We had them in the kitchen about 4 years ago - we live in an old house & there's a damp wall at the back with a window in the middle and we had them in the back left corner at the bottom. We had to empty everything out of the cupboard & throw it all out, then we had to take out the cupboards, we cleaned the wall & cupboards with mould & mildew cleaner, then tiled the wall behind. We then sprinkled & blew diatomaceous earth everywhere we could before putting the cupboards back. This stuff does work, it's made out of powdered sea shells (simply) and it lacerates & dries out the mites. Get the food grade version for kitchens - it's apparently used in all flour to prevent weevils & it's used in poultry mite powder. Anyway, we put a grill in the cupboard kick board to give a bit of air circulation. We then sprinkled/blew some diatomaceous earth in the back of the cupboard before re-stocking. This has worked for 4 years & we still don't have mites on that side. Unfortunately we've now had an outbreak on the back right corner - we thought it was only a matter of time, as that corner is also damp. I've also not been as fastidious with cleaning out my cupboards this past year which hasn't helped. You just have to keep at it & leave a bit of time for the diatomaceous earth to work before cleaning it up & always leave a bit in unseen areas to keep them away. Hope this helps.
Weve just dealt with these. We had them in our kitchen and it turns out the epicentre of their invasion was in the back of a cupboard where we keep the dog leads, poo bags, treats etc. Where there was a few treats in the very bottom back corner that had gone mouldy. We dont go in there too often. By the time we had seen them, there were lots of them in and around that cupboard, with patches of them very visible on dog leads, top of the cupboard door etc. They were also on most of the kitchen surfaces by this point by the time we had seen them, including tiled wall, other cupboard doors and cases, fish tank, kettle etc. Etc. We emptied EVERYTHING out of the kitchen that wasn't screwed down and put it all in the shed out of the house. We bagged up and threw away everything that we could, and also anything we could sacrifice that had a lot of them on. We then wiped down the whole kitchen (surfaces, inside cupboards, doors, floor, window etc. Etc.) With white vinegar spray and kitchen roll, disposing of all used tissues to the outside bin. We did the whole kitchen 2 times right away, then waited over night. What we saw was a big reduction in the bugs, especially in the dog cupboard, but some were still present generally around the kitchen. So we wiped the whole kitchen again 2 times. This was over a period of 2 to 3 days, waiting between each time to see if they had gone away. Generally after this we could see that we had got on top of things and they were going. We then started to move all our stuff back in to the kitchen but each item was blasted off outside with the hose pipe, then washed properly in sink with warm water and washing up liquid. We even did this with sealed jars of food and packets (e.g. microwave rice) - if you have a dish washer this would be a big help at this point! Oh, and remember everything we bagged and threw on the first day? Well, the outside bin was now full of them so we got a skip and emptied the rubbish bags from the bin into the skip too. It's been a week now and there are still a very few of them on cupboard doors, but I think these are just residual ones from their life cycle of laying g eggs and hatching etc. We were lucky that the source of the problem was just mouldy dog food which could be thrown away easily, and not black mould from damp or leaky pipes etc. But when we got rid of the source of the problem, the numbers dropped overnight, then it was just a case of dealing with the residual issue and clearing them off!
I have these all over my kitchen units after my worktops were flooded last year. I used white vinegar, bleach, and water straight from the kettle (wear gloves). The most effective thing has been the hair dryer. They appear to hate dry heat. Good luck.
You can kill them easily. Just use tea tree oil. Mix in 50/50 with Water and fill it into an spray bottle. Spray the hole Room and repeat it the next day. The Oil kills any kind of mites in seconds. Its not toxic for humans. The Smell with stay for some Weeks, but all Mites are gone, for sure.
Been cleaning like a maniac every day till silly hours for about 2 weeks. Every so often see 1 or 2 late at night which I promptly vanquish with professional karate but I'm a bit para about this flaring up again should I not completely unalive them. Dthe the deep clean of everything in my bedroom, user mosquito coils, bug powder, bleach, incense to smoke them out...not sure what else I can do. They've gone into my electronics so it's hard to say if I'm winning the war.
Firstly hi, I'm guessing you're here because you're currently dealing with these little terrors and are desperately looking for a way to tackle them, if not then this is a very weird video to just stumble across. This is going to be a long comment so brace yourself but I really hope it helps you because I have just defeated these buggers and I know people who are dealing with them would appreciate this. I will now proceed to give you a full guide on how to eliminate these mites including all product names and how to use them (all products used are readily available in the UK but I'm sure alternatives can be found world wide) please also note, this is not a 1 day job, you will need to do these steps over multiple days (it took us 6 days to completely get rid of them) First of all find and remove the cause of these mites, mine were caused by an opened packet of Tortilla wraps that had somehow fallen behind the microwave and gone unnoticed. Then remove any infested item from your home (throw them out, do not move to another room to avoid spreading these buggers) I threw out my microwave, kettle, toaster and grill. Take everything out of cupboards and wash them throughly or just dispose of if reasonable. Now start wiping down all the infested area with vinegar spray (I used STARDROPS WHITE VINEGAR SPRAY-purchased from asda). Leave for about 15 minutes and when your come you'll see a thousand more mites crawling around. Wipe everything down with vinegar once again. Then dilute some DETTOL LIQUID DISINFECTANT (readily available in most UK supermarkets) and wipe down all areas again. Repeat these 2 steps atleast 4 times. This will get rid of most of the mites. Now use a bleach spray (I used FLASH IMPECCABLE CLEAN BLEACH SPRAY- available in most UK supermarkets) and spray in all infested areas and leave to sit for an hour before coming back, wiping away and spraying the bleach again. Next you will need to purchase ZERO IN ULTRA POWER PEST KILLER (available in B&Q, Screwfix, Tool station) and spray this all over the infested areas. Leave for a few hours and you'll come back to hundreds of dead mites. Clean them up and repeat all previous steps until there is no sign of them. Also as your cleaning all the counters, cupboars etc spray the walls down with DETTOL MOULD AND MILDREW REMOVER to tackle the larger surface areas (this is optional but it gave me peace of mind) Every time you complete one of the detailed cleaning cycles spray the entire place down with DETTOL 24 HR PROTECT MULTI SURFACE CLEANER and let it sit for a few hours. Do this over 4 or 5 day and you should be mite free in no time. I really hope this is helpful because when I was dealing with these mites I looked everywhere for how to get rid of them but there was no detailed explanations or products that would be useful.
We are dealing with them since last 2 years,, we use all baking soda,, exhaust fans, bleach, vinegar the went but come again,, we recently shifted to new property but i find them here too, i feel sick,, dehumidifier works pls tell me
Oh how I sympathize, I have these, or at least something very similar. Small white/off white tan coloured things probably 0.5mm or less. I can't make out whether they are some type of bird bite (what with discarded jackdaw nests near me) or a type of mold mite (theres no mold but I live in the lake district so it's a very damp climate), I moved in in May 2017 and first noticed them last november, so 5 months later, when they were on EVERYTHING, I wasn't looking for them so didnt notice anything until it had got really bad. 2 fumigations later, one shortly after I first saw them and another in March and they seemed to die off. But I think it was more to do with the temperatures. Whatever they are they didn't like the heat in the summer we've just had (it was 25-30C in my place between June and mid august). The last couple of months it has dropped a good 10-15C and I have noticed they have made a comeback, It seems they thrive when its colder and can't tolerate anything above 25 degrees celsius. Nevertheless after 11 months battling them and having to throw away so many possessions, I would estimate half of everything I own..... I have had enough and am moving out next week. Whatever they are, they are here to stay and were probably here long before me. I rent my place and it would take a lot of work to find the source and truly eradicate them and simply put after next week its the landlords problem not mine. It has nearly caused me to have a breakdown when the only way to distance yourself from them is to leave the house. Suggestions for you: if they are in a single area keep killing them and see what gives, if that doesn't work scour the room they are in with a fine tooth comb, or the rest of the house. I used the torch on my phone and went through pretty much everything, they are easier to see on dark smooth surfaces, like computers, TV's, tabletops. It can take a while but it gives you an idea if it's spread. Thirdly if they are elsewhere you will need to have the property fumigated with a fog/mist with something like permethrin/cypermethrin/deltamethrin (don't ever breathe any of that stuff in). You can buy little smoke bombs with this stuff in but its most effective if you have a pest controller come round and do it. Good luck!
I understand you fully, I have had of those shits before, nearly breakdown and I had so many stress with them 😂 now I moved out of there,but I sprayed alot to get rid of them. Don't want to remember anything about them otherwise I'll faint 😒
Morgellons. It's the big pharma. Disease... We that's what I'm now calling it..... I dug deep, and now fear for my life. But I left plenty of info in the morgellons disease channels... They're my notes. Look for them in comments.... Good luck.
I don't know if you've figured anything out yet. I see it's been two years but on the off chance you're still looking for suggestions I figured I'd share my experiences. I've fought with them multiple times in my life. All it takes is one little moist spot that's left unattended and these little bastards will dig right in and make themselves at home. They are extremely resilient. Usually what it takes to get rid of them for good is completely eradicating the source of moisture (which could also be coming from the walls or ceiling if there's a leak anywhere). Clear the area. Find the source. Dry it out completely. Use a fan or dehumidifier. It can take several days for them to die off completely. Rubbing alcohol is good. It doesn't kill them necessarily, but it's good for drying things out. If using isopropyl in excess make sure the area is well ventilated.
No, they're not physically harmful unless you happen to be allergic. They can't bite or anything and as far as I know they aren't parasitic. I'm no entomologist, but I've had to deal with them many times in my life. Finding and eliminating the source of the moisture is key. If they have a damp place to which they can retreat they'll just continue to multiply.
I have found these in one half of my mums’ kitchen, she recently passed away from cancer and she wasn’t able to do much in the house this year so things got forgotten about. there was a cupboard with some old dog treats and stuff in which had gone off, and some dog food next to the fridge. This was all next to the fridge and freezer. I think we found the main source which was a mix of all the dog food and mould/ dust behind the fridge etc. we had to throw out so much, lots of money has been thrown down the drain. We also have spent 4 days this week cleaning the whole kitchen and getting rid of everything that isn’t able to be saved, etc. they don’t seem to like really hot or cold temperatures so some items I’ve put outside in the garden and the Cold overnight will kill most of them or freeze them. But I’m still seeing them around the kitchen area now everything has been cleared out. I’ve seen them on my hoover which I’m so mad about, how am I meant to clean a hoover?! I can’t use water or anything on it, can I use diatomaceous earth on it and inside the hoover to kill them? I need to use my hoover, we only just recently bought it brand new. I’m not sure what to do apart from use diatomaceous earth in the areas to dry them out, they seem to hate that as it slices through their exoskeletons. Can you help me if you have any advice please?
@@mylittlezoo743 Firstly I'd empty the Hoover (if you haven't already). If they're accumulating on the Hoover there could be a source of moister/ mould inside it for them. That or the source could be in or near whenever the Hoover is being stored. These guys travel and will get on anything that's close to their nest. It's super important to dry the area out as much as possible. As mentioned in my initial post you can use fans and/ or dehumidifiers. If the area is visibly clean then it's entirely possible that there's mould, food or moisture inside the walls or floors. That's obviously a much larger problem and may require a contractor (to replace walls/floors) or a plumber (to find the source of any potential leaks causing the mould).
@@TrainerSpyro thank you, so the hoover isn’t the issue, it’s the under the stairs area in the kitchen which has the fridge and freezer stored underneath. That’s where the plastic drawers with the dog stuff were in, but we’ve cleared everything out now, gotten rid of all of the cupboards and dog stuff, etc. My sister came over to help me yesterday and she didn’t really listen to me when I said you can’t put items in the area where the mites are, and she did, and now my hoover has a few crawling on it 😅 I am really really hoping the source of it was just the big build up of old dust, some mould, all the old dog food/stuff, etc. I’m really hoping it’s nothing with the walls and pipes, because we’re in process of moving into this property now. I’ve cleared out everything the best I can- gotten rid of all food sources for them in the area, I can’t see anymore sources of moisture. I’ve just chucked down a load of diatomaceous earth for the night, it’s 2.15am here in the UK. Really hoping that will kill off any last stragglers and that there isn’t anything wrong with the floors/ walls. I’ll update again tomorrow if that’s alright!
they also seem to like my fridge, do you have a fauset/sink right next to the fridge? i have heard that they will die when there is not enough humidety, i lowerd my humitity and they are like 98% gone, still some fuckers running on my fridge...
That is what i am hoping for! I had them crawling on and in a dresser and had to clean the entire thing but found them on my fridge i bought a dehumidifier brought the humidity down from 75% to 40% hoping they start disappearing!
Hello Did you experience any itching symptoms (face and hair especially at night) when you had this problem? I've bought a dehumidifier which has reduced the numbers in the kitchen but think I need 2 as my house humidity is 74% before the dehumid is on and higher in the bathroom. Im scared to sleep in my bed in case they're in my hair and Im worrying that I'm bringing them into other peoples houses. These things are a nightmare.
@@kmastanz Hi. Just a little update on what I did that appears to have worked so far. It may take a few weeks. For the mite themselves, try to find the source. If their mostly in the kitchen It may be a food source or mould. Get rid of all food from cupboards and fridge and wash equipment/ cutlery etc... in hot water. Also vacuum carpets, sofas and bedding. I also chucked out my infested toaster and kettle The key thing is to BUY A DEHUMIDIFIER AND KEEP IT ON 24/7. The larger the better. Smaller DH won't do the job. I got mine for £100, then bought the other one 2nd hand online (should have done for both to save money). This played a key part in slowing down their breeding (as I think it dries them out). I bought 2 since my flat is very humid and kept it running straight for 3 weeks. Use a steamer, and go over all surfaces before wiping dry. I bought a portable clothes steamer for £20 (which worked better than a house steamer) since it has a larger head and so covers a wider area. I used this to steam my leather and fabric sofa/ walls/ all surfaces cooker/ oven/ fridge/ microwave etc. You may also use this to steam your hair by running it over your head with a plastic cap over your hair. Be careful with the heat and make sure to hold at a distance. If in the living room sprinkle a few drops of tea tree oil onto a cotton pad and wipe over remotes, TV (NOT THE SCREEN), TV stand, telephone, plugs and laptop. A few drops will go a long way and stop the mites from entering electric goods that they tend to crawl into. Use a microcloth to wipe down the surfaces and wash repeatedly in hot water whilst doing this. The microcloth will leaves less lint on the surfaces and so it will be easier to see whether the numbers are going down since the cloth will leave less dust which looks like mite on the surfaces. If you have black mould, use a mould remover bleach (Cilit bang) to get rid and wash the floors with hot water and bleach. For the itching hair and skin, I think the trick is to kill the living mites but also attack the eggs by drying and killing them with heat. I used 2 applications of lice/ egg shampoo (since they are a type of mite). I also sprinkled a lot of tea tree oil (100%) throughout my hair and hairline at night and placed a plastic cap on my head with a night cap to seal it in and infuse the hair all over). I noticed that the itching stopped and so repeated this every couple of days. In addition I sprinkled drops of the tea tree oil onto my bed sheets and pillowcase. Another trick to try would be to open a peppermint/ green or black teabag and sprinkle the leafs into your hair if you find the oil to be too strong. I got this idea from a video where a man found that when checking 2 sacks of compost, the sack without the green tea leaves had mite and the sack with, had no infestation. Steam face when steaming hair. Splash face with very warm water when experiencing itching. Pour a few drops of tea tree oil into your face lotion and apply day and night. When washing my hair I ran apple cider vinegar over my hair (since they don't like vinegar). I also used the warmest water temperature that I could manage over my head (however a better option may be to get your hair steamed). Wash all bedding/ clothes etc.. on a 60 heat, extra rinse and dry in a tumble dryer. I also poured white vinegar in with my detergents). I did all of these things, however a combination of some may be enough. Hope the tips helps. RUclips helped me more than Pest Control.
@@veenamurali Hi my dehumidifier has a tank that holds 5.5litres and it can draw between 10 and 20 litres of water a day depending on the room temperature. Are you experiencing this problem. They can be a nightmare but the key thing is to STEAM CLEAN the surfaces (I bought a garment steamer via ebay for £10, also I'd advice you to regularly rinse the rag your wiping the steam down with, in hot water (so as not to spread any live ones that may be caught in the fibre) Also use a toothbrush and bleach spray to get into the crevaces, corners and borders of kitchen surfaces as they tend to crawl from and hide in there. I spent more than I needed to, on surface cleaners and bleach as the steam appeared to do a much better job at keeping them at bay and was much quicker to steam every surface of a whole room (floors, doors, radiators, inside and outside fridge and cooker ceiling ing and surfaces). Also you steamer for sofa, bed, pillows, cushions etc... DEHUMIDIFY TO HELP DRY THEM OUT AND DRY OUT THE SOURCE OF MOULD. KEEP THIS RUNNING 24/7. I did this for 3 weeks straight to slow down their breading. You can get a dehumidifier second hand online to save money (where are you based?) THROW OUT ALL FOOD, AS THEY CAN CRAWL UNDER PACKAGE LABELS. I threw out a lot of infested equipment to stop them spreading but if this is not an option, A) put your things out and steam clean them thoroughly before bringing them back into the house. Buy large storage containers (similar to tupperware) that come with lids and place all. Crockery, the cutlery in with a mixture of white vinegar and water for a week. Wash all garments on the hottest temp they can take, and hang things out on line for as long as you can that can't take heat Tumble dry garments It sounds like a lot but just throw on some music and get steaming. Id say I saw a major difference after the 1st steam and they dwindled considerably by the 3rd of the day of steaming. I hope this helps as they can be a nightmare but you will get rid of them. Oh and one last tip, so if you find evidence of them on your remote, tv or laptop take a few drops of pure tea tree oil on a cotton pad and rub it over the surfaces and leave it for a few weeks. They don't seem to like tea tree and the thin layer will keep them at bay.
@@kathylyndsey316 Thank you for your reply. Really appreciate you taking time out for this. I'm currently facing what looks like a booklice infestation they are everywhere from the walls, kitchen cabinets, in wardrobes and can find them on the floor too. Over the last few weeks have read a lot about it to get rid of them and what I understand is a dehumidifier would be the only thing that would work. I'm from a southern state in India and I'm not too sure will I have the time to steam clean everything. That looks like a lot of work.. I'm not too sure. But though they are harmless as per the many posts that I read but they are very annoying.🙄
Dust the inside of your cupboards including hinges with FOOD GRADE! diatomaceous earth and throw away any grain products. I put 3 tablespoonsful in an old sock,tie the end up and use it to bang about inside food cupboards.
Can we get more info on your problem like what state and time of the year was this? Are these mites or tiny ant looking wish you had a closeup on one of these nasty things? Because they look like lice.
I went on holiday and stupidly forgot to empty my bin, came home and had these all over my bin. I thought it was brown dust at first and thought maybe some kind of mold.... I look closer and the mold is bloody moving. Bleached down my bin and kitchen surfaces. And now I keep itching thinking theyre crawling all over me in my sleep.
Same here I can't sleep they busted into my kitchen 10 days ago and I realized 5 days back that it's moving and making my nuts now 😥 have you found a way to get rid of them?
@@jaltarung1 I emptied my bin and washed it with diluted Dettol, I also washed the floor around the bin with Dettol and got rid of any food that wasn't sealed from my counter tops. it seems to have done the trick... but this lady did the same thing and didn't have as much luck. couldn't say why.
@@katjakruglowa1006 I emptied my bin and washed it with diluted Dettol, I also washed the floor around the bin with Dettol and got rid of any food that wasn't sealed from my counter tops. it seems to have done the trick
Best thing to do is to get a proper dehumidifier and keep it running 24/7. Drop the humidity below 60% and clean all mold from your house. Also vaccum like crazy every surface, inside of closets, storage boxes, etc. Do this every 2 days for at least a week. Eventually you will get a decrease in the population. I had a recent infestation after going away for 1 week in xmas (house was closed, no air circulating) and they reproduced like crazy. Pest control actually said they were not harmful and we just had to live with them... what??? Not on my watch.
Eeeek! am a Long Island girl and I don’t do insects LOL I’ve had pest control tell me “they’re not bugs“… They don’t even know what they are… I haven’t slept in two days. This is what torture is all about
What I ended up having to do is I sprinkled cinnamon all over the top of our fridge because tiny brown mites kept getting into everything on it. It's messy but it works. I got the idea from relatives they put cinnamon in the kids sand box to keep sand spiders out. So I sprinkled cinnamon all in our cupboards and it worked it kept tiny brown mites out but we were still finding magots in pasta boxes. We just have to make sure to use up the pasta and not let it sit in there too long that's all.
Jes I'm surprised how many people this is happening to, I know it's an old post but we've jst moved into anew house and are slowly renovating it and were temporarily set up in a room. As a bedroom and woke up one morning to find these on our phones which were on the floor now same ya can barely see them but as we found then there on the bed frame aswel now we havnt a clue what to do we've scrubbed the room with bleach I've even damaged the new wooden bed with the bleach and they still turn up can't find any food or not even sure what type of mite they are, I've found them on things in 3 rooms which are old rooms not done yet but fuck me, would a bugbomb work?
@@biodidu25 thanks Ive actually taken samples and sent them. To a company and they've said their mould mites, but he's said axactly what you've said, we've nly bought and the house is over 50 years old and 3 of the rooms have no air vents at all so guess we should start there but lucky enough the rooms we have them in we havnt got to gutting them yet yano
NO they will get on your skin, hair, animals will suffer too.. Doctors have no clue what they are I have to find a lab that will ID these things. They multiple by the millions they are in all the food we eat now. They seem to like wood and will ruin alll wood iterms. I have to scrape them off the floors with a knife. People need to start complaining to the FDA and CDC I rather deal with COVID..
@@andidang9704 yes....other parasites and bugs are attracted to them too. I have them inside me. I am being treated for Morgellons. Lyme Literate Medical doctor. LLMD.
Me too i have been putting pure bleech on every part of the kitchen and leaveing it next day do the same last monday had millions of them Now today i only found three odd ones where the epicenter was dog treats left at the back of the cupboard
Yes! In the end with pure determination. We cleared out every cupboard. Dumped all the dried food, bleached everything including the walls, put everything back and they were gone. X
@@anitasharmbers6271 that's fantastic to hear! When I watched this I was horrified because it would be quite easy to miss these things if your worktops were a different colour
I left a little trash bag in my room and they got all over my bed, chair carpet had to clean and iron the bed, put chair outside and threw out carpet happened last week still dealing with a couple left now, im just crushing and burning some
Me too I’ve been cleaning all day. Every single place in the kitchen there are trillions I feel sick. I’ve bleached, vinegar,boiling water, cold water, dettol, flash, wiped all corners, thrown out used sponges and used new ones each time. I’ve thrown everything open out soap and hot water washed all the tin foods an hour ago then went back down and they’re are back 😫
@@missbraces101info it’s horrible isn’t it. They have gone now! My kitchen has been totally empty since then lol. Makesure you remove EVERYTHING! Throw out all open food you can leave the unopened Tins/ bottles but wash them al with vinegar and sop water and transfer those to another area in the house. They need nothing to live on. Once the whole kitchen was clear I threw boiling water everywhere, dried everywhere then I dabbed borax on all the areas (maybe you can use soap powder) made a paste of it and that made a huge difference. Then I bought retinol and spray it everywhere a few times and they’re gone. I’ve also bought something called diatomaceous earth as a back up apparently that kills all the bugs but you mustn’t inhale it. Kitchens been airing out ever since then and I haven’t seen many. Maybe one or 2 but I sprayed again and they’re gone. Hope this helps. Let me know x
This may be repeated from other comments but I’ve read a LOT and am wondering how people got rid of grain mites. We had them from Aldi dog treats, they were in my dining room. Two days later I went in and they were EVERYWHERE. They spread to the living room. I’ve noticed them in 3 other rooms. Have 2 dehumidifiers going upstairs and downstairs. Living/dining room covered in diatomaceous earth and have used multiple applications of pesticides. I’m a nervous wreck and worried about transporting through house/car/other houses. How did people get rid of them, especially in rooms not the kitchen with carpets and any soft furnishings? I can’t see any food and have hoovered multiple times but they persist. THANKS FOR ANY HELP I APPRECIATE IT!!! :)
There’s so much mixed advice online and from pest companies. We had some advice off the council pest department yesterday and they said no chemicals work and it’s a waiting game of just making sure there is no food and wiping them away. We have the affected rooms doors closed but if they spread elsewhere, we can’t not use any other rooms as we are just down to kitchen and bedrooms
Hiya we’re currently going through the same situation with also having them feed off Aldi dog treats! We’ve just put down some diatomaceous, have you had much success using it? Thanks
@@verylittlefish11 I haven’t seen any for a few days but the last time this happened I was finding the odd one a few days later. I think we completely cleared them except for the first room they were in. We’re just over 4 weeks in. I think they might have gone, but they could be in that stage or still as eggs. I’ve tried a few different pesticides and the DE. we left the DE down for 3 days and what a mess cleaning it up. I’m still cleaning it up after about 2 weeks. I’ve had the dehumidifier going every day. We haven’t used the room in this time either. There’s so much mixed advice out there. And we’ve tried so many methods I honestly couldn’t say what’s worked, it could be a combination of everything. But as it stands, I’m hoping they’ve gone, so I’m going to clean all the DE off our leather sofa tomorrow (we didn’t apply to it but it’s so fine it’s throughout the air) and clean the carpet while we’re not using it and go back in the end of this week. I’m hoping it’s over. I also scrubbed the whole of my downstairs to prevent spread and ensure there was no food. Thing is they are so small and can hide in any cracks it’s hard to know if they’ve gone. There’s a group of 10 of us on Facebook messenger who’ve all had the same issue from aldi dog food/treats. One of the girls went to the sun before and is trying to get aldi to take some responsibility so is hoping that she can get some awareness with so many of us. Did you contact aldi? They won’t do anything and give you BS about how the batch wasn’t contaminated
Also I was checking the room every few hours for them and wiping them away with damp kitchen paper and putting it straight out the back. Every few days I went in and hoovered and wiped everything down with water and bleach. We’ve thrown so much out too, hundreds of pound worth of things, and I’m gonna have to pay for a skip to get rid of it all (because i don’t want them in my car)
What should I do to get rid of them as fast as possible? We got them all over our Technical Devices. And I think we even got them on our body bcs I feel itchy and I also have two cats. What should I do?
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@@paullinge4154 Remember they are on your furniture and objects too and not just on carpet - thats what I'm finding out so u have to clean each item separately - terribly annoying and time consuming but its a good way of at least stoping the problem from becoming bigger
@@antrillias3795 they came from mold from my mattress, the bed is going and being replaced. But they have covered the room. I'm going to remove and wash all clothes, clean the carpet and then bomb the room and spray the carpet. Then use a good dehumidifier and cross my fingers
@@veenamurali got dehumidifier set at 30% but it won't drop below 50% 😏. Only put it in the room yesterday so they are still crawling around. I'm going to steam all I can and also use pesticides. They don't seem willing to give up easily. In fact they like to crawl on the dehumidifier lol
Heat, a blow dryer and blast with heaters. I had them in my bathroom because I had mold from a basket of clothes next to the shower. I had no idea they were wet or moldy. I had to get a bunch of heaters and turn them on full blast, shut the bathroom up. Put DT earth at the door way so they didn't migrate. After a few days of heat, I went in and cleaned the whole bathroom top to bottom..went in with a blow dryer and lysoled everything after that,let that air dry and haven't seen them since. Everything needed to be wiped down with alcohol wipes. Or thrown away if I couldn't clean it.
I can't see a thing! So silly why put that light on yr counter top. Which is black and grey? I can't see any bugs! If yr going to make a video, do it right!
I’m dealing with this right now my boyfriend had old dogs treats in a drawer in our kitchen and they are all over our kitchen! We went out of town for 2 days and came back to our apartment I noticed them when I was about to clean baby bottles idk if they were out and about before but gosh I hope not! HAS ANYONE BOMBED THEIR HOUSE AND IT WOKRED? BECAUSE WERE ABOUT TO BOMB OUR APARTMENT THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND EVERYTHING IS IN THE TRASH I HAVENT ATE ALL DAY TODAY BC I CANT USE ANYTHING IN THE KITCHEN
moved into a new house and one side of the house is just mould in our kitchen the land lord says its our fault but the experts say its the paint on theoutside of the house and we came back from holiday with the one side of the kitchen COVERD in them so now we live off of subway apparently to get rid of the mould it would cost 15k so happy times
We used a lot of bleach, and literally bleached everywhere! every wall to the ceiling, cupboard and work area, we even diluted bleach to a 50/50 mix to get into the gaps behind the wall mounted units etc. every scrap of food and crumb was binned outside
Bad news is once they come into the home they never leave.. there may not be an infestation .. but they will always be there. Just need to regularly clean the house. They are quite harmless. I used to go nuts seeing them .. now that I become a minimalist .. they dun bother me as much. Dun use beach it doesn't work and bad for us human. Just clean regularly, wipe surface, dry them, vacuum.
I got the same thing in my bedroom :( I clean n kill it all and after 2moro all are coming again !!!!!! :( this is make me crazy n wonder now !!! Where it come from :(
Kisun Kong hey me too! i cleaned my bedroom one day and they just started appearing everywhere and i used stuff that is supposed to kill them but they keep appearing and they wont go away!!
Yes! In the end with pure determination. We cleared out every cupboard. Dumped all the dried food, bleached everything including the walls, put everything back and they were gone. X
@@pearlharris1837 Yes! we have not had any re-infestation at all! we completely eradicated them. We did however use a lot of bleach, and literally bleached everywhere! every wall to the ceiling, cupboard and work area, we even diluted bleach to a 50/50 mix to get into the gaps behind the wall mounted units etc. every scrap of food and crumb was binned outside.
@@shaheershah6152 Not exactly. I've tried 2 different mites sprays (bothnwere safe to spray on clothes etc) they were killed eventually, even sprays for roaches (I've tried it just on a small plastic piece with 3 of these mites, because it's not safe for clothes etc) does the job but after a while (1-2 weeks) they appear again. Diatomaceous Earth will be my last solution by the end of the month. A very thing barely visible layer is needed. Also wash with anything that has a dripying effect like wipes with alcohol. You don't want to use bleach or anything else that needs water. Especially wood is the worst because it absorbs easily water.. If humidity is a problem then you definately need to fix that because it's where they thrive. Where do you have them?
@@Blue-Mo0n thanks for this.. i have mone in my bedroom its like everywhere.. they old apear in this time if the year from mid oct to mid march. I find i get so depressed like vacuum these out then clean and they back again. Ive bought a dehumidifier mini one but they still here maybe i need to get the humidity clock to know when to use it. So fed up. Feel like crying mist days.
@@shaheershah6152 I feel you, I've cried a few times myself. It's been more than 2 years and I haven't find any solution. The same happens to me, April till September I see very few, the rest months they are everywhere. Where I live we have no mould or any major problem with humidity. Buy the clock if you can, the dehumidifier you have may not do a good job. The only thing I can advise you is the one I'm going to do eventually, dust Diatomaceous Earth on the floor the cupboards and desk, basically everywhere possible leave for even a week. I don't know what else is left. Start by keeping humidity below 60% maybe for 1-2 weeks and see if that helps. If it doesn't go on with D.E. and the dehumidifier at the same time. Please keep me updated. A comment below says that they got rid of them using the dehumidifier and DE. But On another thread I just read that even DE didn't work for them.
@@katjakruglowa1006 I left it until I couldn’t find anything alive. I actually still have some of the powder left in the corners of the cupboard. (Hard to reach areas). I emptied the cupboard out and put the diatomaceous powder in an empty water bottle with a spout and puffed the powder through out the cupboard so it comes out in a plume and gets everywhere and I shut the cupboard and left it for a few weeks. (Just to make sure) Fingers crossed I’ve not had them back. I put everything in that cupboard in air tight containers so they get to food. I had them in my herbs and spices drawer so now keep them in their jars in clip seal bags. Hope that helps.
@@joycook1763 thank you, I am little relaxed now after your comment, I will use it in my kitchen tomorrow and leave it for a week or something. I hope it helps… what did you do to clean the powder? Vacuuming and then wet cleaning or something else?
I'm also having a big problem with my furniture and my would my entire freaking house being eight from the inside out loud there's little bitty holes and medium sized holes with some sticky whitish clear stuff at the baseboards and cracks?how about drove myself crazy past 5 years trying to figure out what this is and really didn't want to call an exterminator I'm a little embarrassed even find outI will say that if your furniture is getting f***** up you should take some organic coconut oil and when you're wiping off the wooden tables and stuff make sure that you use a dab or two of that because if there's a little bit of
Unfortunately they can cause a ton of issues for people with alergies or asthma. Someone i know struggles to sleep and breathe since they appeared in bulk
@@kzcb9630 I don't want to be right.... Look at what's happening to Dr falchi guy... . I don't want to be right. Edit. He's a piece of SHEEEIT of a Dr. / Scientist........... I don't want to be right.....
@@vuelee5313 These critters are named mold mites due to them growing in humidity, where there is humidity and moisture there is mold. These mites also grow and reproduce in the same environment which explains the name...
@@kzcb9630 I been studying this right b4 covid hit. This TRUELY have something to do with covid.... Let's just say I dug a little too deep. This thing deals with billions of dollars....
We had them in the kitchen about 4 years ago - we live in an old house & there's a damp wall at the back with a window in the middle and we had them in the back left corner at the bottom. We had to empty everything out of the cupboard & throw it all out, then we had to take out the cupboards, we cleaned the wall & cupboards with mould & mildew cleaner, then tiled the wall behind. We then sprinkled & blew diatomaceous earth everywhere we could before putting the cupboards back. This stuff does work, it's made out of powdered sea shells (simply) and it lacerates & dries out the mites. Get the food grade version for kitchens - it's apparently used in all flour to prevent weevils & it's used in poultry mite powder.
Anyway, we put a grill in the cupboard kick board to give a bit of air circulation. We then sprinkled/blew some diatomaceous earth in the back of the cupboard before re-stocking. This has worked for 4 years & we still don't have mites on that side. Unfortunately we've now had an outbreak on the back right corner - we thought it was only a matter of time, as that corner is also damp. I've also not been as fastidious with cleaning out my cupboards this past year which hasn't helped. You just have to keep at it & leave a bit of time for the diatomaceous earth to work before cleaning it up & always leave a bit in unseen areas to keep them away. Hope this helps.
Weve just dealt with these. We had them in our kitchen and it turns out the epicentre of their invasion was in the back of a cupboard where we keep the dog leads, poo bags, treats etc. Where there was a few treats in the very bottom back corner that had gone mouldy. We dont go in there too often.
By the time we had seen them, there were lots of them in and around that cupboard, with patches of them very visible on dog leads, top of the cupboard door etc. They were also on most of the kitchen surfaces by this point by the time we had seen them, including tiled wall, other cupboard doors and cases, fish tank, kettle etc. Etc.
We emptied EVERYTHING out of the kitchen that wasn't screwed down and put it all in the shed out of the house.
We bagged up and threw away everything that we could, and also anything we could sacrifice that had a lot of them on.
We then wiped down the whole kitchen (surfaces, inside cupboards, doors, floor, window etc. Etc.) With white vinegar spray and kitchen roll, disposing of all used tissues to the outside bin. We did the whole kitchen 2 times right away, then waited over night. What we saw was a big reduction in the bugs, especially in the dog cupboard, but some were still present generally around the kitchen. So we wiped the whole kitchen again 2 times. This was over a period of 2 to 3 days, waiting between each time to see if they had gone away.
Generally after this we could see that we had got on top of things and they were going.
We then started to move all our stuff back in to the kitchen but each item was blasted off outside with the hose pipe, then washed properly in sink with warm water and washing up liquid. We even did this with sealed jars of food and packets (e.g. microwave rice) - if you have a dish washer this would be a big help at this point!
Oh, and remember everything we bagged and threw on the first day? Well, the outside bin was now full of them so we got a skip and emptied the rubbish bags from the bin into the skip too.
It's been a week now and there are still a very few of them on cupboard doors, but I think these are just residual ones from their life cycle of laying g eggs and hatching etc.
We were lucky that the source of the problem was just mouldy dog food which could be thrown away easily, and not black mould from damp or leaky pipes etc. But when we got rid of the source of the problem, the numbers dropped overnight, then it was just a case of dealing with the residual issue and clearing them off!
Bed bugs.... Fungi, micro sand fleas....
I call them morgellons disease.....
Some sheeit big pharma knows about....
How long did this last for you guys?
@@XenaGriffin probably 5 to 7 days
Pff I am going thru it at the moment, day 5 and they’re almost gone😅
This sounds like the exact scenario I’m currently in thankyou! This is a big help
I have these all over my kitchen units after my worktops were flooded last year. I used white vinegar, bleach, and water straight from the kettle (wear gloves). The most effective thing has been the hair dryer. They appear to hate dry heat. Good luck.
You can kill them easily. Just use tea tree oil. Mix in 50/50 with Water and fill it into an spray bottle. Spray the hole Room and repeat it the next day. The Oil kills any kind of mites in seconds. Its not toxic for humans. The Smell with stay for some Weeks, but all Mites are gone, for sure.
Been cleaning like a maniac every day till silly hours for about 2 weeks. Every so often see 1 or 2 late at night which I promptly vanquish with professional karate but I'm a bit para about this flaring up again should I not completely unalive them. Dthe the deep clean of everything in my bedroom, user mosquito coils, bug powder, bleach, incense to smoke them out...not sure what else I can do. They've gone into my electronics so it's hard to say if I'm winning the war.
Firstly hi, I'm guessing you're here because you're currently dealing with these little terrors and are desperately looking for a way to tackle them, if not then this is a very weird video to just stumble across.
This is going to be a long comment so brace yourself but I really hope it helps you because I have just defeated these buggers and I know people who are dealing with them would appreciate this.
I will now proceed to give you a full guide on how to eliminate these mites including all product names and how to use them (all products used are readily available in the UK but I'm sure alternatives can be found world wide) please also note, this is not a 1 day job, you will need to do these steps over multiple days (it took us 6 days to completely get rid of them)
First of all find and remove the cause of these mites, mine were caused by an opened packet of Tortilla wraps that had somehow fallen behind the microwave and gone unnoticed. Then remove any infested item from your home (throw them out, do not move to another room to avoid spreading these buggers) I threw out my microwave, kettle, toaster and grill. Take everything out of cupboards and wash them throughly or just dispose of if reasonable.
Now start wiping down all the infested area with vinegar spray (I used STARDROPS WHITE VINEGAR SPRAY-purchased from asda). Leave for about 15 minutes and when your come you'll see a thousand more mites crawling around. Wipe everything down with vinegar once again.
Then dilute some DETTOL LIQUID DISINFECTANT (readily available in most UK supermarkets) and wipe down all areas again. Repeat these 2 steps atleast 4 times. This will get rid of most of the mites.
Now use a bleach spray (I used FLASH IMPECCABLE CLEAN BLEACH SPRAY- available in most UK supermarkets) and spray in all infested areas and leave to sit for an hour before coming back, wiping away and spraying the bleach again.
Next you will need to purchase ZERO IN ULTRA POWER PEST KILLER (available in B&Q, Screwfix, Tool station) and spray this all over the infested areas. Leave for a few hours and you'll come back to hundreds of dead mites. Clean them up and repeat all previous steps until there is no sign of them.
Also as your cleaning all the counters, cupboars etc spray the walls down with DETTOL MOULD AND MILDREW REMOVER to tackle the larger surface areas (this is optional but it gave me peace of mind)
Every time you complete one of the detailed cleaning cycles spray the entire place down with DETTOL 24 HR PROTECT MULTI SURFACE CLEANER and let it sit for a few hours.
Do this over 4 or 5 day and you should be mite free in no time.
I really hope this is helpful because when I was dealing with these mites I looked everywhere for how to get rid of them but there was no detailed explanations or products that would be useful.
Mold mites yeah. Harmless but they make my skin crawl.
They arnt harmless if you have asthma! The droppings can cause symptoms.
I had these when I first moved into my flat. All I had to hand was ant powder and its worked, I've been here many years and never seen them again.
We are dealing with them since last 2 years,, we use all baking soda,, exhaust fans, bleach, vinegar the went but come again,, we recently shifted to new property but i find them here too, i feel sick,, dehumidifier works pls tell me
you can see these things with the naked eye but its hard af
I have some problem please give some advice if you get rid off them.
Thanks
Oh how I sympathize, I have these, or at least something very similar. Small white/off white tan coloured things probably 0.5mm or less. I can't make out whether they are some type of bird bite (what with discarded jackdaw nests near me) or a type of mold mite (theres no mold but I live in the lake district so it's a very damp climate), I moved in in May 2017 and first noticed them last november, so 5 months later, when they were on EVERYTHING, I wasn't looking for them so didnt notice anything until it had got really bad. 2 fumigations later, one shortly after I first saw them and another in March and they seemed to die off. But I think it was more to do with the temperatures. Whatever they are they didn't like the heat in the summer we've just had (it was 25-30C in my place between June and mid august). The last couple of months it has dropped a good 10-15C and I have noticed they have made a comeback, It seems they thrive when its colder and can't tolerate anything above 25 degrees celsius. Nevertheless after 11 months battling them and having to throw away so many possessions, I would estimate half of everything I own..... I have had enough and am moving out next week. Whatever they are, they are here to stay and were probably here long before me. I rent my place and it would take a lot of work to find the source and truly eradicate them and simply put after next week its the landlords problem not mine. It has nearly caused me to have a breakdown when the only way to distance yourself from them is to leave the house.
Suggestions for you: if they are in a single area keep killing them and see what gives, if that doesn't work scour the room they are in with a fine tooth comb, or the rest of the house. I used the torch on my phone and went through pretty much everything, they are easier to see on dark smooth surfaces, like computers, TV's, tabletops. It can take a while but it gives you an idea if it's spread. Thirdly if they are elsewhere you will need to have the property fumigated with a fog/mist with something like permethrin/cypermethrin/deltamethrin (don't ever breathe any of that stuff in). You can buy little smoke bombs with this stuff in but its most effective if you have a pest controller come round and do it. Good luck!
I understand you fully, I have had of those shits before, nearly breakdown and I had so many stress with them 😂 now I moved out of there,but I sprayed alot to get rid of them. Don't want to remember anything about them otherwise I'll faint 😒
Exact same problem as me, honestly can't be arsed asking the landlord to sort the problem as hes a tight ass, we are moving.
Morgellons. It's the big pharma. Disease... We that's what I'm now calling it..... I dug deep, and now fear for my life. But I left plenty of info in the morgellons disease channels... They're my notes. Look for them in comments....
Good luck.
I don't know if you've figured anything out yet. I see it's been two years but on the off chance you're still looking for suggestions I figured I'd share my experiences.
I've fought with them multiple times in my life. All it takes is one little moist spot that's left unattended and these little bastards will dig right in and make themselves at home.
They are extremely resilient. Usually what it takes to get rid of them for good is completely eradicating the source of moisture (which could also be coming from the walls or ceiling if there's a leak anywhere).
Clear the area. Find the source. Dry it out completely. Use a fan or dehumidifier. It can take several days for them to die off completely. Rubbing alcohol is good. It doesn't kill them necessarily, but it's good for drying things out. If using isopropyl in excess make sure the area is well ventilated.
I think I have these. If you see this. Are they harmful to people, birds or dogs? Also thanks for info.
No, they're not physically harmful unless you happen to be allergic. They can't bite or anything and as far as I know they aren't parasitic. I'm no entomologist, but I've had to deal with them many times in my life.
Finding and eliminating the source of the moisture is key. If they have a damp place to which they can retreat they'll just continue to multiply.
I have found these in one half of my mums’ kitchen, she recently passed away from cancer and she wasn’t able to do much in the house this year so things got forgotten about. there was a cupboard with some old dog treats and stuff in which had gone off, and some dog food next to the fridge. This was all next to the fridge and freezer. I think we found the main source which was a mix of all the dog food and mould/ dust behind the fridge etc. we had to throw out so much, lots of money has been thrown down the drain.
We also have spent 4 days this week cleaning the whole kitchen and getting rid of everything that isn’t able to be saved, etc. they don’t seem to like really hot or cold temperatures so some items I’ve put outside in the garden and the Cold overnight will kill most of them or freeze them.
But I’m still seeing them around the kitchen area now everything has been cleared out. I’ve seen them on my hoover which I’m so mad about, how am I meant to clean a hoover?! I can’t use water or anything on it, can I use diatomaceous earth on it and inside the hoover to kill them? I need to use my hoover, we only just recently bought it brand new. I’m not sure what to do apart from use diatomaceous earth in the areas to dry them out, they seem to hate that as it slices through their exoskeletons. Can you help me if you have any advice please?
@@mylittlezoo743 Firstly I'd empty the Hoover (if you haven't already). If they're accumulating on the Hoover there could be a source of moister/ mould inside it for them.
That or the source could be in or near whenever the Hoover is being stored. These guys travel and will get on anything that's close to their nest.
It's super important to dry the area out as much as possible. As mentioned in my initial post you can use fans and/ or dehumidifiers.
If the area is visibly clean then it's entirely possible that there's mould, food or moisture inside the walls or floors.
That's obviously a much larger problem and may require a contractor (to replace walls/floors) or a plumber (to find the source of any potential leaks causing the mould).
@@TrainerSpyro thank you, so the hoover isn’t the issue, it’s the under the stairs area in the kitchen which has the fridge and freezer stored underneath. That’s where the plastic drawers with the dog stuff were in, but we’ve cleared everything out now, gotten rid of all of the cupboards and dog stuff, etc. My sister came over to help me yesterday and she didn’t really listen to me when I said you can’t put items in the area where the mites are, and she did, and now my hoover has a few crawling on it 😅 I am really really hoping the source of it was just the big build up of old dust, some mould, all the old dog food/stuff, etc. I’m really hoping it’s nothing with the walls and pipes, because we’re in process of moving into this property now. I’ve cleared out everything the best I can- gotten rid of all food sources for them in the area, I can’t see anymore sources of moisture. I’ve just chucked down a load of diatomaceous earth for the night, it’s 2.15am here in the UK. Really hoping that will kill off any last stragglers and that there isn’t anything wrong with the floors/ walls. I’ll update again tomorrow if that’s alright!
Should i put water with the bleach?? And When I bleach should i wait for a day or clean the bleached areas with water right away
How did you remove these things? I have them on my fridge please respond thanks
they also seem to like my fridge, do you have a fauset/sink right next to the fridge? i have heard that they will die when there is not enough humidety, i lowerd my humitity and they are like 98% gone, still some fuckers running on my fridge...
That is what i am hoping for! I had them crawling on and in a dresser and had to clean the entire thing but found them on my fridge i bought a dehumidifier brought the humidity down from 75% to 40% hoping they start disappearing!
@@Gaming4Ohio Did you get rid of them?
Guy Fridman Yes they are all gone from what I can see! Do you have them?
Hey guys did the dehumidifier worked? If yes how long did it take? I don't know where you live but they disappear when the weather gets warm
Hello
Did you experience any itching symptoms (face and hair especially at night) when you had this problem?
I've bought a dehumidifier which has reduced the numbers in the kitchen but think I need 2 as my house humidity is 74% before the dehumid is on and higher in the bathroom.
Im scared to sleep in my bed in case they're in my hair and Im worrying that I'm bringing them into other peoples houses. These things are a nightmare.
my neighbor just identified these in her apartment. Yes, they bite, esp at night. She's trying to get rid of them.
@@kmastanz
Hi. Just a little update on what I did that appears to have worked so far. It may take a few weeks.
For the mite themselves, try to find the source. If their mostly in the kitchen It may be a food source or mould. Get rid of all food from cupboards and fridge and wash equipment/ cutlery etc... in hot water. Also vacuum carpets, sofas and bedding.
I also chucked out my infested toaster and kettle
The key thing is to BUY A DEHUMIDIFIER AND KEEP IT ON 24/7. The larger the better. Smaller DH won't do the job. I got mine for £100, then bought the other one 2nd hand online (should have done for both to save money). This played a key part in slowing down their breeding (as I think it dries them out). I bought 2 since my flat is very humid and kept it running straight for 3 weeks.
Use a steamer, and go over all surfaces before wiping dry. I bought a portable clothes steamer for £20 (which worked better than a house steamer) since it has a larger head and so covers a wider area. I used this to steam my leather and fabric sofa/ walls/ all surfaces cooker/ oven/ fridge/ microwave etc. You may also use this to steam your hair by running it over your head with a plastic cap over your hair. Be careful with the heat and make sure to hold at a distance.
If in the living room sprinkle a few drops of tea tree oil onto a cotton pad and wipe over remotes, TV (NOT THE SCREEN), TV stand, telephone, plugs and laptop. A few drops will go a long way and stop the mites from entering electric goods that they tend to crawl into.
Use a microcloth to wipe down the surfaces and wash repeatedly in hot water whilst doing this. The microcloth will leaves less lint on the surfaces and so it will be easier to see whether the numbers are going down since the cloth will leave less dust which looks like mite on the surfaces.
If you have black mould, use a mould remover bleach (Cilit bang) to get rid and wash the floors with hot water and bleach.
For the itching hair and skin, I think the trick is to kill the living mites but also attack the eggs by drying and killing them with heat. I used 2 applications of lice/ egg shampoo (since they are a type of mite). I also sprinkled a lot of tea tree oil (100%) throughout my hair and hairline at night and placed a plastic cap on my head with a night cap to seal it in and infuse the hair all over). I noticed that the itching stopped and so repeated this every couple of days. In addition I sprinkled drops of the tea tree oil onto my bed sheets and pillowcase. Another trick to try would be to open a peppermint/ green or black teabag and sprinkle the leafs into your hair if you find the oil to be too strong. I got this idea from a video where a man found that when checking 2 sacks of compost, the sack without the green tea leaves had mite and the sack with, had no infestation.
Steam face when steaming hair. Splash face with very warm water when experiencing itching.
Pour a few drops of tea tree oil into your face lotion and apply day and night.
When washing my hair I ran apple cider vinegar over my hair (since they don't like vinegar). I also used the warmest water temperature that I could manage over my head (however a better option may be to get your hair steamed).
Wash all bedding/ clothes etc.. on a 60 heat, extra rinse and dry in a tumble dryer. I also poured white vinegar in with my detergents).
I did all of these things, however a combination of some may be enough.
Hope the tips helps. RUclips helped me more than Pest Control.
@@kathylyndsey316 hi can you please tell me what's the capacity of the dehumidifier ?
@@veenamurali Hi my dehumidifier has a tank that holds 5.5litres and it can draw between 10 and 20 litres of water a day depending on the room temperature.
Are you experiencing this problem. They can be a nightmare but the key thing is to
STEAM CLEAN the surfaces (I bought a garment steamer via ebay for £10, also I'd advice you to regularly rinse the rag your wiping the steam down with, in hot water (so as not to spread any live ones that may be caught in the fibre) Also use a toothbrush and bleach spray to get into the crevaces, corners and borders of kitchen surfaces as they tend to crawl from and hide in there. I spent more than I needed to, on surface cleaners and bleach as the steam appeared to do a much better job at keeping them at bay and was much quicker to steam every surface of a whole room (floors, doors, radiators, inside and outside fridge and cooker ceiling ing and surfaces). Also you steamer for sofa, bed, pillows, cushions etc...
DEHUMIDIFY TO HELP DRY THEM OUT AND DRY OUT THE SOURCE OF MOULD. KEEP THIS RUNNING 24/7. I did this for 3 weeks straight to slow down their breading. You can get a dehumidifier second hand online to save money (where are you based?)
THROW OUT ALL FOOD, AS THEY CAN CRAWL UNDER PACKAGE LABELS.
I threw out a lot of infested equipment to stop them spreading but if this is not an option,
A) put your things out and steam clean them thoroughly before bringing them back into the house.
Buy large storage containers (similar to tupperware) that come with lids and place all. Crockery, the cutlery in with a mixture of white vinegar and water for a week.
Wash all garments on the hottest temp they can take, and hang things out on line for as long as you can that can't take heat
Tumble dry garments
It sounds like a lot but just throw on some music and get steaming. Id say I saw a major difference after the 1st steam and they dwindled considerably by the 3rd of the day of steaming.
I hope this helps as they can be a nightmare but you will get rid of them.
Oh and one last tip, so if you find evidence of them on your remote, tv or laptop take a few drops of pure tea tree oil on a cotton pad and rub it over the surfaces and leave it for a few weeks. They don't seem to like tea tree and the thin layer will keep them at bay.
@@kathylyndsey316 Thank you for your reply. Really appreciate you taking time out for this. I'm currently facing what looks like a booklice infestation they are everywhere from the walls, kitchen cabinets, in wardrobes and can find them on the floor too. Over the last few weeks have read a lot about it to get rid of them and what I understand is a dehumidifier would be the only thing that would work. I'm from a southern state in India and I'm not too sure will I have the time to steam clean everything. That looks like a lot of work.. I'm not too sure. But though they are harmless as per the many posts that I read but they are very annoying.🙄
Dust the inside of your cupboards including hinges with FOOD GRADE! diatomaceous earth and throw away any grain products. I put 3 tablespoonsful in an old sock,tie the end up and use it to bang about inside food cupboards.
Can we get more info on your problem like what state and time of the year was this? Are these mites or tiny ant looking wish you had a closeup on one of these nasty things? Because they look like lice.
I went on holiday and stupidly forgot to empty my bin, came home and had these all over my bin. I thought it was brown dust at first and thought maybe some kind of mold.... I look closer and the mold is bloody moving. Bleached down my bin and kitchen surfaces. And now I keep itching thinking theyre crawling all over me in my sleep.
Same here I can't sleep they busted into my kitchen 10 days ago and I realized 5 days back that it's moving and making my nuts now 😥 have you found a way to get rid of them?
@@jaltarung1 I emptied my bin and washed it with diluted Dettol, I also washed the floor around the bin with Dettol and got rid of any food that wasn't sealed from my counter tops. it seems to have done the trick... but this lady did the same thing and didn't have as much luck. couldn't say why.
@@jaltarung1 are they gone?
Hey did you manage to get rid completely?
@@katjakruglowa1006 I emptied my bin and washed it with diluted Dettol, I also washed the floor around the bin with Dettol and got rid of any food that wasn't sealed from my counter tops. it seems to have done the trick
Best thing to do is to get a proper dehumidifier and keep it running 24/7. Drop the humidity below 60% and clean all mold from your house. Also vaccum like crazy every surface, inside of closets, storage boxes, etc. Do this every 2 days for at least a week. Eventually you will get a decrease in the population. I had a recent infestation after going away for 1 week in xmas (house was closed, no air circulating) and they reproduced like crazy. Pest control actually said they were not harmful and we just had to live with them... what??? Not on my watch.
Live with them? Fuck them this is my house :D
Eeeek! am a Long Island girl and I don’t do insects LOL I’ve had pest control tell me “they’re not bugs“… They don’t even know what they are… I haven’t slept in two days. This is what torture is all about
😂 your reaction from the advice from pest control made me laugh
What I ended up having to do is I sprinkled cinnamon all over the top of our fridge because tiny brown mites kept getting into everything on it. It's messy but it works. I got the idea from relatives they put cinnamon in the kids sand box to keep sand spiders out. So I sprinkled cinnamon all in our cupboards and it worked it kept tiny brown mites out but we were still finding magots in pasta boxes. We just have to make sure to use up the pasta and not let it sit in there too long that's all.
Jes I'm surprised how many people this is happening to, I know it's an old post but we've jst moved into anew house and are slowly renovating it and were temporarily set up in a room. As a bedroom and woke up one morning to find these on our phones which were on the floor now same ya can barely see them but as we found then there on the bed frame aswel now we havnt a clue what to do we've scrubbed the room with bleach I've even damaged the new wooden bed with the bleach and they still turn up can't find any food or not even sure what type of mite they are, I've found them on things in 3 rooms which are old rooms not done yet but fuck me, would a bugbomb work?
@@biodidu25 thanks Ive actually taken samples and sent them. To a company and they've said their mould mites, but he's said axactly what you've said, we've nly bought and the house is over 50 years old and 3 of the rooms have no air vents at all so guess we should start there but lucky enough the rooms we have them in we havnt got to gutting them yet yano
NO they will get on your skin, hair, animals will suffer too.. Doctors have no clue what they are I have to find a lab that will ID these things. They multiple by the millions they are in all the food we eat now. They seem to like wood and will ruin alll wood iterms. I have to scrape them off the floors with a knife. People need to start complaining to the FDA and CDC I rather deal with COVID..
@@andidang9704 yes....other parasites and bugs are attracted to them too. I have them inside me. I am being treated for Morgellons. Lyme Literate Medical doctor. LLMD.
Thank you for sharing. Going through the same.
Me too i have been putting pure bleech on every part of the kitchen and leaveing it next day do the same last monday had millions of them
Now today i only found three odd ones where the epicenter was dog treats left at the back of the cupboard
@@thedragon7442 I tried Hand Sanitizer and cleaned in succession
Please help. I have mold mites. And i have mold in room. If i remove mold, the mites can come again?
Did you get rid of them?
Yes! In the end with pure determination. We cleared out every cupboard. Dumped all the dried food, bleached everything including the walls, put everything back and they were gone. X
@@anitasharmbers6271 that's fantastic to hear! When I watched this I was horrified because it would be quite easy to miss these things if your worktops were a different colour
@@anitasharmbers6271 Any update? Did they come back?
@@maranathashalom9402probably yes…
Hi Anita, did you ever get rid if the mould mites, if you did, what did you do?? Thanks
Did you manage to get rid of them
A female can lay up to 800 eggs. I think you will be seeing these 'new mites' for a while. I use hairspray + lighter = flamethrower.
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No I'm not joking....
Mine can’t from the microwave area. I cleaned the microwave and that evening, it was bugs everywhere
Did you ever get rid of these?
I have them all over my furniture, carpet, bed .. everywhere
How do u get them off
I left a little trash bag in my room and they got all over my bed, chair carpet had to clean and iron the bed, put chair outside and threw out carpet happened last week still dealing with a couple left now, im just crushing and burning some
Me too I’ve been cleaning all day. Every single place in the kitchen there are trillions I feel sick. I’ve bleached, vinegar,boiling water, cold water, dettol, flash, wiped all corners, thrown out used sponges and used new ones each time. I’ve thrown everything open out soap and hot water washed all the tin foods an hour ago then went back down and they’re are back 😫
@@8lack8erry1 dealing with the same thing in my kitchen it’s been 3 weeks now and I still see them on my fridge. 😫😫😭
@@missbraces101info it’s horrible isn’t it. They have gone now! My kitchen has been totally empty since then lol. Makesure you remove EVERYTHING! Throw out all open food you can leave the unopened Tins/ bottles but wash them al with vinegar and sop water and transfer those to another area in the house. They need nothing to live on. Once the whole kitchen was clear I threw boiling water everywhere, dried everywhere then I dabbed borax on all the areas (maybe you can use soap powder) made a paste of it and that made a huge difference. Then I bought retinol and spray it everywhere a few times and they’re gone. I’ve also bought something called diatomaceous earth as a back up apparently that kills all the bugs but you mustn’t inhale it. Kitchens been airing out ever since then and I haven’t seen many. Maybe one or 2 but I sprayed again and they’re gone. Hope this helps. Let me know x
This may be repeated from other comments but I’ve read a LOT and am wondering how people got rid of grain mites. We had them from Aldi dog treats, they were in my dining room. Two days later I went in and they were EVERYWHERE. They spread to the living room. I’ve noticed them in 3 other rooms. Have 2 dehumidifiers going upstairs and downstairs. Living/dining room covered in diatomaceous earth and have used multiple applications of pesticides. I’m a nervous wreck and worried about transporting through house/car/other houses. How did people get rid of them, especially in rooms not the kitchen with carpets and any soft furnishings? I can’t see any food and have hoovered multiple times but they persist. THANKS FOR ANY HELP I APPRECIATE IT!!! :)
There’s so much mixed advice online and from pest companies. We had some advice off the council pest department yesterday and they said no chemicals work and it’s a waiting game of just making sure there is no food and wiping them away. We have the affected rooms doors closed but if they spread elsewhere, we can’t not use any other rooms as we are just down to kitchen and bedrooms
Hiya we’re currently going through the same situation with also having them feed off Aldi dog treats! We’ve just put down some diatomaceous, have you had much success using it? Thanks
How's it going for you guys? In a same situation here
@@verylittlefish11 I haven’t seen any for a few days but the last time this happened I was finding the odd one a few days later. I think we completely cleared them except for the first room they were in. We’re just over 4 weeks in. I think they might have gone, but they could be in that stage or still as eggs. I’ve tried a few different pesticides and the DE. we left the DE down for 3 days and what a mess cleaning it up. I’m still cleaning it up after about 2 weeks. I’ve had the dehumidifier going every day. We haven’t used the room in this time either. There’s so much mixed advice out there. And we’ve tried so many methods I honestly couldn’t say what’s worked, it could be a combination of everything. But as it stands, I’m hoping they’ve gone, so I’m going to clean all the DE off our leather sofa tomorrow (we didn’t apply to it but it’s so fine it’s throughout the air) and clean the carpet while we’re not using it and go back in the end of this week. I’m hoping it’s over. I also scrubbed the whole of my downstairs to prevent spread and ensure there was no food. Thing is they are so small and can hide in any cracks it’s hard to know if they’ve gone. There’s a group of 10 of us on Facebook messenger who’ve all had the same issue from aldi dog food/treats. One of the girls went to the sun before and is trying to get aldi to take some responsibility so is hoping that she can get some awareness with so many of us. Did you contact aldi? They won’t do anything and give you BS about how the batch wasn’t contaminated
Also I was checking the room every few hours for them and wiping them away with damp kitchen paper and putting it straight out the back. Every few days I went in and hoovered and wiped everything down with water and bleach. We’ve thrown so much out too, hundreds of pound worth of things, and I’m gonna have to pay for a skip to get rid of it all (because i don’t want them in my car)
What should I do to get rid of them as fast as possible? We got them all over our Technical Devices. And I think we even got them on our body bcs I feel itchy and I also have two cats. What should I do?
I feel for you i have just recovered from them in my kitchen had no christmas because of them
@@thedragon7442 oh thats sad. I feel itchy bcs of them, idk if its mentally or if I really have some mites on me 😭
Kya ghar change krne se prob solve hoga?
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Got the damn pests in my bedroom. - how do I kill them ?
I have them in mine aswell. Moved out of the room 2 weeks ago. Hoover and clean it everyday, still they keep coming
@@paullinge4154 Remember they are on your furniture and objects too and not just on carpet - thats what I'm finding out so u have to clean each item separately - terribly annoying and time consuming but its a good way of at least stoping the problem from becoming bigger
@@antrillias3795 they came from mold from my mattress, the bed is going and being replaced. But they have covered the room. I'm going to remove and wash all clothes, clean the carpet and then bomb the room and spray the carpet. Then use a good dehumidifier and cross my fingers
Can you please update if the dehumidifier helped? And in how many days did u see a change? At what level did u set the humidity at?
@@veenamurali got dehumidifier set at 30% but it won't drop below 50% 😏. Only put it in the room yesterday so they are still crawling around. I'm going to steam all I can and also use pesticides. They don't seem willing to give up easily. In fact they like to crawl on the dehumidifier lol
Cant they be killed with flea spray and powder?
Solution?
Heat, a blow dryer and blast with heaters. I had them in my bathroom because I had mold from a basket of clothes next to the shower. I had no idea they were wet or moldy. I had to get a bunch of heaters and turn them on full blast, shut the bathroom up. Put DT earth at the door way so they didn't migrate. After a few days of heat, I went in and cleaned the whole bathroom top to bottom..went in with a blow dryer and lysoled everything after that,let that air dry and haven't seen them since. Everything needed to be wiped down with alcohol wipes. Or thrown away if I couldn't clean it.
Please tell me how to get rid of these tiny bugs.
Is there anyone solve this problem? Do I need to call a Professional?
How to get rid of them?
It’s been 3y
What about in a car?
I can't see a thing! So silly why put that light on yr counter top. Which is black and grey? I can't see any bugs!
If yr going to make a video, do it right!
the moving white specks sort of give it away.
Just found these in my bathroom cupboard and bedroom. Sure they come at winter when it's damp. Gable end terrace so damp is always a issue 🙄
Sorry 1 part cedar oil to 5 parts water.
Heat gun kills instantly I’m a bit weird I found this satisfying, leave the humidifier running.
I’m dealing with this right now my boyfriend had old dogs treats in a drawer in our kitchen and they are all over our kitchen! We went out of town for 2 days and came back to our apartment I noticed them when I was about to clean baby bottles idk if they were out and about before but gosh I hope not! HAS ANYONE BOMBED THEIR HOUSE AND IT WOKRED? BECAUSE WERE ABOUT TO BOMB OUR APARTMENT THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND EVERYTHING IS IN THE TRASH I HAVENT ATE ALL DAY TODAY BC I CANT USE ANYTHING IN THE KITCHEN
Omg I can’t resonate more with a comment - this is us right now!! How did you get rid of them?
moved into a new house and one side of the house is just mould in our kitchen the land lord says its our fault but the experts say its the paint on theoutside of the house and we came back from holiday with the one side of the kitchen COVERD in them so now we live off of subway apparently to get rid of the mould it would cost 15k so happy times
Hey how are you doing now?
I heard Diatomaceous Earth (food grade) and keeping humidity below 40% gets rid of this moo mites
how did u get rid of dem
We used a lot of bleach, and literally bleached everywhere! every wall to the ceiling, cupboard and work area, we even diluted bleach to a 50/50 mix to get into the gaps behind the wall mounted units etc. every scrap of food and crumb was binned outside
@@anitasharmbers6271 then hv u get rid of them??
I've got mites on my kitchen I be cleaning my kitchen In morning found creatures on my walls and inside my cupboard
I can’t see anything ?? But I believe u. Dehumidifier probably helps hun.
Bad news is once they come into the home they never leave.. there may not be an infestation .. but they will always be there. Just need to regularly clean the house. They are quite harmless. I used to go nuts seeing them .. now that I become a minimalist .. they dun bother me as much. Dun use beach it doesn't work and bad for us human. Just clean regularly, wipe surface, dry them, vacuum.
Soak everything in water with oil they float to the top and die in the oil.
You can beat them.
How
Use Baygon spray or insecticide spray. They belong to crawlie insect and the spray will get rid of them
Have u ever thought that if u would stop moving that it would be easier for us to see them it's hard because ur moving
Be still
I got the same thing in my bedroom :( I clean n kill it all and after 2moro all are coming again !!!!!! :( this is make me crazy n wonder now !!! Where it come from :(
Same here..we are thinking for shifting
Kisun Kong hey me too! i cleaned my bedroom one day and they just started appearing everywhere and i used stuff that is supposed to kill them but they keep appearing and they wont go away!!
@@ohsangwoo9593 hey keep your window open... Always and attach one net to cover window so wind will come ..and other insects will not entered in house
@Komal K have u been able to get rid of them?
@gothic shades - Did you ever get RID of them?
Yes! In the end with pure determination. We cleared out every cupboard. Dumped all the dried food, bleached everything including the walls, put everything back and they were gone. X
@@anitasharmbers6271
Hi
Did the mites come back or did you get rid of them for good.
@@pearlharris1837 Yes! we have not had any re-infestation at all! we completely eradicated them. We did however use a lot of bleach, and literally bleached everywhere! every wall to the ceiling, cupboard and work area, we even diluted bleach to a 50/50 mix to get into the gaps behind the wall mounted units etc. every scrap of food and crumb was binned outside.
I'm from the UK, do yourself a favour and buy Net-tex Poultry Total Mite spray
Did it work for you? Is it safe to spray it in closrets and drawers? They disappear by themselves when the weather gets warm
@@Blue-Mo0n hey did u find solution for this?
@@shaheershah6152 Not exactly. I've tried 2 different mites sprays (bothnwere safe to spray on clothes etc) they were killed eventually, even sprays for roaches (I've tried it just on a small plastic piece with 3 of these mites, because it's not safe for clothes etc) does the job but after a while (1-2 weeks) they appear again. Diatomaceous Earth will be my last solution by the end of the month. A very thing barely visible layer is needed. Also wash with anything that has a dripying effect like wipes with alcohol. You don't want to use bleach or anything else that needs water. Especially wood is the worst because it absorbs easily water.. If humidity is a problem then you definately need to fix that because it's where they thrive. Where do you have them?
@@Blue-Mo0n thanks for this.. i have mone in my bedroom its like everywhere.. they old apear in this time if the year from mid oct to mid march. I find i get so depressed like vacuum these out then clean and they back again. Ive bought a dehumidifier mini one but they still here maybe i need to get the humidity clock to know when to use it. So fed up. Feel like crying mist days.
@@shaheershah6152 I feel you, I've cried a few times myself. It's been more than 2 years and I haven't find any solution. The same happens to me, April till September I see very few, the rest months they are everywhere. Where I live we have no mould or any major problem with humidity. Buy the clock if you can, the dehumidifier you have may not do a good job. The only thing I can advise you is the one I'm going to do eventually, dust Diatomaceous Earth on the floor the cupboards and desk, basically everywhere possible leave for even a week. I don't know what else is left. Start by keeping humidity below 60% maybe for 1-2 weeks and see if that helps. If it doesn't go on with D.E. and the dehumidifier at the same time. Please keep me updated. A comment below says that they got rid of them using the dehumidifier and DE. But On another thread I just read that even DE didn't work for them.
Would using a dehumidifier work?
possibly, heavily cleaning helps too
We used diatomaceous earth and that works.
@@joycook1763 in the kitchen? How long should I leave it and then vacuuming these?
@@katjakruglowa1006 I left it until I couldn’t find anything alive. I actually still have some of the powder left in the corners of the cupboard. (Hard to reach areas). I emptied the cupboard out and put the diatomaceous powder in an empty water bottle with a spout and puffed the powder through out the cupboard so it comes out in a plume and gets everywhere and I shut the cupboard and left it for a few weeks. (Just to make sure) Fingers crossed I’ve not had them back. I put everything in that cupboard in air tight containers so they get to food. I had them in my herbs and spices drawer so now keep them in their jars in clip seal bags. Hope that helps.
@@joycook1763 thank you, I am little relaxed now after your comment, I will use it in my kitchen tomorrow and leave it for a week or something. I hope it helps… what did you do to clean the powder? Vacuuming and then wet cleaning or something else?
I'm also having a big problem with my furniture and my would my entire freaking house being eight from the inside out loud there's little bitty holes and medium sized holes with some sticky whitish clear stuff at the baseboards and cracks?how about drove myself crazy past 5 years trying to figure out what this is and really didn't want to call an exterminator I'm a little embarrassed even find outI will say that if your furniture is getting f***** up you should take some organic coconut oil and when you're wiping off the wooden tables and stuff make sure that you use a dab or two of that because if there's a little bit of
Isn’t that woodworm?
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Get your phone away, they could infest
Woke up to them all over my table
We just need to give up, we can't beat them. Let them live, they've been living with us before we knew they even existed
Unfortunately they can cause a ton of issues for people with alergies or asthma. Someone i know struggles to sleep and breathe since they appeared in bulk
I don’t see shit the countertop is blending in
Can they kill you
No....if you have sometin sensitif in your skinn you will be itch
Only if u breath in alot of them
Nope
Mold mites. Yeah right... First of all it's not mold....
You're kidding right?
@@kzcb9630 I don't want to be right.... Look at what's happening to Dr falchi guy... . I don't want to be right.
Edit.
He's a piece of SHEEEIT of a Dr. / Scientist...........
I don't want to be right.....
@@vuelee5313 These critters are named mold mites due to them growing in humidity, where there is humidity and moisture there is mold. These mites also grow and reproduce in the same environment which explains the name...
@@vuelee5313 Dr. Fauci? What does that have to do with mites?
@@kzcb9630 I been studying this right b4 covid hit. This TRUELY have something to do with covid.... Let's just say I dug a little too deep. This thing deals with billions of dollars....
How to get rid of them?