PLEASE HELP! :'( stupid little bugs in my house

boo_who · Post by **boo_who** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:00 pm

I have these tiny little bugs in my house, I have no idea what they are. At first I thought they might be baby cockroaches (which made me want to vomit) but they have not got any bigger. I live in Kent which is in England, and I am a rather clean and tidy person, although I am not meticulously clean (there are sometimes crumbs under my toaster). I first noticed them on my wooden blinds in my front room, but now they are everywhere (except my bathroom). I wanted to take a picture of them but it is really hard because they are so small and my camera on my phone is a bit broken so I have done the best I can. I welcome all replies and I hope I have provided the necessary information. I am moving soon and I really don't want these to move with me!

boo_who · Post by **boo_who** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:02 pm

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Post by **spot** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:08 pm

Does anything in http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/gener ... house.html help?

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:01 am

Could they be thunder flies? My daughter was inundated with them when she lived in the Midlands. I can remember, years ago, first noticing tiny red spider ants...and the more I looked the more I saw...they were everywhere. Nowadays I try not to look :-3

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:46 am

Does this help?

German Cockroach

Thea is that really you????? The post I mean, not the BUG !!!!

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Post by **spot** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:24 am

Scale, Pam, we can't tell the scale. Is that an inch long? Five feet of ferocious Teutonic beetly thing?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:03 am

"Adult German cockroaches are 1/2 to 5/8 inch long and tan to light brown (Fig. 1). Although they have fully developed wings, they do not fly. Nymphs are similar in appearance to adults except that they are smaller and lack wings. The German cockroach is best identified by its small size and by two dark parallel lines running from the back of the head to the wings. It is usually found in kitchens (near dishwashers, stoves, and sinks) and in bathrooms of homes."

German Cockroaches — Entomology — Penn State University

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:32 am

Pammie, Pammie, Pammie!!!!

It is SO good to see you...please stay :-4:-4:-4 I'll even pretend I'm a cockroach if you do!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:43 am

GUFFAW.... Didn't some Kafka bloke turn into a beetle?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:06 am

A cockroach called Theia is heia

Creepy-crawling about spreading feia

But bed bugs are worse

And a curse on this verse

Pam is over the moon just to seia

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:42 am

AussiePam;1363735 wrote: A cockroach called Theia is heia

Creepy-crawling about spreading feia

But bed bugs are worse

And a curse on this verse

Pam is over the moon just to seia

Oh, I'd forgotten all about your little odes, Pammie...brilliant :-6

Yes, didn't someone wake up and realise he was a beetle?

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:25 am

Ahhhhh, Theia and AussiePam are both here:-4

Things are looking up !!!

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:50 am

Ahhh, that's such a lovely thing to say, Kathy :-4

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:44 pm

GUFFAW....

Good morning to two of my absolute favourite Ladies. And yes, in the short story "Metamorphosis" Mr Kafka has his protagonist waking up one morning as a bug. On the road outside this apartment block someone, ages ago, must have spilled a pot of paint. It is in the shape of a squashed beetle, or at least that's how Dieter always interprets it when we walk past. I've always thought it was Kafka-esque. Kafka was a pretty scary bloke, altogether.

Today I must pack

Today I must pack

I haaaate packing.... COFFFFEEEEEEEEEE

(that reminds me...must pack coffee making stuff)

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:53 pm

boo_who;1363714 wrote: I have these tiny little bugs in my house, I have no idea what they are. At first I thought they might be baby cockroaches (which made me want to vomit) but they have not got any bigger. !

Is It the Labour Party?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:03 pm

I must say, when I first read the OP, I did wonder if News of the World had been somehow involved.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:41 pm

Midgys.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:57 pm

G'day Fuzzy. How's things?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:04 pm

AussiePam;1363783 wrote: G'day Fuzzy. How's things?

And G'day Pam - 'tis wonderful to see you :-6

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:18 pm

Doing well Pam back at school studying building and construction . Nice to see you back . eldest boy is joining the Navy , second son now gets payed to play footy and youngest is ...well ....still wants to take over the world .

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:02 pm

Thank you for your kind welcome back, Bryn, and very best wishes to you in your FG-owner hat. I just popped in on spec the other day and saw some old friends who I've missed. Maybe the time in the desert is over. It would be nice ....

Fuzzy - the course sounds very interesting. And your boys are growing up!!! My kids are all back in Australia now - good choice I think, but I'm biased. Grin.

theia · Post by **theia** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:45 pm

And don't forget your tea-pot, Pammie :yh_devil

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:56 am

I'm afraid I'll be leaving all Tea Parties and other abominations very well alone, Theia!!

I actually went to an "afternoon tea", Ritz style, a week ago. There were fifty, at least, different kinds of camellia leaf to quaff, and those layered serving plates of mini cakes, scones, savouries. All exquisite. Bone china, hand made lace doilies, linen napkins, silver, two hours of cocktail conversation..... I thought I behaved remarkably well, considering. [Someone found me an espresso, which helped]. I would have crooked my little finger, but a Lady knows that this is only done by the genteel, and not when one swings from the chandeliers anyway, considering we'd started with champagne, as one does...

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:42 am

AussiePam;1363793 wrote: Thank you for your kind welcome back, Bryn, and very best wishes to you in your FG-owner hat. I just popped in on spec the other day and saw some old friends who I've missed. Maybe the time in the desert is over. It would be nice ....

Fuzzy - the course sounds very interesting. And your boys are growing up!!! My kids are all back in Australia now - good choice I think, but I'm biased. Grin.

It would be more than nice, it would be well overdue :p

Does the return of the offspring mean no more excuses to come over to Europe?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:07 pm

Not at all, Bryn. I need no excuse. I just got back from a wander in France and Italy. Next time, I'll probably visit the UK too. Him Indoors in a Brit.. grin, so we speak the language.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:09 pm

AussiePam;1363883 wrote: Not at all, Bryn. I need no excuse. I just got back from a wander in France and Italy. Next time, I'll probably visit the UK too. Him Indoors in a Brit.. grin, so we speak the language.

You're an Aussie - you couldn't possibly :p

theia · Post by **theia** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:10 pm

AussiePam;1363883 wrote: Not at all, Bryn. I need no excuse. I just got back from a wander in France and Italy. Next time, I'll probably visit the UK too. Him Indoors in a Brit.. grin, so we speak the language.

Well, don't forget to pop in for a cup of t...coffee with me when you do :-6

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:44 pm

Theia - I'd love to get back down to the west ... who knows?

Right now, I'm packing (in the Aussie sense of the word ) - gotta hit the road in 15 minutes. Have laptop though ....

shenglu · Post by **shenglu** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:08 pm

Although they have fully developed wings, they can not fly. Nymphs are adults, unless they smaller, lack wings, similar in appearance. German cockroach is best to determine its small size and two dark parallel lines running from the back of the head on the wings.