What are these bugs on our window sills?

June 14, 2017 10:07 PM

These teeny bugs were spotted on our windowsills in our apartment. Any idea of what they are?
posted by katinka-katinka to Home & Garden (7 answers total)

Kind of looks like a cockroach to me.
posted by blackzinfandel at 10:11 PM on June 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: Here's a pic of one with a dime. Excuse my dust.
posted by katinka-katinka at 10:24 PM on June 14, 2017

There's not enough detail in your photos to tell much more than approximate shape, but maybe thrips? Examples.
posted by pipeski at 2:37 AM on June 15, 2017

I think they might be wood lice. They are harmless if it's them! (As long as it's not a super crazy infestation that would damage the wood.)
posted by shortyJBot at 3:16 AM on June 15, 2017

I've had these too in every apartment with windowsills I've ever had. I notice them during move out, usually, when dusting off the windowsills. I can't tell 100% for sure but I don't think they're cockroaches; I've always thought they might be young gnats.
posted by stoneandstar at 8:14 AM on June 15, 2017 [1 favorite]

After reading this I'm inclined to think some type of harmless louse or springtail, which would explain why they hang out in window dust:

http://www.home-ec101.com/what-are-these-tiny-bugs-on-my-window-sill/
posted by stoneandstar at 8:18 AM on June 15, 2017 [1 favorite]

Pigeon mites?
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:56 AM on June 15, 2017