Maggots

[Melonslicexx]

Omg it's not a good day. I hoover every day. I wash pots up everyday. Infact over the weekend My kitchen was repainted by us and we cleaned the tops of the cupboards etc so it's nice and clean. This morning I came down and noticed a couple of maggots next to the washer. I lifted up my mop bucket. There were more under their. I lifted up a handbag that was on the floor and there's maggots under that. They are under a pair of shoes. They are under the decorating paint tin. There were a couple under the rubbish bag but that doesn't seem to be the source. The doors are open everyday at the moment all day. We have children so crumbs are a thing but I hoover daily so they are cleaned up regularly.

Why has this happened? Mortified and grossed out. I feel disgusting.

[TastesLikeFlavourlessFizz]

@crazycookie58 Did you manage to get rid of yours?

I found two, one after the other, in the kitchen doorway. Sent the robot round the kitchen then the (carpeted) breakfast room and hallway. And there was some in the hoover when I emptied it 😫 so they’re obviously not coming from the kitchen.

So creeped out right now.

[crazycookie58]

Hi, I am having the same problem, I keep the house very clean, found them yesterday under bags and shoes, deep cleaned everything in the house and seemed to be fine but come down stairs this morning to find them under shoes again in the hallway. Did you manage to find the source of your problem or fix it? I feel like I am losing my mind trying to get rid of them, it’s so gross!

[goingtotown]

I spayed lots of fly killer in the bin & kept the bin closed until the next day.

[GetTheDoorFrank]

I took the bag out the bin and double tied it and put it in the wheelie bin. Im going to clean the kitchen to within an inch of its life and make sure i dont get anymore. For pp's that have had these critters before does the "problem" ever go away on its own or do you need to seek help? I know that may be a daft question but ive never had maggots before

[Nonamesavail]

our outside bin had them. Makrs me feel so ill :(

[notanoctopus]

Check your ceiling (sounds bizarre I know). Years ago, a friend kept finding random ones over a few days - on draining board etc... turns out there were loads on the ceiling. I 'counselled' over the phone as was too creeped out to help in person in case one fell on me!

[Ericaequites]

Throw a handful of mothballs in the bottom of your bin. Keep your bin clean. Flypaper has no noxious fumes or chemicals, but can help prevent maggots by catching flies. Mind you, I have the stomach of a trained nurse.

[HermioneMakepeace]

This happened to us! We had a full-time housekeeper so our house was immaculate (or so we thought). There was a horrible smell in the kitchen and we just couldn’t locate it. Went on for a few days then DH picked up the Nespresso machine... underneath it were LOADS of maggots.

[NameAChange]

The most likely cause of maggots ime is a raw chicken or raw beef packet not rinsed out and put in the bin. They breed in the bin then manage to worm their way out and look for places to go under things then hatch into flies.

Its traumatic.

[SmartPinkShoes]

Remember they're literally just baby flies. So they're not coming from anywhere as such. Just a fly laid eggs somewhere that seemed positive for growth and the eggs hatched. They're not going to magically multiply or anything!

I feel a lot better about baby flies these days now I think of them as babies. They're wriggly and gross, but it's OK.

[GetTheDoorFrank]

I found a maggot on my kitchen floor about 15mins ago and i want to torch my kitchen 😭🤮 never ever had a problem with them in the 10yrs ive stayed myself and thats having ddogs for 8 of those years and 6 having a ds. Wtf do i do to get rid of them tomorrow?

[Margo34]

Have you been to a pick your own place recently? We did and picked a punnet of berries that DH was keen to turn into jam. Next day he started jamming and I walked by to stick the kettle on and instantly noticed the bowl (now half full of berries) was wriggling with maggots 🤢😂 he carried on and finished turning the berries into jam so we have now very, very boiled maggotberry jam that I refuse to eat 🤣

So, have you been to pick any fruit recently perhaps and brought maggots home that way?

[Melonslicexx]

@popcornlover

Nope my floors are cleaned 2-3 times a week and Hoovered daily. Certainly not dirty here thank you! My bin gets them on hot days. Got nappies in it so I presume they enjoy the crappy nappies. But it's not my fault if a fly gets in and lays eggs is it.

Your garbage is as grubby an anyone elses. Flies would come in your windows on a hot day too. It's nothing to do with being disgusting. It's the first time it's ever happened and we have just decorated and washed our kitchen down too!!!

[ImFree2doasiwant]

If they were scattered all over, it's because they've eaten their food source and were on the move. Could be something under a cupboard/cooker/fridge. Dead mouse, or piece of food dropped.

They're full sized maggots by the sound of it, so would have been laid as eggs in the last week or so.

[JadesRollerDisco]

It might have been an apple core of banana that know has been completely used up by them making them look like they're just randomly there

[JadesRollerDisco]

All it takes is a bit of food spillage or bin juice and you can get them. Sounds like something got spilled and as it was unnoticeable and underneath things the maggots had a habitat. Usually a fly will lay eggs but not have the right habitat, but only old food spillage plus heat plus not being wiped up will equal maggots.

[popcornlover]

Ewww, what the hell do you all have in your kitchen that is attracting these things? I’ve never known it. Are your bins and floors rancid or something? I’m very environmentally conscious and don’t produce a lot of waste. My bin never smells. Do you all eat lots of meat or something?

[Melonslicexx]

Yeah I read they lay into something. But they really was scattered all over with no obvious source.

My kitchen is long because it's a kitchen diner with a wall knocked out. It's about 3 meters wide and 7 meters long. They were under different things throughout the room. Pulled out my washer. Cleaned under the cupboard that has no plinth. The binbag was ok. So it's a mystery. It's likely at any point with my kids there's something somewhere. But doesn't seem to be the case.

[Zaphodsotherhead]

The flies have to lay their eggs in something for them to hatch into maggots, though. They don't just go around depositing eggs around the place like really careless chickens.

Check for all sources of fly-food. It's often cat/dog food that gets dropped off a spoon. I still have nightmares about the perforated catfood tin that I opened, and it exploded over me in a rain of off meat and maggots... urgh.

[Ploddingalong67]

We had the same a week or so ago. Awful... I soaked them in boiling water 😂 killed them instantly. Bleach didn't seem to work.

I found some in the general waste bin in the kitchen and after some googling there's a powder called 'Bin Buddy' that you sprinkle in the bin bag and it kills flies and bugs etc that are inside the bin. They've yet to come back...

[Confusedpixo]

Huge maggot invasion in my brown bin this morning! Horrible wiggly fuckers. I did my best to get rid of most of them before the bin men came but there were most likely more in the black bags. I need to go bring the bin up and deal with them but I'm putting it off for as long as possible.

[SweatyAndyFromWoking]

We have a problem due to the cat food pouches. We need to make sure they are rinsed before they go into the bin and the same for all packages that meat came in.

[Ontopofthesunset]

We've got them this week too. Oddly eggs and maggots in the joins of our bifold doors. I think the door was probably open a lot in the hot weather and something has been laying eggs along the rubber seals. Yuck.

[Maizeyflowers]

Oh gross about the fisherman haha.

They really are grim. We had two more this morning but that's it. It seems they are gone basically. So hopefully that's it now. Yuck.

Hate this time of the year. Moths. Daddylong legs, spiders and bluddy maggots and flies.

[Hollyhocksarenotmessy]

We had some this week. First time in years. Ours were from the kitchen bin, little buggers. They are revolting and stink! They are also surprisingly mobile and able to climb (shudder) so kitchen bin should be your main suspect. Hot weather, food waste, 1 house fly and that's enough. Boiling water kills them stone dead in a split second and helps kill bacteria, remove smell, and the ick factor.
I was not helped by DP telling me fishermen put maggots in their mouths when getting the hook ready. Vom.