What’s this insect?

[Marty Funkhouser]

Been painting a few rooms and hundreds of them seem to be attracted by the now dry paint. They are very small so apologies for the poor picture.

[Composer62]

Marty Funkhouser said:

Been painting a few rooms and hundreds of them seem to be attracted by the now dry paint. They are very small so apologies for the poor picture.

Thrips ?

[Evanivitch]

Composer62 said:

Thrips ?

Agreed.

[Simpo Two]

There used to be plagues of those - aka thunderflies every summer, but I haven't seen any for years. I think they came off the corn; guess the cornfields are now housing estates.

[Composer62]

Simpo Two said:

There used to be plagues of those - aka thunderflies every summer, but I haven't seen any for years. I think they came off the corn; guess the cornfields are now housing estates.

That's right, you've just reminded me of that. There used to be swarms of them every summer. Like you, I haven't seen anything like that for ages.

[Marty Funkhouser]

The house is adjacent to a field - wheat I think.

[Gnits]

I am not convinced on the 'thripness' of that pic.
How long is this beasty? Thrips are really small (~2mm at most) and that looks more like a clothes moth to me, some of them rest in an elongated posture but would be about 4mm and will run/fly away, the only time they don't is when they are stuck to wet paint...
More pics!

[Marty Funkhouser]

They are tiny. 3/4mm long 1-2mm wide