What Is This Gross Looking Pest and How Do I Get Rid of It?

[kingkola1]

I found this worm looking creature with 4 legs coming out of it head in my drain to waste water. It looks like it is eating a black pest. Anyone know what it is called and how to get rid of them? My index finger tip is shown in one photo to provide a relative size of the thing.

[desertdan]

never seen something like that. E.T. maybe?

[Tika]

Termite larva....just a guess.

[furrysparkle]

I like that photo immensely

[Bikerstonrr]

I agree with Tika, looks to be a termite. No prob for your plants but you might want to have somebody check out your house, so the roof doesn't cave in. LOL

[Dagmar]

It looks like an odd species of earwig.
And they aren't harmful to plants.

[Vitreous]

Jesus, that is evil.
I encountered collembola in my reservoir once. Freaked me the hell out. Thought I was going to lose my crop, turns out they were not so harmful to plants anyway!

[kingkola1]

That looks pretty close just a little different coloring.
It doesn't look like an earwig to me because it doesn't have the rear pincher looking things.

[NebulaHaze]

Just curious, did you ever figure out what bug this was?

[furrysparkle]

I second this curiousity, it sounds like it's a debate on whether it's a termite or an earwig?