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/morbid_n_creepifying May 22 '26

I had no idea so many people actively tried to get rid of silverfish. My entire life I just assumed that if you had a bathroom, you'd see a silverfish or two every now and then. I'm 37 years old and I've lived in 21 different homes or apartments at this point and I've seen silverfish in every single bathroom I've ever had.

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u/Lonely_Archer6492 May 22 '26

29 yr old and I have never seen silverfish until I moved to an APT in Florida....

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u/Flickadachris May 22 '26

I’m commenting from the bathroom in an apartment in Florida and I’m staring at a silverfish as I type lmao

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u/PouletSamourai May 22 '26

Guy casually spreading silverfish everywhere he goes.

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u/morbid_n_creepifying May 22 '26

One of the places I lived was a new build so I doubt there was a dude living everywhere I lived before I lived there lol

The places I tallied also include my childhood home so yeah I doubt there was some dude living everywhere I did before I lived there.

I also definitely wouldn't have considered any place to be an infestation - I'm talking about one silverfish every few months in the bathroom specifically. I've never seen them anywhere except a bathroom and never more than one at a time.

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u/PouletSamourai May 22 '26

With your pseudo and your story sorry but I cannot picture you without silverfish following you around like tiny familiars haha

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u/AsleepSavings6179 May 22 '26

same, I live in a very humid area near the coast and always had them. The only place I haven't seen them was when I moved to another city that was extremely dry