White Worm-like Creature That Eats Through Wood, Porcelain and Ceramic is a Mystery

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“There appears to be a worm on the floor along with white dots that are eggs I guess,” states this reader, who thinks she may have found pinworms in her home. The worms in question appear to be white in color, with a flat body.

Our reader states that there was also a film ‘left behind by the worms, and that if she scrubbed it, she would find additional eggs. It was for that reason that she thought they were pinworms. Her question to us is if pinworms are able to infest one’s entire home, including one’s attic, and also if they can “eat into” wood, porcelain and ceramic. For our readers who do not know, pinworms are intestinal parasites most common in children. They can indeed infest a home as well as its residents, as they are capable of living outside and inside the body. Humans normally contract them during sleep, as pinworms will enter the body at night and crawl up the intestinal tract to lay more eggs. It is true that pinworms can also lay eggs outside of the body, but they are microscopic, and cannot be detected with the naked eye. Why our reader made the connection between an egg-filled film and pinworms we do not know, but we can tell our reader now that the film with the eggs was not created by a pinworm. Whether or not the worm in the photograph is a pinworm is another question, but assuming that this worm is the one leaving visible eggs behind, then we would say the worm is also not a pinworm.

That being said, if our reader has cause to believe that she, or anyone else in her household, is infected with pinworms, she should seek immediate medical counsel. As pinworms are a fairly common parasite, we would not put it past a GP or doctor to be able to identify and treat this, but given that doctors generally do not receive training within the field of parasitic infestations, our reader may still want to go the safe route of consulting a parasite specialist instead. Our reader should be able to find a specialist by Googling ‘infectious disease physician (name of her closest big city)’ or ‘travel disease doctor (name of her closest big city)’.

Now, regarding the white worm that is supposedly eating not only through wood, but porcelain and ceramic, we have no idea what this may be. There are plenty of white worm-like pests that eat through just wood, including the larvae of powderpost beetles, termites and wood-boring beetles. However, none of these really resemble the worm in the photo, nor do they eat ceramic and porcelain. Regardless, if our reader is experiencing an infestation of worms that are eating through her furniture, and potentially through the walls and foundations of her home, she needs to contact a professional to handle that. Treating worms that could potentially be all over the home by oneself is virtually impossible.

To conclude, it is unclear what the worm our reader found is, but it is clearly not a pinworm (if we assume that the eggs are from the worm). Now, although we have not heard of any worms that eat porcelain or ceramic, we do not know everything! Therefore, if any of our other readers know any worm-like organism of that sort, please feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below.

 

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White Worm-like Creature That Eats Through Wood, Porcelain and Ceramic is a Mystery
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"There appears to be a worm on the floor along with white dots that are eggs I guess," states this reader, who thinks she may have found pinworms in her home. The worms in question appear to be white in color, with a flat body.
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  1. Worm Resercher Anton
    I have also seen worm like creatures, though transparent gather together when I put a shirt in my bathroom sink made of Porcelin and droned it in lysol and hot water come out and head to the opposite side of the sink from the drain closest to me and disappear through the sink. I have seen more of these worms on different things like can goods my plastic containers with sugar and flour etc I keep them in. And if you didn’t look hard you wouldn’t know it. They seem to blend in color of what there on. My granddaughter and I had noticed the Larvae of Moths originally in our carpet 2 years plus ago. Since we pulled the carpet up we have noticed a few different kind of worms like creatures
    I’ve been to the E.R. 6 times in close to a 2 month period to be looked at like I was crazy and nothing was ever done. I almost lost my left for from a severe infection setting up in my feet and have severe lung problems since all this. Not to say open heart surgery this year to have a Left Mitro Valve replaced in which the Dr’s couldn’t explain why u was so sick and why my Mitro valve went bad. Now there talking about the right one which has to do with the lungs. I almost died. My granddaughter i Raise, who is now 6 has seen her Dr at least every month from being sick and her belly hurting. Sometimes twice a month. It k8lls me inside that she suffers because no one wants to take this seriously. Hope it helps to know your not the only one who has seen this worm penetrate through porcelin.
    Best wishes

  2. I had the most bizarre experience/apocalypse hit our tiny home. We had the house heat treated because my daughter brought bedbugs home from the Hilton. After that about a few days to a week later all hell broke loose in my home. We had wood boring beetles and I had no idea that there was even a creature like that in building material. I thought I was losing my shit at that point and so did everyone that didn’t live with me. But from what I can gather the heat treatment triggered some kind of mass exodus. They came right through the linoleum flooring too. Also the heat treatment melted the sealants around the ac ducts I’m the flooring and window. It even melted the wax ring under the toilet. We ended up with a horrible mold climbing up the wall at the same as the apocalyptic bug eruption.
    It took me three years to finally piece together that incredible nightmare that nobody believed me about.
    I hope this helps although I know it is almost impossible to believe. I would love feedback from anyone that knows what I am talking about though lol.

    1. Your story is my exact story that I am going through right now! Please share with me what I can do. I am desperate for help

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