# weird TAP worms (not tape)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 16, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tap-worms-not-tape/224689 "2004-01-16T00:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zaphod7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/df788c/32.png) [@Zaphod7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod7)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tap-worms-not-tape/224689/1 "2004-01-16T00:47:20Z")

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i was dilligently cleaning my bathroom last night and cleaned around the cold water tap beacause there was a brown gunky build up there (i only cleaned it a week before) and after i scrubed it off into the basin, i noticed about 3 or 4 little worm like creatures all about half a centimetre or just over in lenght and they moved like an inch worm.

Does anyone know what these are and more importantly do you know if i should get it checked out incase they are living in my water supply or something?

they were just so creepy, they didnt like the “no more mould” that i sprayed on them 🙂

Zaphod

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-tap-worms-not-tape/224689/2 "2004-01-16T00:53:44Z")

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Nematodes, I’m guessing