Larva On Kitchen Floor

Homeowners often find a variety of insects and pests inside their kitchens.

Larva on kitchen floor.

Small worms on kitchen counters and in the corners of cabinets are the larval form of indian meal moths and houseflies which are common kitchen pests. We have found maggots in the corners of the kitchen floor. If the maggots are limited to your kitchen dining pantry and immediately adjacent areas and are crawling on the floor up walls and along ceilings they are likely indianmeal moth or indian meal moth or indian mealmoth larvae. On the kitchen floor.

Most meal moth larvae make their cocoons in the cracks and crevices of kitchen cabinets and baseboards. Loose floor tiles and drains are also. The kitchen is where food pet food and crumbs are often located and insects gravitate to these areas. House flies often lay their eggs underneath stoves along cracks in baseboards and in baseboard heaters.

Although we think there is a fairly good chance that our reader found maggots we were not given very much information about the creature our reader found and this of course decreases our confidence in our answer. The larvae of indian meal moths are often spotted crawling along walls and baseboards. For instance if you leave pet food out for too long flies will lay their eggs in it. It could also be the larva from indian meal moths that are looking for a place to pupate.

Maggots need to eat constantly so this helps them have food readily available to them as soon as they hatch from their eggs.