coloration, size and shape changes completely. All we can do is give our reader some advice on how to keep worms away from his house.