Well, it’s that time of year in Barbados when the weather is a certain way that the Christmas worms (a tiny millipede) suddenly multiply and invade our homes.
At most a Christmas worm is an inch long and the body just a millimeter wide, so they are small enough to come in through any little gap in doorways and windows. It’s near impossible to keep them out.
They don’t do anything and they’re not harmful, but they are a nuisance, and if you happen to crush one, the smell is unmistakeable and unpleasant.
We tend to spray around our doors periodically to try and keep them (and other tiny critters) out, and, once or twice a year, I put sevin around the outside of the house. That also helps to keep critters out.
Fortunately, Christmas worms disappear just as quickly as they appear, and they have already started to wane. I'm not sure where the name came from, but I would guess that it's because they tend to appear at the end of the year, hence "Christmas".
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