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Tiny mites/lice on skirtings around house!!

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Nngold · 04/08/2023 10:16

Hi,
I have emailed a pest control team but no response yet. I am freaking out. I keep finding these tiny almost transparent with a orangey tinge mites/lice around my skirting boards in the house.
its not an overly old house, but renovated it completely just over a year ago.
there aren’t hundreds of the little things but enough to freak me out.
ill try and insert pictures.
oh and yes my house is clean, i hoover and dust often (hoover about 10 times a day with a 2 year old)!!

Tiny mites/lice on skirtings around house!!
Tiny mites/lice on skirtings around house!!
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Beenhereforever1978 · 04/08/2023 10:17

Can't tell much from those pictures.

Do you have house plants?

Nngold · 04/08/2023 10:26

I have just squished one that was on my sons skirting board too

Tiny mites/lice on skirtings around house!!
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Nngold · 04/08/2023 10:26

I do yes but not in my living room or my sons room where I’ve seen them

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Beenhereforever1978 · 04/08/2023 10:29

Again. That's just a blob!

Have you had a lot of rain recently?

And check your plants, just because they're not in the same room doesn't mean they're not the source.

Nngold · 04/08/2023 10:37

Yes lots of rain recently, live east in England!
i may put my plants outside for now!
giving me anxiety though and making my skin crawl!

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HonestKoala · 29/05/2024 21:54

Hi, did you ever get rid of these? I’m honestly going mental over these things!

Nngold · 06/06/2024 08:22

HonestKoala · 29/05/2024 21:54

Hi, did you ever get rid of these? I’m honestly going mental over these things!

Hiya, I still see them some times and so I spray the skirtings with bug spray keeps them away for a while. iM unsure what it is, we have wooden logs in the fireplace so possibly from them

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Theunamedcat · 06/06/2024 08:23

Plaster mites?

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