Tiny black and white worms?
After doing hubbys laundry i notice atleast 100 tiny wiggly worms at the bottom of the clothes basket, small than a grain of rice, not maggots, our cat lays in his basket alot but she has no fleas nor worms, she lays in my basket as well but never find worms in mine or anywhere else she lays, hubby does concrete work so his clothes are.very dirty, but this is.the 2nd time ive seen them in years that ive been doing his laundry, i tried looking online but seems people think their maggots, i know what maggots are, pinworms, round worms and they look nothing like it. Their body isnt smooth more like bands, the black part i suppose is their "guts". Please help me figure out this mysterious worm.
Bugs in dirty laundry?
I was clearing my closet out today, and I came across and really old pair of underwear that I must of forgot to put in the laundry basket or something and it had about 4 tiny little black bugs in it!! I got totally grossed out and throw that underwear out and didn't go any further into my closet because to be honest I am worried about it, what are they? They were moving and everything, can they like infest my room? Just tell me everything you know!!
How long does it take for mildew to grow on wet laundry?
Absolutely depends upon where (and what) the wet laundry is. Mildew is a fungus, a living organism with certain requirements. Like so many living things, it needs water—which the wet laundry supplies. But it also needs a certain temperature range, which is why it grows better in the summer. The best scenario for mildew growth is a warm, damp place with reduced light and no air circulation.The mildew also needs food (anything organic). Here’s where it counts what kind of laundry we’re talking about. Cotton, linen, rayon, silk, wool, leather, wood and paper are yummy. Many synthetic fibers resist mildew because they’re simply not in mildew’s snack range. However, much of the soil collected on such fibers is edible, so how dirty the wet laundry is can have an impact.Mildew thrives in a relative humidity of 62–93%, and a temperature of 77–88 degrees F (some growth can occur outside that optimal range, from 32–95 degrees F). Thus, interfering in one or the other (or both) can stop the process. AC helps do this by lowering the temperature, taking moisture out of the air, and circulating the air. Dehumidifiers can also be helpful.So let’s say you have some wet laundry. The short answer is: 24–48 hours to mildew. But you can interfere with that. For example, if you dampened some laundry prior to ironing it and are interrupted, you can toss the laundry in the freezer until you get back to it. If you put a load in to wash after dinner but forgot to put it in the dryer before work, you’ll likely be fine doing that when you get back that evening.
I found these small bugs in my clothes!!!?
It's really upset me, but I'm only 14, and today, I was getting my dirty laundry out of my hamper to get washed and on my underwear (this is really gross sorry) there were these tiny brownish/blackish bugs crawling on them! It gave me a heart attack and i just got a plastic bag and put all of my pants in the bin incase any of the others had the bugs on them! I then managed to empty my washing basket and just left it shut for the whole day and didn't go anyway near it! Anyway, later today i had some pyjamas lying on the floor so i picked them up to put them in the wash and the bugs were on them again! This was the other side of the room! I got really upset because i started panicking as i though i'd caused an infestation and i still haven't told my parents yet because i'm worried they'll get really angry and think i'm really dirty! But i know i should tell them...but how do i? I'm also sitting in my bed now but im worried if there are any in my bed but for some reason i didn't think they were bed bugs. I thought bed bugs were bigger than that! But I got really upset and even started crying cause i felt terrible and now i really don't know what to do. I don't know how to tell my parents, i don't know how to get rid of them, i'm worried about picking up more clothes or going in my closet incase there's more of them and im also worried about going to sleep tonight incase there are any in my bed!! PLEASE HELP! I'm panicking so much!!! :'(
Why does my laundry room smell like a sewer? What can be done to get the smell out?
I’m a master plumber as well as a builder and do phone consults each week for people that have sewer gas problems. Check out this photo and see if you understand what’s going on:The three most common sewer gas issues in laundry rooms are:dried-out floor drain or laundry sink drain (rare cause)new washing machine drain hose inserted in drain stand pipe (quite common)dirty washing machine growing mold and mildew (very common with HE machines)I took that photo above. It shows the common rough-in piping for a washing machine.After the drywall is installed, all you see is the white box in the upper left.Modern washing machines come now with a smaller flexible drain hose attached to the machines. Idiot installers insert the ENTIRE hose into the box above.If you make this mistake, you force the end of the hose PAST the U-shaped p-trap you see under the vertical stand pipe.Sewer gas will come back THROUGH the drain hose into the washing machine if the end of the hose is above the water line on the far side of the p-trap.You should only have about 1 foot of drain hose go down into the pipe that’s extends out the bottom of the box.Mildew and mold growing around / under the gaskets in HE washing machines also cause a sewer-gas-like odor. When the mold and mildew eject spores into the room air, the gas used to launch the spores has a foul odor. When millions of spores launch, you can imagine the stench.I find the best thing to clean mold and mildew is non-toxic oxygen bleach. Stain Solver is one brand, but there are many others out there.If you still have problems with sewer gas after checking the drains and hose length, arrange to have me call you on the phone.Just go to my Homepage - Ask the Builder website and use the Ask Tim page.Want more plumbing #HACKS? SUBSCRIBE to my FREE Newsletter.
Maggots in my laundry bin?? Help!?
I keep my dirty laundry in a sealed plastic storage bin. My dirty laundry got WET, the bin was filled with dirty socks and underwear. When I went to open the bin to do my laundry it smelled HORRIBLE and there was tiny white maggots crawling around in the bin, and the clothes in the bin. I threw the bin away, dumped the clothes into the washer and dryer. Are the clothes safe to wear now that they have been through the washer and dryer? I m especially worried about the underwear and the maggots crawling up into me! ugh! None were seen on any clean clothes or anywhere else in my house, only in the wet bin!
Where do the tiny white worms come from, on clothes left damp for 3 days or more?
If you lived 500 years ago, I would tell you that they sprung from the miasma or the bad humours of the air around the damp clothes. That’s what people thought about things like this before other people began to critically observe and analyze what they witnessed. Flies came from dead meat. Worms from garbage. Frogs from muddy rivers and ponds.Your little white worms re likely a larval form of either some kind of a fly or moth. The folds of damp material make good places to lay eggs. The eggs will will be hidden from the sun and th extra moisture assures they will not dry out. If thy are flies, they will have a tough time finding a good meal. If moths, th y are likely to eat little holes in any natural fabric thy are in. If they are moths, they will grow a bit, then spin some web material to make a protective enclosure or cocoon and wait to emerge as an adult at a later time.
Where do people with small homes keep their dirty laundry?
I live in a ‘average size' 3 bedroom home with a separate laundry room now, but when my family started out, we lived in a 2 bedroom townhouse I bought previous to my marriage for over 10 years. We didn't have a laundry room, but luckily, we did have a laundry closet, so whatever got dirty first after the last wash, went in the washer. Say it was something white, so all whites would go in the washer after that until it was full at which time I'd wash the whites. The others (lights, darks, & my husband's jeans) went into 3 separate laundry baskets. Delicates went in those bags just for delicates, 1 for lights/whites, 1 for darks, which I threw in the coordinating baskets. 1 basket sat on top of the dryer (which would be the next load since I didn't like my dirty clothes sitting on top of a hot dryer — the aroma — ugh!), and the other 2 sat on top of the shelf that was over my washer and dryer. There was just enough room inbetween the baskets on the shelf to store my detergents and dryer sheets, so everything fit in the closet and I could close the doors to hide it all. Before that, during apartment living as a single girl, before I even had a washer and dryer, I usually used big laundry bags that I could stuff full of a whole week's clothes and stick somewhere in the bottom of my closet. I'd drag them out to the car once a week and head to the laundry, where I separated them by color gradient and delicacy to do about 5-6 loads at once. I was really glad, though, when I got my first (used) washer and dryer at which time I did a load every 2 or 3 days. I tried to keep the lights and whites together and the darks and jeans separate in those days, but the whites and sometimes the lights would get dingy looking after awhile, at which time I'd use bleach with them, but it's really still so much better to just go ahead and separate the clothes by each color gradient. I still rarely use bleach, because it makes my skin itch. I'll do an extra wash without it afterward, but I hate to waste the water on already clean clothes, so no more than once a month. Plus, is it just me, or do they really seem to last so much longer without bleach?