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Paper bugs?

There seems to have been an explosion of those little bugs that you get in books etc, I have quite a lot of paperwork that i need to keep and these little critters are all over it.:o Is there anything that will kill them off or repel them? thanks!

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  • powershopper
    powershopper Posts: 329 Forumite
    never actually come accross this problem, sounds eughhhh! try putting the paperwork in a poly bag and pop it in the freezer for a week! that should sort the little blighters.....:cool:
  • kippers
    kippers Posts: 2,063 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    They are called pscocids or booklice. They appear when your house isdamp. We had them and we had to buy a de-humidifier to get rid of them...sort the damp problem and they will dissappear.

    There has been other threads on this topic a little while ago
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