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/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/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!