What IS this?

[Toby's my baby]

I found this crawling on the floor, it's not a worm is it?

[cmayer31]

I don't know. My first thought was that it is a meal worm.

[coco-bean]

def. dont touch it! Looks kinda like it has little hooks or pins on it's rear! Ew

[Toby's my baby]

I didn't touch it...

I just looked up mealworm and it looks exactly like it.

http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/sum...s/PIC00007.JPG

[borzoimom]

I don't know. My first thought was that it is a meal worm.

Me too!

[GreyhoundGirl]

Ewwwwwwwww ! Was it in the house? Blah!

(maybe you should put a creepy crawlies warning on this thread )

[critter crazy]

Yup looks lie a meal worm!

http://www.teachersnetwork.org/dcs/critter/mealworm/

[GreyhoundGirl]

Oh NO!!!!!! Kill it!!!! Kill the frekin thing!!!!! Blast it's head off!!! Forget cruelty to animals!!! (worms don't really count anyways... ) Very scary !!!!!

[cmayer31]

It is NOT a Mealworm!!! It is a rare knarp worm. They are very rare and a sting from their tail can cause severe headaches and nausea and in rare cases, complete body paralysis. They are also extremely difficult to kill. You must cut their heads off and burn their torsos - as they will regenerate a head within days if the body is left untreated.

Do you have any sources for a Knarp Worm? I'm not amused for some reason.

[Kfamr]

It is NOT a Mealworm!!! It is a rare knarp worm. They are very rare and a sting from their tail can cause severe headaches and nausea and in rare cases, complete body paralysis. They are also extremely difficult to kill. You must cut their heads off and burn their torsos - as they will regenerate a head within days if the body is left untreated.

Do you have any links? I cannot find a single thing on a "Knarp Worm" and this thing looks totally like a mealworm.

[coco-bean]

It is NOT a Mealworm!!! It is a rare knarp worm. They are very rare and a sting from their tail can cause severe headaches and nausea and in rare cases, complete body paralysis. They are also extremely difficult to kill. You must cut their heads off and burn their torsos - as they will regenerate a head within days if the body is left untreated.

eww...your very informative BOBS DAD! So tell me mister information-how do i get rid of mice then? i put poison down, sticky traps! I saw a couple of them run across my floor earlier and i started gagging! (i can have pet mice like from the store, but the minute i know theyre loose around my stuff and food i cant handle it)(i know it's weird) but anyways...the exterminator cant get here till tuesday and im affraid they will over run the place by then! even with the poison, that by the way they are eating till it's gone and i still see or hear them!
YUCK!

[CathyBogart]

It's a meal worm. There is no suh thing as a knarp worm. Just pick it up (or scoop it up) and put it outside.

[Toby's my baby]

Well, I'm guessing its a meal worm, thank god. At first I thought it was a worm from one of the dogs or something, but then I saw the legs. I killed it a long time ago. I picked it up with a kleenex, cut off his head, and rolled a pen over its body to squish it just in case. It's kinda weird that it was in my bedroom though.. O well, I just hope I don't find anymore!

[Kfamr]

Glad you've gotten it taken care of, Beth. Maybe one of the dogs brought it in? My dogs play with bugs all the time.

OK... don't listen to me. Who am I???

You're the same as the rest of us here who believe it to be a harmless mealworm. However, you claim it to be a "knarp worm" which no one has heard of or been able to find any information on whatsoever.

[areias]

Looks like a meal worm to me, too. No harm.

To kill mice-the most effective thing is "rat poison"...small green block things, they will eat and die. I do NOT however recommend doing this with the dogs in the house-if they eat a block *or* a dead mouse, they will become very ill. I only recommend it if you have a pet free home for a while, and can handle little mouse bodys bleeding all over your house. Otherwise, sticky traps worked for us a while back. Is there anyway you can find where they are coming from? Walk around your house and check your foundation for apparant holes, if you find any then use steel wool in the hole.