Millipedes typically live in dark, damp environments where they eat decaying and dying wood and leaf litter. When they do make their way into a house, they are often found in a basement, like the ones our reader found! Millipedes aren’t household pests. They don’t eat bedding and furniture like carpet beetle larvae or dried food storage like pantry moth larvae. This means they don’t cause much damage inside a home, but they can still be annoying to deal with!

To get rid of these millipedes our reader will need to figure out how they are entering her home and also make her home less hospitable. She should check all windows, doors, and ventilation cracks for possible sources of entry. She should seal up any gaps that these small creatures could be sneaking in through. She can also make her home less humid and therefore less appealing to millipedes (and other creatures) by installing a dehumidifier. Finally, she can clear up any leaf litter and debris surrounding her home, which might prevent future millipedes from sneaking inside!

To wrap up, a reader found smooth, skinny brown worms inside her home. We don’t have a photo to confirm, but we believe these organisms are millipedes!