Are there bugs in my washer?

Have you seen bugs in washers before, and can you tell me anything about it? I've seen some miscellaneous bugs in the water with my clothes, but I think the nuisance bugs are very tiny and almost impossible to see. Can they be in the air pressure hose? I go cross-eyed trying to figure it out and would love to hear about what you've seen or heard about. Thanks for your answer.

@wonderingwoman

The water pressure hose is open at the bottom at the tub end.

As the water level in the tub rises it also rises in the hose and this increases the air pressure on the pressure switch in the control panel to which the other end of the hose is connected to so that it will operate and stop the water filling at the selected level.

So I suppose if the bugs are small enough they could crawl into it but they would have to get out before they drowned as the water rose in the hose or maybe they died from the increased air pressure in the hose as the water rose. Then when the water drained from the tub they could flow back into the tub with the receding water level in the hose.

I've once seen roaches in a washer.

This was due to a nest being in the machine. They like the darkness and warmth apparently.

Ranging in size the smaller ones somehow got into the tub and therefore ended up in the wash with the clothing.

Clearing out the nest and then placing a few roach baits under the machine and also in the laundry room seems to have solved it.

It was simple perhaps to find them as it was a top loader which essentially didn't have a sealed base i.e. it was open underneath and also raised off the floor by adjustable feet to help make it level so anything could crawl underneath it and into it so all that had to be done was to tip it on its back to see underneath and into the bottom of the machine

@jayeff That makes sense that they can get in at the bottom. I hate this washing machine. It has given me nothing but grief. I'm sure the bugs don't help matters, but it doesn't clean anything worth a darn. Everything is still left at the bottom of the tub. Maybe the bugs like all the dirt that's left in the tub and on my clothes. I haven't washed in a month because of this. I have forgotten what clean clothes are like!

@wonderingwoman

If there's still dirt left in the bottom of the tub at the end of the wash, check that the lint filter is not clogged etc. Click on the parts diagram - see part #12 for location

Also is the water supply to the machine town water or does it come from a well?

Either way check if the inlet hose screen filters are OK and not damaged. (supplier example only) If damaged search for 285452A to find suppliers that suit you best

Not totally sure re your model but they are located in the hot and cold water inlet hose fitting where they screw in, either at the supply faucet end or at the machine end.

They are there to prevent any grit or sediment which may be in the water supply from entering the machine when it fills.

@jayeff If I always used the Deep Water Wash setting, would the air pressure hose/sensor still be used? I posted about the air pressure hose being torn on another post. So would the water not reach that high? If it did, I'd have water flowing out of it, right? Thanks.