Proceed successfully against silverfish

What you need:

• Rag
• plaster
• potatoes
• Aeroxon
• Possibly. Sealing material (inorganic)
• airtight boxes for food

Silverfish belong to the genus of the wingless insects: Their appearance, a silver-gray, streamlined body, is responsible for their naming. These are also known under the scientific term sugar guest; which derives from their preference for high-carbohydrate foods.

Effective home remedies against wingless insects

• Silverfish mostly stay in dark places with a warm and humid microclimate. Therefore, dark corners are in bath and kitchen preferred whereabouts of these insects. They prefer to eat carbohydrates in the form of sugar or starch and love temperatures around 25 ° C. During the day they usually stay in their hiding places; such as in cavities behind loose baseboards.

• In the dark, the silver-gray insects leave their hiding places to look for food and become "visible". The mature ones Silverfish present themselves to you in a length between 7 and 12 mm; their larvae are significantly smaller. A warm and humid microclimate with temperatures around 25 ° C and a relative humidity between 80 and 90% and a good "food supply" promote rapid reproduction.

• If you want to take permanent action against your light-shy "roommates", it is essential to eliminate the causes of their emergence in addition to destroying pests.

• Since your "house guests" stay in their hiding spots during the day, it is best to take action against them at night. Before going to bed, lay out food baits that attract the wingless creatures at night and "lure them into a trap". There are several types of bait that have proven helpful in practice. These include both biological, chemical and the simplest Home remedies.


Where do silverfish come from? - Interesting facts about these insects

If you have silverfish in your house, they probably live in your kitchen ...

• Silverfish love it wet; For example, in the evening, lay out a moistened rag sprinkled with a little plaster of paris. The plaster attracts the insects at night and these collect under the damp cloth. The next morning, you can shake them out of the cloth outdoors.

• Another remedy for your nocturnal vermin are potatoes; take half a potato for this and place it upside down on a surface (board). Place the bait on the floor in the evening. The silverfish, attracted by the potato starch, collect under the potato and should the next day, u. U. including the substrate.

• You should be careful with the use of chemical clubs, especially when there are children in your household. Chemical agents are available from many specialty stores. So-called bait cans, which are partially filled with an attractant and a destruction agent, can be laid out in the infested premises. A well-known product is Aeroxon; its active ingredient is called spinosand and you can get it in drugstores, for example.
• To activate the bait box, pierce the two pre-cut holes and lay out the trap. The silverfish crawl into the can, eat the food and die on site.

Silverfish - this is how you fight the causes

• Silverfish are considered hygiene and material pests; these can even cause so-called cockroaches on solid materials such as book covers, for example. Due to the fact that they can even digest cellulosic substances, neither wallpaper, paper or cardboard boxes are safe from them. Seal any cracks, grooves or holes in the infested premises in which the silverfish can hide. Only use inorganic materials (joint putty) to seal the hiding spots.

• Since the sugar guests love it damp, you should make sure that you keep their rooms dry. You should remove damp spots immediately. This also includes accumulations of water that form on the edge of the pool, for example after washing hands. Ventilation Your rooms sufficiently so that the relative humidity in your rooms does not exceed 65%. Provide adequate air circulation, so you not only act successfully against the vermin themselves, but also avoid the formation of mold that is harmful to health.

• Eliminate potential food sources for the pests: these feed primarily on starch and sugar; this includes foods such as semolina. Make sure that these foods are adequately sealed; Appropriate food cans, such as Tupperware, that seal your food airtight, are suitable for this.

• Adhere to the appropriate hygiene rules in your bathroom: These include removing loose hair and flakes of skin on a daily basis; because these are also popular foods of this insect species.