Small insects in bathroom please help!!

pcp83 · #1 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 05:11 PM

Hi everybody.

I am new to WAB and would be grateful for any advice.

A few months back in my Toilet I noticed very small yellow/creamish insects. The can run fairly fast and I sometimes see a few of them at once on the wall at the cystern.

I have been using bleech and Dettol everyday in my toilet to try and prevent them but it is doing no good. The other day I lifted the lid off my toilet cystern and noticed that there was a few of them underneath the cystern lid?

To my horror I noticed one in my bedroom last night on the wall and another one today but it scurried behind the wall socket.

I would really like to know what they are and if there is anyway to get red of them and if they are harmful?

My property is only a year old so I don't know if that contributes to the problem?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Paul

jaguarondi · #2 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 05:31 PM

Welcome to WAB Paul

Maybe booklice. They are small and can occur in large numbers. They feed on all sorts of things, depending on the species. Is there any mould on the bathroom walls? Any chance of a photo?

pcp83 · #3 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 06:00 PM

Hi jaguarondi

Thanks for your reply

There is no mould on the walls, I don't know whats going on behind the tiolet pipes. I will try and get a picture.

They are really freaking me out, I just want rid of them

Paul

dickybird · #4 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 06:18 PM

im no expert but----pharoah's ants?
they like heated buildings esp. in towns and they are small and yellowish and live in crevices.

dickybird

pcp83 · #5 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 06:59 PM

hi dickybird

They are definatley not pharoah's ants I looked them up and the things I have got don't look like ants.

Jason Green · #6 (**permalink**) 19-09-2009, 07:06 PM

Evening Paul, welcome to WAB

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguarondi

Welcome to WAB Paul

Maybe booklice. They are small and can occur in large numbers. They feed on all sorts of things, depending on the species. Is there any mould on the bathroom walls? Any chance of a photo?

Have to agree there, Jag! Sounds like them to me, too. I tried photographing a Barkfly (outdoor relatives of booklice) yesterday, Cerobasis guestfalica - very fast movers! Fortunately they take short breaks though, that's when I can get my camera in.

Take care,

Jason

dickybird · #7 (**permalink**) 20-09-2009, 01:25 PM

well,at least you now know what a pharoahs ant looks like!!

a friend of mine had book lice-browner than yours-she was told they were feeding on the glue used in her kitchen units.

dont ask me how she got rid of them---dont know whether she ever did!!

dickybird

Jason Green · #8 (**permalink**) 20-09-2009, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dickybird

well,at least you now know what a pharoahs ant looks like!!

a friend of mine had book lice-browner than yours-she was told they were feeding on the glue used in her kitchen units.

dont ask me how she got rid of them---dont know whether she ever did!!

dickybird

Ah. Indoor booklice, of which there are 30 species or so, are likely to be found harmlessly in every house across the UK. I'm unaware of removal techniques.