Silverfish are walking insects. They live inside houses such as in
stationery, books, furniture and food storage areas.
They mainly prefer moist places such as basements, toilets and kitchens and dark
places with high temperatures, greater than 32ºC, such as ovens, stoves,
fireplaces, hot steam and water pipes.
Silverfish range in length from 8.5-19mm and are silver, white or
grey or gray with spots and bundles. They have no wings, but have
characteristic two white antennae.
Females lay more than 100 eggs in their lifetime
which hatch in 3-6 weeks.
They feed on the starch paste of the spines of old books, on wallpaper,
insulating materials, fabrics as well as any kind of starchy food but
can live for several months without food.
The control is carried out by spraying. It must have been thoroughly
cleaned.
The specialized personnel of Biodynamics use the chemical preparations always observing the safety data sheets and the approvals of the manufacturer.
