An australian mother has been left horrified after spotting tiny black worms swimming in her toilet shortly after bleaching the bowl and the reason is more worrying than she first suspected.
Small black worms in bathroom sink.
They are the offspring of the tiny drain fly which you occassionally see on the shower wa.
Tiny black bugs in bathroom seeing bugs in your home especially coming out of the sinks and drains is something of a nightmare and can easily be associated with horror movie plots or decay.
These disgusting little black not really worms are tough to beat.
Black worms may begin to show up inside and around the opening of your sink or bathroom drain.
A small fly or worm like creature spotted in the bathroom or kitchen one day may not seem like a big deal.
We would say it is about 1 cm long.
Specifically you re likely to spot drain flies near sinks and showers that are stagnant for a time like after a long vacation or used very infrequently such as a guest bathroom.
Drain flies breed and lay their eggs in the slime layer found around the inside of sink and shower drains.
You ll usually spot them as a small infestation near the access point resting on the walls near a shower or hovering inside a sink.
It moves very curiously.
The video isn t very close up so it s hard to say exactly what the pest looks like.
But when his relatives show up and you spot flies near the drain every day something s amiss.
Moth flies have many generations each year and they occur anytime of the year in moist coastal regions indoors and outdoors.
These black worms are actually the larvae of the drain fly.
Drain flies survive off organic matter soap scum and mineral residue inside drains and can become a nuisance in your home.
They feed on the gelatinous film found in these areas of bathroom sinks tubs and toilets and well as kitchen sinks.
Getting rid of these pesky pests is simply a matter of cleaning out the pipes to eliminate their ideal living environment.
The video shows a very small very thin worm like creature moving around in her sink.
It looks like it is a brown color and using the sink for size comparison.
If you have ever seen small worms emerge from your bathroom sink drain or shower drain your home is probably infested with drain flies.
Only the ends of the creature come.