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What the FUCK are these things, and how the fuck do I get rid of them? They come back literally in days, and they are EVERYWHERE!

There is nothing in this room but a carpet, a futon matress on the floor, and bare sheetrock. No food or anything rotting.

>> No.1426198

>>1426197
looks like maggots

>> No.1426199

They're called Anus Antagonists and they live in your lower intenstine.

>> No.1426201
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1426201

>>1426198
Thats what I thought at first, but I dont really understand how. They were all over these oaint cans I just purchased. All over the styrofoam that came from an AC I just purchased (pictured)

Like, what the fuck. I scrubbed everything this past thursday.

>> No.1426202

>>1426201

Unless this is something that can come from the crawlspace (sand foundation) because there is a 2x8 inch hole in the corner on the floor.

Either way, Im about 2 days away from setting the place on fire.

>> No.1426205

>>1426201
>>1426202
Probably have something dead and rotting in your walls or crawlspace

>> No.1426212

>>1426205

I can rule out the walls, since I demoed the whole room back in october, and put in new insulation and walls.

Fucking sucks if its something in the crawlspace.

So, my only option is to go down there, find whatever it is, and carry it out and walk it down the road/call the town to pick it up.

Now, I did also drop my old cieling and put up new insulation and sheetrock there too, but every year, birds find there way into my attic, directly above my room. If a bird died there, would that possibly be the cause as well?

>> No.1426216

>>1426197
Titus, get the borax.

>> No.1426218

>>1426197
A couple things. Some insects can consume styrofoam, they may actually be living inside it, so cleaning the outside, then waiting might just cause new ones to come out. Can you put a coin next to what we're looking at for scale. Post a pic of the hole in the floor too. How do you clean it? What's the area look like when you're done, and after how long does the mess appear again?

We need more information to help.

>> No.1426224

>>1426218

I will take all these pictures when I get back home. Im out and about right now, unfortunately.

I did go ham with bugspray before I left, so Ill do my best to take a scale picture, but I cant promise anything good.

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1426487

Okay, here they are next to a time. Theyre a red color because the bug spray must have dyed them.

>> No.1426583

>>1426487
they are living in the foam like >>1426218
says.

burn it with fire.

>> No.1426585

>>1426197
put the AC in your car on a hot day and those bastards will fry

>> No.1426586

>>1426487
yup
feeding on the foam
~rare~ opportunity, OP gets to name himself as the only OP who ever had a room filled with bugs and it wasn't because he was a filthy fuck

>> No.1426587

you can probably just throw it away, but if you want to have fun with it then dissolve the foam in some gasoline and light it up

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1426588

>>1426197
Spray pic related all over them, around the room perimeter, and any openings in the walls. Problem solved.

>> No.1426591

>>1426197
>>1426201
Those are maggots, larvae of those ugly stupid flies you find in filthy toilet. The ones with round wings that are so retarded they don't try to fly away if you hit them.

>> No.1426595

>>1426197
>a futon matress on the floor,
Your entire futon is full of these. It's probably entirely made of these.

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1426597

>>1426586

Room looks like this! But with a computer tower and a Sony PVM in the middle of the floor

>> No.1426598

>>1426595
They need humidity, these maggots prefer pools of stagnant water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drain_fly

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>>1426597

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1426602

>>1426588

I use that shit yearly and swear by it. I use it to stop ants though. Pic related. I walk outside and see this shit on my driveway every day. They come into the house in nations at a time if you dont stop them.

>>1426591

This is actually a relief in a way. Im glad its not something fucking exotic.

Thats still gross as fuck and im going to be neurotic for the next 2 years, but still.

>> No.1426605

>>1426602
if they are drain flies (Im not certain) they need water to live, if you keep the place dry they should stop coming.

Years ago I lived in an apartment with a filtration on the bathroom from the upper floor, one of the walls would was always wet due to this. The maggots could live and grow on a vertical tile wall with just the water and drain crap that came with it.

>> No.1426609

>>1426597
Wow that's some pretty fucking heinous drywalling. What the hell is wrong with you?

>> No.1426614

What's that at the bottom of the right wall?

>> No.1426616

>>1426614
looks like a heater

>> No.1426627

>>1426609

Listen, Im not done yet. Ill be done next month once my vacation starts. New carpet. New baseboard. The works.

>> No.1426635

>>1426627
I'm talking about what's already done. Why'd you cut it up into tiny pieces like that?
Why didn't you buy windows with a proper depth to fit your wall thickness?
You're going to have a hell of a time plastering over all this stuff, which you could have avoided by doing a better job.

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1426654

>>1426635
Do you even window?

>> No.1426659

>>1426614
Hydronic heating.
House is heated by hot water running through those baseboards.
Far superior to forced air heat through ducts.
Sadly you won't see it much anymore.

>> No.1426660

Just spray some %100 alcohol on it.

>> No.1426818

>>1426659
That's what I have in my house but it looks nothing like that.

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1426824

>>1426818
does yours look like this? it is just a more compact version, anon's is the same thing but longer

>> No.1426827

>>1426609
... this is DIY, isn't it? Have you seriosly never seen unfinished drywall before?

>> No.1426835

>>1426818

They normally have covers, but I took them off and I'm buying new ones. The last home owner made them out of scrap wood and it was begging to start a fire.

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1426838

>>1426197
A centipede-like creature discovered on successful hunts by League hunters.

Vermin, found hidden within filth, are only seen by League confederates, and are the root of man's impurity. The League has assumed the task of finding and crushing all vermin.

Perhaps there is some mercy in the madness. Those who wish to see vermin can, and those who choose to are provided with boundless purpose.

>> No.1427061

>>1426827

Did I actually do something wrong? I thought you were supposed to stagger them when the walls are longer than 1 sheet, but shorter than 2.

>> No.1427074

>>1427061
You did fine.
Only criticism I have:
You did left window correctly - drywall surrounds window, no cuts for window.
Right window is wrong - vertical cuts straight up from window will weaken every time window is open and closed.
Eventually crack.
Drywall fags are bitchy because it's the only skill they have,
It is also the one skill that a homeowner can attempt DIY without killing himself or causing major damage.

>> No.1427151

>>1426627
Mate, I've been on hard times before. Set aside a little time before work a fewdaysand finish that shit up. It will improve your quality of life.

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1427251

>>1426216

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>>1426598
>>1426605
>>1426659
>flies live in water
>water running all through the building, under the floors
Oh no

>> No.1427498

>>1426487
shit son, these looks like the parasitic worms you usually find in fish
did you, by any chance got that styrofoam from some fishing/food processing industry?

>> No.1427587

>>1426597
do you live in south Africa mate

>> No.1427708

Anyone have a solution for cave crickets coming up through the sink drain?

>> No.1427720

>>1427708
insecticide down the drain?
throw iron fillings and seal it?

>> No.1427733

>>1427708
Boiling water. Lots of building water.

>> No.1427823

>>1427708
Pour some Drano Max Gel down the drain and rejoice in the knowledge that whatever was living down in the pipes has suffered a death of truly nightmarish agony.

>> No.1428692

>>1427498

That was actually from a PC Richards

>> No.1430564

OP here

These are fucking flea larvae. The sand is actually eggs.

Holy FUCK

>> No.1430575

>>1430564
odd, do you shelter stray cats and dogs as a hobby?

Can fleas even survive on humans?

>> No.1430576

>>1426635

>window depth

Nigga wat

>> No.1430632

>>142697
that drywall looks like a Portal testchamber

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1431716

>>1430564
Its worse than we thought

>> No.1431717

>>1426597
>>1427332
>>1430564
Why do you live in such a shit hole?

>> No.1432107

>>1426586
>~rare~ opportunity, OP gets to name himself as the only OP who ever had a room filled with bugs and it wasn't because he was a filthy fuck
You spoke too soon.

>> No.1432142

Thanks OP, ive now developed a new fear.

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1434082

OP please for your sake use deoderant and a lighter to purge the tainted

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1434083

>>1426597
nothing is right in this image

>> No.1434102

>>1426197
probably attracted to that big green dildo you have laying there

>> No.1434108

>>1430575
Apparently fleas can hibernate in carpet for 6 months at least according to a vet I spoke to once about a new cat, said don't move a pet in if you can help it for at least 6mo after moving in incase previous owner had fleas. So maybe.

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1434123

>>1426197
>>1430564
Jesus Fucking Christ, that's what it is

>> No.1434140

>>1426197
>>1430564
You're utterly fucked - but you're also in luck, OP.
I know exactly what you need to do.
You may be able to unfuck yourself if you follow these instructions...

Head to the nearest superstore and acquire:
- A couple dozen black garbage bags
- A few rolls of duct tape
- Disposable latex gloves
- Heavy duty rubber gloves (dish-washing kind)
- Several packs of silicone caulk (for small cracks)
- Several packs of foam sealant
- Several pounds of diatomaceous earth (aka D.E. Earth, diatomite earth, kieselguhr).
- A zippered bedbug cover / "bed bug blocker"
- A can of liquid bleach
- Extra vacuum bags for your vacuum cleaner
- Several flea traps (or make them yourself)
- Double-sided sticky tape
- Disposable particle mask (optional: I would prefer this)
- Door & window-frame rubber seals
- Bed bug UV detection light
- Strong LED headlight

Inspect the room, as well as the rest of the house, using the UV light & headlight. Latex gloves are good to have, as you're going to be feeling and touching dirty and possibly infested surfaces for signs of life.

Then put on thick rubber gloves and get to action.
Empty the room completely, and I do mean completely.
Any and all fabrics, clothes, bed covers, pillows, foam covers, blankets, curtains, and rugs MUST be removed from the room. Place them in double-layered black garbage bags, and tie or tape them closed. Everything removed from the room MUST be inspected visually, preferably while having a UV/LED light on.

Vacuum every part of the room, and preferably everything you remove from the room. Put the vacuum bags in sealed plastic bags and throw it out. Stuff some DE into every crack you can find, and seal every single crack in the walls, floor, ceiling, windows, et c. Don't forget to mount some electric outlet covers on the walls, you savage. Mount rubber seals on the windows and doors.

(cont)

>> No.1434142

>>1434140
Wash everything that can be washed, at least at 140°F (preferably more) for about an hour. Use diluted bleach as per instructions on any piece of fabric that can tolerate it. This will reliably kill fleas, eggs, and larvae. Wash any and all textiles you own.

Build a simple raised futon platform, and put your futon inside the airtight "bed bug blocker". Spread DE all over the futon, the inside of the cover, and underneath the platform. Zip it closed and duct-tape every part of the zipper. Once everything's washed, you may be able to have place to sleep in again. Throw some DE underneath your bedsheets, inside the closet, in corners. Btw, the foam sealant goes in larger cracks and holes.

Place flea traps here and there inside the room. Mount double-side tape in various locations, close to places where they have lived before. Carefully move your shit in there again, and inspect it before you move it back. Vacuum every few days, and check the inside of the vacuum bags for traces. Check yourself for fleas and flea bites every time you shower for the next half year.

Chances are that they can be found in many other parts of the house, and that's a new level of devilry.

Good luck

>> No.1436332

>>1426201
our ansestores where wiser than now of dead treeflesh and and stone, we knew maggots manifested from nothing atheist I say onto you don't you see the proof infront of you

put a penny in a bag of dirt inddors and flie eggs be gone!