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Trev3456 Proserpine, Australia Nov 20, 2017

Hi, I live in tropical north Queensland, Australia in a 71year old two story home. I have been getting these little white bugs appearing on window sills, on my bed and I have seen them crawling across my iPhone screen. Some of them are so small and very hard to see. I have been setting glue strips around the house in the hope they walk over them and get stuck. I have sprayed countless amounts of Mortein Powerguard Surface Spray for crawling insects to no avail.

In one of the photos there is also a bigger bug, is that a silverfish?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 21, 2017

The smaller insects appear to be booklice or close relatives in the order Psocodea. These basically are nuisance pests that do little if any real harm (most species appear to feed primarily on mould spores and the like). The best control for these is moisture management, as they need high humidity/access to water in order to persist in an indoor environment.
The larger insect in the first image does appear to be a silverfish (firebrats can be quite similar in appearance, especially if their scales have been rubbed off). There also is a tiny wall spider (family Oecobiidae) next to the silverfish. These spiders appear to feed mainly on ants.

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