We weren’t able to identify the beige organism our reader found in her laundry hamper. We don’t think it is a carpet beetle larva or a common household pest, so it isn’t something she should stress about. If any of our other readers recognize this creature, we invite them to comment below!

One of our readers sent us an email about some worm-like creatures that she had found in her husband’s laundry basket. She said this is now the second time that she has found about 100 grayish worms in his basket. She said that they are smaller and skinnier than a grain of rice with a black speck that is showing through their skin. She did mention that they do have a cat which has recently been checked for worms and none were found. She also said that her husband works outside with concrete and they use a clothesline to dry their clothes. She did say that the cat likes to sleep in the dirty clothes basket quite frequently. She was not able to include a picture for us to better determine what these worm-like creatures are. There is a high possibility that these are not worms at all, but they could be flea larvae.

A reader wrote to us a few days ago about some small black worms she found at the bottom of her kids’ laundry basket. She also found a couple more worms when transferring their clothes from the washing machine to the drier, so the worms can evidently be traced back to the clothing of her children. The reader was wondering what these black worms in the laundry basket are, and we think they might be leeches (which are actually worms) or potentially slugs (which aren’t worms).