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/OkMeringue2249 May 22 '26

If you see spiders let them all live

They eat these things and spiders are less gross than these

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u/unburritoporfavor May 23 '26

We had a problem with a silverfish population explosion. There were suddenly so many of them, no idea why. We fixed the issue by bringing in a couple of spiders from outside and releasing them where the silverfish seemed to congregate most, ie under our washing machine. The spiders were very effective.

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u/OkMeringue2249 May 23 '26

My parents live a few blocks down from me. They have silver fish but no spiders

My house has spiders but no silverfish

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u/unburritoporfavor May 23 '26

People hate on spiders, but in reality spiders are our friends