what on earth is this

[cooper1203]

hi all long story short i have issues with my drains/ stack pipe. apon trying to flush some water through this bug was washed out with a very small trickle of water. https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/J ... C6ewOJBURZ

what is it is it something that will do damage and is it safe to go poking about if there is more of them

[alandmor]

From the rather blurry video, it appears to be a rove beetle, family Staphylinidae. Likely came in from outdoors. Not a worry, completely harmless.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=5 ... 6&dpr=1.25

[livingplanet3]

hi all long story short i have issues with my drains/ stack pipe. apon trying to flush some water through this bug was washed out with a very small trickle of water. https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/J ... C6ewOJBURZ

what is it is it something that will do damage and is it safe to go poking about if there is more of them...

It's a Rove Beetle -

https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/staphylinidae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rove_beetle

They are not harmful, and are mainly scavengers. It was probably just inside the pipe looking for food/water/shelter.

[cooper1203]

thanks all