Silverfish are small insects that are pests in the home that are about a half inch to one inch long. They can cause quite a bit of damage. They will eat your cereal, ruin your clothing, eat book bindings and wall paper glue, and can cause embarrassment if someone were to see your home with these in them.
If you want to get rid of the silverfish problem, there are some steps you need to take.
Deal with moisture and humidity. Silverfish like moisture. Like most pests in the house, they need a water source. If you have standing water or leaking pipes anywhere, fix that problem right now else you will have more pest problems than just silverfish. If these pests are around your drains, wash your drains daily with a mix of hot water and bleach to make sure you get ones that might be deeper down the drain. Dehumidify any rooms that are too humid.
Silverfish love starchy foods like cereals and flour. At night when you can't see them, many times they get into your food and eat it. You won't notice when they do, but if you have them in your home it's likely that they do. Be sure to get some sealed food storage containers. Put your cereal or cereal boxes inside them so that the silverfish can't get into your food and eat it. Do this with other products that don't have a good seal on them.
How to get silverfish out of your house. Two methods work fairly well for silverfish problems. One are silverfish traps. These don't have to have poisons. They are sticky traps that can be put along the ground or counters which will cause the silverfish to get trapped when they walk on them. These are also good to use from time to time just to see what type of pests you have walking around during the night.
Another good product is food grade diatomaceous earth. Take this and sprinkle it in areas that you have noticed silverfish other other pests problems. What this does is dehydrate the pest when they come in contact with it. - 30446
If you want to get rid of the silverfish problem, there are some steps you need to take.
Deal with moisture and humidity. Silverfish like moisture. Like most pests in the house, they need a water source. If you have standing water or leaking pipes anywhere, fix that problem right now else you will have more pest problems than just silverfish. If these pests are around your drains, wash your drains daily with a mix of hot water and bleach to make sure you get ones that might be deeper down the drain. Dehumidify any rooms that are too humid.
Silverfish love starchy foods like cereals and flour. At night when you can't see them, many times they get into your food and eat it. You won't notice when they do, but if you have them in your home it's likely that they do. Be sure to get some sealed food storage containers. Put your cereal or cereal boxes inside them so that the silverfish can't get into your food and eat it. Do this with other products that don't have a good seal on them.
How to get silverfish out of your house. Two methods work fairly well for silverfish problems. One are silverfish traps. These don't have to have poisons. They are sticky traps that can be put along the ground or counters which will cause the silverfish to get trapped when they walk on them. These are also good to use from time to time just to see what type of pests you have walking around during the night.
Another good product is food grade diatomaceous earth. Take this and sprinkle it in areas that you have noticed silverfish other other pests problems. What this does is dehydrate the pest when they come in contact with it. - 30446
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