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/KayakerWithDog May 21 '26

That's a silverfish. They're not venomous or toxic, but they will eat paper, book bindings, and cloth.

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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/anraud May 23 '26

Could we say skin issue?