What are the bugs in my shoes?

I have two pairs of shoes near a window (one are leather, others are man-made polyester - type material). Both have become mouldy. I am able to remove the insoles from the polyester shoes and so I did for easy-cleaning. Upon doing this, I noticed lots of little bugs that are white-ish in colour and about a millimetre in size. There are around 2 per square centimetre.





What are they? They are crawling, not hopping, and have legs (although they're too small to count how many).





Does this fit in with the decription of flea larvae? Please help!





Thanks!





Quantum Wedge xxx

What are the bugs in my shoes?
A flea larva is nearly invisible to the naked eye; by the time they are mobile, they are like tiny, nearly invisible wriggling worms.





I am thinking something more like meal bugs feeding on the organic matter in your shoes as they would potatoes or flour.
Reply:ewwww. mabye the moisture from the window, comming in from out side, is making the moldy, which causes bugs. dont put them by the window.
Reply:Throw out the shoes. Call an exterminator, and keep your new shoes out of the window.
Reply:i would get new shoes and dispose of those moldy ones they could cause mold to start growing in your house
Reply:uha somebody needs some good cleaning ! this could be verywell some spider abbies ,since you had them by the window!!!!!!


clean your shoes out really good and get some bugspray to go along the window and bottom of floor
Reply:Wow. I have no idea but this would freak me out. I suggest buying some new shoes.
Reply:dude that like sik


umm clean your damn shoes


or like see if dry cleaners clean them man
Reply:probably maggots which are fly larvae


THROW THOSE SHOES AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:throw the shoes away.....mold is dangerous


But if you want to clean them..use bug spray..then anticeptic spray..then 409 spray..and wipe them out...let them dry in sunshine outside


keep them in a shoe box with paper stuffed in them..if you see mold again..toss them
Reply:Dude....its almost Christmas..buy yourself a new pair of shoes....and a box of chocolate... =)



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