Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Silverfish Bug




The Silverfish Bug


Description

Silverfish are highly resilient errors that are typically found in the northern hemisphere, especially in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe. They are a very common household pests that are difficult to eliminate.

The silverfish insect, sometimes called "fishmoth" or "Lepisma saccharina" is a small wingless insect typically measure about half an inch in length. They are nocturnal insects, which have been on planet Earth for an estimated 300 million years.



Appearance

Silverfish are usually brown or black, but some are black, while others have black and white stripes.

There are many different types of silverfish and even though they usually can have the same body shape in many different sizes and colors.


What they eat

Silverfish eat a variety of elements in nature and found in the home. Some of these elements are:

  • Silk
  • Coffee
  • Hair
  • Carpet
  • Book Covers
  • Wallpaper
  • Plaster
  • paint
  • Clothing
  • Shed
  • Cotton
  • Linen
  • dead insects
  • Glue
  • Paper
  • photos
  • Sugar
*Silverfish can live up to a year without eating anything.*


How to Get Rid of Silverfish out of a house or apartment or bedroom

In fact, silverfish elimination be much more effective if you do not leave no chemicals - the reason is because pesticides only effectively kill adult silverfish.

Get rid of the most common method of a silverfish insects involves the use of traps, poisons and chemicals. If you have small children or pets, or simply do not want to pesticides in your home may not be the use of chemicals or pesticides to appeal to you. But do not worry, there are alternatives.

The real secret of silverfish elimination is to know how to kill their eggs. If you have silverfish bugs in your house, it is a fact that you have silverfish eggs in your home!

But silverfish eggs may very hard to find and destroy.


Here's what you need to know in order to get rid of silverfish insects:

  • How to trap and kill adult silverfish bugs to reduce their ability to breed
  • An understanding of why you have silverfish insects in your home in the first place
  • Step by step directions on how to eliminate the ideal conditions that silverfish need in order to survive, reproduce, and thrive.
  • A good understanding of what silverfish eat and where they find it. Eliminating their sources of food is a great way to reduce their numbers
  • How to make your efforts permanent


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