Undentified bugs in my home - please help!

diynoob

Hi

I have just moved into my new home and keep seeing these little bugs scurrying around the place; in the kitchen, my cupboards, my hi-fi, my computer etc. i only ever see them one at a time and they are quite pale in colour.

Any idea what they could be, what could be causing them and how I can get rid of them?

Because i am a new member I am not allowed to post pics apparently, I have uploaded one to photobucket at the link below

http://
s889.photobucket.com/albums/ac98/silverfish2010/?action=view&current=1.jpg

Thanks
DiYNoob

Mayflower10cat

I note you've called the album 'silverfish'...?! Because that's what I was going to suggest they might be. They move very quickly, look silvery/grey in colour (sort of like small moths) and have whiskery bits. If you have an infestation, I gather they're tricky to get rid of and it might be a job for a professional pest controller. One year during the summer holidays, silverfish were found in our domestic science kitchens in the drystore - everything had to be thrown away and a company came in to spray the whole block.

planetclaire70

That picture doesn't look like a silverfish to me. Silverfish have tapered tails - like fish, in fact - whereas the insect in the picture has a rounded body. I don't know what it is though, unfortunately.

ih8stress

Have you tried somewhere like this site?

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/bug-forum/?q=gallery

try googling identify insects for more choices

HTH

savingforarainyday

Hi sorry to post and run, I am not too sure what colour young cockroaches are, they are sometimes pale

busybee100

IT doesn't look like a silverfish (we used to have them by the hearth when I was little) but it does look like a cockroach

here's a picture of one
http://pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/What%20i2125.jpg

pimento

That looks like a cockroach to me. *shudder*

planetclaire70

Urgh - cockroaches. Silverfish are quite cute though.

lindos90

planetclaire70 wrote: »

Urgh - cockroaches. Silverfish are quite cute though.

I was always fasinated by silverfish, I thought they were baby mermaids!

I also think your photo looks like young cockroaches..its a blurry photo so difficult to be sure, do they look like this?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E7p8MjGti_o/Sj427s0_WTI/AAAAAAAADMQ/ODSqT3Cus9M/s400/best-animal-fathers-cockroaches.jpg

Its odd that you have only seen them one at atime, but if there are young ones, they are breeding!

Have a look at this link, scroll past the ads and blurb to the advice section...

http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-get-rid-of-roaches

Errata

It looks very much like a juvenile cockroach (if the pic comes up a bit small change your zoom level to 400 to get a good look at it)

http://ec.pond5.com/s3/000273738_icon.jpeg

Purpletopaz

hi

try callling your local council and see if they will identify them for you, ours does people bring bugs in clear sealed container for our pestie guys to ID, HTH