okay, can anyone tell me what this could be?

Question

my husband and I were cleaning out my basement,yesterday, our basement leaks, so we threw out alot of things, and we had flies, so we put a raid strip up, i found alot of flies dead, but as I was cleaning them up, i noticed a brown (very small wormlike) dead something. Any clue on what it is, there were alot of them atleast 25, and that's only what I found so far.

I thought that maggots were white?

Answer 1

maggots

Answer 2

Do they have a hard back and kinda curl? If so, these are commonly known as rolly polly's, I do not know the scientific name for them. They eat mold and mildew, and dead wood, which would be what attracted them to your basement, they like moisture.
Hold on, I will get a picture of them for you. Go to

http://members.tripod.com/~cygnozan/rollypolly.html

for a picture of what I am talking about, and see if it is what you are talking about.

Answer 3

Sounds like fly pupae or maggots.
Here is a picture of them if it is:
http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/corpse_fauna/flies/pupae.htm

...jj

Answer 4

Maggots from the common housefly are white but if they die, they shrivel up and turn brown. Maggots from horseflies are way bigger, segmented and brown.

Answer 5

If the brown things were on the floor, they could be roleypoleys. They are like little worms with hard backs - small and brown and curled.
Nothing to hurt you. They just like damp places.

Answer 6

It's a maggot, some are brown.

Answer 7

Flies in larvae state. They died before turning into flies.

Answer 8

my guess would be they are maggots ... seeing u have a fly problem ... ewww good luck with that one

Answer 9

sounds like a grub worm

Answer 10

well by the description it sounds like a mouse, but you need more details papi chulo!