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    camper52 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 18, 2008, 08:22 PM
    Small slow moving bugs in kitchen and now in drawers.
    Hello,
    A few weeks ago, I noticed what I used to call 'wall bugs' in our kitchen. Since they seemed to be more prolific than I was used to, I began to investigate. I found about 30 under the stove and a few more under the dishwasher. Vaccuumed and bleached areas, vaccuumed all cabinets and inspected and bagged food stuffs, although I found none in food. We found a couple on the bathroom floors, and some in the closet floors along the carpet edges. I am so freaked out... then found a couple in my drawers, especially in an angora sweater. They are very small, move slowly and almost look like a flea, yet resemble pictures I have seen of dermisid larvae or carpet beetle larvae. We also see occasional indian meal moths (but very few this year). I am a clean freak and feel like the biggest pig... they seem to like to hang out in dust too. I clean and launder clothing constantly. What are they and what do I do now. The clothes thing has me really spooked, since I own some very expensive clothing, but take good care of it. Help please, before I have to sell my house in this rotten market!!
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    Oct 19, 2008, 07:09 PM
    I have recently encountered the same bugs/worms- whatever they are all over my house and am also totally freaked out. I tried Ortho spray and they don't die on contact- in fact, they walked right through the sprayed area and were completely unaffected. I also tend to find them in dusty room edges, closets, drawers and they LOVE the pillows that I stored in the closet! EWWWW! Let me know if you find out what they are!
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    Mar 18, 2009, 02:00 AM
    Without a better description, identification isn't possibale. Most professional exterminators do not charge to come out and identify an insect. They will try to sell you a program to control whatever it is, but be sure to ask if there's anything you can do before they start on the sales pitch.
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