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Silverfish Control

Silverfish don’t exactly look like fish, but their body has a similar shape compared to some fish or fishing lures. Thy are also silvery compared to a type of metal. They have six legs in the front half of their body, but three long, threadlike antennae protrude from their tail ends.

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Silverfish Lifecycle

There are a couple different types of species, but they are all relatively the same. They all appreciate warmer temperatures, therefore coming around in the warmer months, between 72 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The female lays anywhere from 2-20 eggs per day. She will lay them in cracks and crevices, under objects. Each egg hatch requires that same temperature level as well as high humidity levels (greater than 75 percent).

While finicky in terms of favorable temperatures, they can live up to five years or more. They usually hide during the day and are out at night. They can be found pretty much anywhere in a house like the living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, attics, basements, garages, and other locations. They have infested commercial structures like offices, stores, libraries, etc. They usually search for a food source, and once they find a food source they stick around close to it for their harborage. However, silverfish can survive for weeks without food or water.

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Silverfish Treatments

Silverfish are a dried goods pest, like paper products. These bugs can enter a building by paper products that were brought in. Usually silverfish prefer proteins to carbohydrates, and they even feed on dead or injured members of their own kind. Other types of silverfish eat plant proteins too.

While silverfish are not as hard to control or exterminate as roaches, they do have similar hiding spots and harborage locations. Contact Paffy’s Pest Control today to talk about pricing options and treatment process. We charge by square footage and will use a crawling insect treatment to the infested areas.

Source: NPCA Field Guide to Structural Pests

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