Strange bug

[mimpimanis]

We moved house about 6 weeks ago. There was an empty paint tin in the garden that had been used to mix cement...in the bottom were a load of strange bugs that I had never seen before nor had anyone I showed them to at the time. I didnt think too much of it but in the last two days I have come across 4 of them in the house. One at a time halfway up the wall.

They are grey, about 1cm and kind of oval with a squared off ends. That seems like a shell and a long head pokes out of it or it is a pupa of some kind. I am a bit creeped out by them not knowing what they are. Any ideas?

[Bert Vierstra]

Picture? Drawing?

[mimpimanis]

My camera is broken at the moment and not sure how well it would come out being so small, using my hp but will try to get a photo next time I see one.

[Markit]

That sounds like the world famous Dulux paint bug.

Genetically engineered by those clever people at Dulux to eat their paint off the walls necessitating the renewed buying of said paint to cover the eaten areas.

I suggest a thick application of whitewash to discourage further infestation 8)