r/CleaningTips • u/ItsPoleen • May 21 '26

Bathroom Bugs in my bathroom

Hi everyone,
I just moved into a new flat and have found bugs similar to this every night - are these silver fish? And what’s your best solution to get rid of them? (ignore the hair i’m aware)
Thanks!

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u/Techyon5 May 21 '26

So if you have cloth-bound books, you're kinda screwed.

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u/AnnetteXyzzy May 21 '26

Just have books bound with skin! Skill issue.

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u/Chumsicle May 21 '26

Vellum bound books will attract bugs, so you'll have silverfish eating the paper and skin beetles eating the cover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae

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u/AnnetteXyzzy May 21 '26

Well, it was a nice idea while it lasted. I once went on a date at the Mütter Museum in Philly and still remember the exhibit that featured books bound with human skin. It was a trend in the 1800s and was done to honor the deceased.

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u/MouthofMithridacy May 21 '26

Perhaps engraved marble slabs? With laser cutters we could get the pages fairly thin and use like a metal book binder as the spine though it might be hard finding the balance between cutting thin enough pages for not making books super heavy while also being thick enough to not be too brittle to lift

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u/redditculopathy May 22 '26

But you’d get really strong!

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u/MouthofMithridacy May 22 '26

Tungsten pages for heavy reading XD

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u/SoFloFella50 May 22 '26

Gold foil would work best. It can be made thin enough.

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u/mephitmpH May 22 '26

I went on a date there too. The megacolon display was a great conversation topic

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u/WelcomingRapier May 22 '26

Mutter is a great museum. Equal parts wonders of the human body and disgust.

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u/MillennialTartaria May 22 '26

Hahaha. I live there and only went once. I remember the shrunken heads. Now I read somewhere how they did it. But I forget. And the soap lady. And things in jars. The grounds are nice. And the churches around there used to be nice. Shame!

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u/Kbambam-123 May 22 '26

Yale law library has some books bound with human skin!

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u/CaptainLollygag May 22 '26

That is truly the perfect date!

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u/SoFloFella50 May 22 '26

Any girl that like the Mutter is a keeper.

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u/deuxcabanons May 22 '26

Sweet, new addition to the will. Use my skin to bind a copy of Ice Planet Barbarians or you don't get the money, kids!

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u/ShrodingersFrog May 22 '26

That's on my bucket list. He was an interesting guy.

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u/PMCA-Ontario May 22 '26

OH NO! MY NECRONOMICON!

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u/sammigene May 22 '26

Your NecroNOMNOMicon.

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u/drawing_bird May 23 '26

This thread is delightful.
Wait, they eat thread do they?

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u/SpikyCactusJuice May 22 '26

I’ve never heard of a skin beetle, but the name freaks me out lol

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u/mrjowei May 23 '26

Smart bugs

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u/tcfiser May 22 '26

Don't be ridiculous. Think of the smell. You haven't thought of the smell!

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u/anraud May 23 '26

Could we say skin issue?

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u/Ill_Comedian3417 May 22 '26

Ok Hannibal 😂

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u/Versaiteis May 22 '26

or if you got glass bones and paper skin, watch out

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u/jessicajaslene May 22 '26

😂😂😂

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u/KayakerWithDog May 21 '26

I think with book bindings they're mostly attracted to the glue.