Little brown worms.

5500  Hello, I’ve been finding little brown worms (about 1/2″) with black tails in my bathroom for about a month now. Today I found a bigger one (about 1-1.5″) that was very similar but darker (photo attached). I live in Montreal in a basement apartment and my name is Jessica. Thank you.
This is a millipede, an arthropod in the class Diplopoda. Ones like this specimen are harmless scavengers on decomposing organic matter, but may be nuisance pests when they get indoors. They need abundant moisture/high humidity in order to persist in an environment, so moisture management is key to their control. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.

 

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