Silverfish Pest Control Albury Wodonga
Silverfish can cause damage by feeding on various materials, including paper, clothing, and wallpaper. While they are not harmful to humans, their feeding habits can lead to the deterioration of items in your home.
Silverfish prefer damp, dark, warm and humid places to harbour. Because of this, they are often found in bathrooms, kitchens, roof voids, wall cavities, cupboards and bookshelves.
Outdoors, they may be found living under the bark of trees and garden beds, under rocks, in rotten logs and among leaf litter.
Homeowners most commonly detect silverfish when they find one on the floor or in a sink/bathtub, or they will find holes in their clothing.
Why bother worrying about Silverfish?
- Silverfish are common in homes and belong to the genus Ctenolepisma
- Mostly nocturnal (active at night) prefering quiet seldom disturbed areas
- Feeding and attacking clothing, paper, wall paper, books and other fabrics textiles
- Nibble holes in your favourite wool suit or jacket!
- Love starchy materials like book bindings, paper storage, archives
- Common in wardrobes, bathrooms and book shelves
- Why baths and sinks? They fall in and can not get climb out on the slippery surface!
- Silverfish live for a very long time, up to 3 yrs, so cause much damage over time
- Ability to hide and live in very small cracks crevices in a house
- Silverfish often enter your home via roof spaces and wall cavities
- Silverfish love damp humid environments – keep areas well ventilated.
- All their moisture requirements come from the food they eat