The 3 Main Causes of a Silverfish Infestation
Are you a little embarrassed when you have a visitor around and a nasty, silvery little bug scampers across the floor for all to see? If you have a silverfish infestation don't worry, you're not alone, they are unfortunately quite common little household pests and not too hard to get rid of If you follow the correct procedure.
Before you try to get rid of these unwelcome guests, it's important to understand them.
Many people will just get a load of suitable poison and lay it about, killing a great many silverfish, but only to see them cropping up again a few weeks later.
They can be notoriously hard to get rid of, unless you understand what causes silverfish infestations in the first place.
1.
Living Conditions The number one thing you need to consider with silverfish is that they are in your home for a reason.
Not all homes are suitable places for these pests.
They love warmth, moisture and darkness.
So any areas of your home with a lot of moisture or dampness is perfect for them.
A few common areas are the bathroom, around the shower base if you regularly leave a wet floor.
In the kitchen under the fridge or behind cupboards.
In a damp basement or in the attic, near the boiler.
If you can identify places which give warmth and excess moisture and take steps to dry them out you are half way there already.
They also love dark little nooks and crannies, especially cracks in the floorboards.
So you should go about reducing these by filling in all the cracks you can find.
This part is also key because the female silverfish lay their eggs in these little cracks, and they are impossible to see.
The breeding cycle is 3 to 4 weeks, so if you kill all the silverfish in your home, but haven't filled in the cracks, then the hidden eggs will soon hatch and you'll have the next generation to deal with.
And mark my words, there are eggs hidden around, these bugs breed like rabbits.
2.
Easy Access to Food Silverfish will eat all kinds of things.
They enjoy many of the same foods we do, such as cereals and corn-based foods.
But they love starch in any form, even in the glue binding books and magazines lying around your home.
And they will even eat some parts of your clothes if you leave garments lying around as well.
Before you kill them off you have to make it very difficult for their offspring to survive if they should hatch from hidden eggs.
Make sure you are not leaving them an easy feast every day.
3.
An Easy Way In Silverfish bugs are naturally found in the wild.
They only come into people's homes if they can find an easy way in, and of course if the home is a good place for them to live for the reasons mentioned above.
If you go around poisoning all the silverfish infesting your home without finding and closing the entrance, then what is to stop more from entering.
Before you try to get rid of these unwelcome guests, it's important to understand them.
Many people will just get a load of suitable poison and lay it about, killing a great many silverfish, but only to see them cropping up again a few weeks later.
They can be notoriously hard to get rid of, unless you understand what causes silverfish infestations in the first place.
1.
Living Conditions The number one thing you need to consider with silverfish is that they are in your home for a reason.
Not all homes are suitable places for these pests.
They love warmth, moisture and darkness.
So any areas of your home with a lot of moisture or dampness is perfect for them.
A few common areas are the bathroom, around the shower base if you regularly leave a wet floor.
In the kitchen under the fridge or behind cupboards.
In a damp basement or in the attic, near the boiler.
If you can identify places which give warmth and excess moisture and take steps to dry them out you are half way there already.
They also love dark little nooks and crannies, especially cracks in the floorboards.
So you should go about reducing these by filling in all the cracks you can find.
This part is also key because the female silverfish lay their eggs in these little cracks, and they are impossible to see.
The breeding cycle is 3 to 4 weeks, so if you kill all the silverfish in your home, but haven't filled in the cracks, then the hidden eggs will soon hatch and you'll have the next generation to deal with.
And mark my words, there are eggs hidden around, these bugs breed like rabbits.
2.
Easy Access to Food Silverfish will eat all kinds of things.
They enjoy many of the same foods we do, such as cereals and corn-based foods.
But they love starch in any form, even in the glue binding books and magazines lying around your home.
And they will even eat some parts of your clothes if you leave garments lying around as well.
Before you kill them off you have to make it very difficult for their offspring to survive if they should hatch from hidden eggs.
Make sure you are not leaving them an easy feast every day.
3.
An Easy Way In Silverfish bugs are naturally found in the wild.
They only come into people's homes if they can find an easy way in, and of course if the home is a good place for them to live for the reasons mentioned above.
If you go around poisoning all the silverfish infesting your home without finding and closing the entrance, then what is to stop more from entering.
