What are these weird things in my cupboard?

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I found loads of these things in my understairs cupboard. They are reddish brown and about the size of sesame seeds. Any ideas what they are?

Here's a picture

Mice droppings?

Oh I hope not
I thought mice droppings were black? These are reddish brown

I have no idea what those are but you're going to need to move house. Or burn it.

Cockroach droppings?

@CloseEncountersOfTheTurdKind they're not mice droppings.

Two questions. Where in the world are you located? and did they come from a cupboard with rice or flour stored in it?

I'd guess at some kind of weevil from one of the above. it is just a guess though.

www.abeepestpro.com/differences-types-of-pest-droppings-poop.htm

Poo identification chart! It does say mouse poo gets lighter with age, so could be old mouse poo?

Or maybe it's something less sinister, like seeds?

Termite droppings maybe

I'm in the south of England, and the cupboard has DIY stuff in it, tools and paint etc. There was a spilled box of wallpaper paste powder as well

Cockroach droppings are like coffee grinds tiny black spots. If anything they like cress seeds but the odds of them being dropped there? Mouse poo is more like rice shaped though

Are they hard or soft? What happens if you pop one? What do they smell like?

Cress seeds picture

Oh forget termites, google says we do t have them in the UK

Could it be spilt seed of some sort? Grass or similar? Or can you see legs? 🙈

They look like they could be a kind of bulgar wheat or red rice. Or something’s eggs.

Ah sorry cross post!

Good call the cress seeds

I think those are eggs not droppings. They’re not mice dropping as those are dark brown and hard. Those look soft. I feel like I’ve seen that before. I’m going to google.

They look like linseeds! Have you had one of those microwaveable pillows (alternative to hot water bottle) and could it have leaked the seeds?

I'm stumped otherwise. Look to uniform to be droppings.

Not mice droppings. They look like seeds to me too.

A mouse could have nibbled a seed packet and spilt them

I have seen mouse poison and ant grains that look similar. Do they smell?

Did you sweep them into a pile or find them like that? Would any kind of droppingsbe in just one place?

The cupboard was a complete mess, I guess it could be spilt seeds, although I've not found any seed packets yet. They are quite hard, I don't think they were alive. They do look a lot like the pictures of cress seeds

Perhaps I should plant some and see if they sprout