bugs in bathroom

[jay90]

we have very small off white creatures on our bathroom walls,they move quickly when disturbed..they dont have visible legs.they are oval shaped...any ideas?
oh yeh and are bathroom is quite damp..in the process of getting a more powerful fan!

[webbo3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish

[jammy76]

these are whats known as silverfish very common in damp arrears

[Neilzulu1]

Hi we had these in our house and all we bought was a insect killer spray for ants cockroaches,etc,we sprayed all around especially the skirting boards and after about 15mins they were dead so good luck and get spraying.

[davkel]

sound like silverfish,they love the damp

[jay90]

no deffo not silver fish,ive seen them before and these fellas are different....

[RATTER15]

Post a photo and I will identify it for you!!

[what..the?]

Def. book lice/mite's they live in damp areas. silverfish are more pointed and elongated than the more oval rounder booklice.

They can spread to other damp area in your house if you were to cross contaminate buy taking an item from the bathroom and placing it somewhere else damp. They can breed very quickly too.

They are called book lice because usually they live in damp mouldy old books where they eat the mould that grows on the spine of the book itself. Therefore these lice/mites require damp and mould, if you take these requirements away they are more than likely die off. They can also be spotted in a kitchen under a cabinet where a kettle is boiling the steam makes the wall and under the cuboard damp which they love, soon they will be in your cuboard in your flour!

Therefore remove any mould however small, and dry the room.

To remove mould look very closely some mould is very small, spray the walls with dettol mould and mildew remover (green spray bottle sainsbury.) Try not not get on clothes or other fabrics as it contains bleech. Dispose of any old wooden furniture or old papers, cardboard which the mite love to live and breed on.

To dry the room, use a dehumidifer buy or rent one, ask if a friend has one you can borrow. Long term use or fit an extractor fan to the bathroom if you have one let it run longer. If not possible try to leave the window open as long as possible. This is all to reduce the damp = mould = lice

Also try insect sprays - be careful about pets
Also try sprinkling on talc powder, or using a hair drier on them to dry them out.

[xxxdannixxx]

i have these bugs to,they are silver, various sizes, and teardrop shape, very very fast, to fast to squash. they die when in contact with bleech but they live inside the skirting board so what do i do, cant get bleech in there. i dont think they like the light as i had 1 in my light and it was going mental. they arnt keen on mould as i have some in my bathroom and they dont go near it,