silverfish
this is sort of off-topic...has anyone had a problem with silverfish? I knew we had some in this house but they are out in force tonight! I must have killed 20+ on my kitchen floor! They like paper...
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Never seen them myself but don't they usually live in tiled fireplaces might be wrong but it seems to ring a bell somewhere never heard of them with paper someone will know hugs maggiemay
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just done a quick google search - take a look at the wikipedia article.. am surprised we don't all have them as apparently their fav foods include glue, book bindings, paper, photos, sugar, hair, and...
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They also love wallpaper paste. One night in our old house I went into the dining room, put the light on and found several chewing away at the wallpaper. I sprayed them and the wall with wasp killer,...
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They are quite small Maureen - about a centimetre in length perhaps? -with legs but they have a fin like tail and are silver which I suppose is why they are called silverfish - they move very fast,...
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Yea, me too. I have everything in plastic boxes. Are these creepy things caused through damp do you think? Can't imagine it is just paper products that attracts them or else all offices would be...
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I think they like damp conditions, we once found them in our old house, under the kitchen sink after we'd had a leak. Anne x
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Well i suppose its up to you what you do under your kitchen sink anne. We get them alot in ur bathroom and we have a very old house. Always thought they liked damp as thats the only place they are....
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When I was in the RAF stationed at RAF Hereford we used to get them in our drinking water. I can't tell you how many times I finished a cup of coffee and there was one at the bottom of my mug!!! Nina x
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I have them here too, not in such large numbers though.. If we come downstairs when it is dark and then flick the light on in the kitchen there is always the odd one scuttling away.. Squash.... hugs...
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Oh my, I have never heard of them, and never ever want to see them either, going to get hubby to check it out though. Diana
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I too have them out here in Spain. I've lived in this apartment for 20 years and as we've modernised the numbers have dropped. No damp here so thats not the reason, could it be plaster because we have...
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I live in a very old thatched cottage and I have them in the downstairs loo and a few in the kitchen. Hubby goes berserk and thinks they are as bad as cockroaches (which we don't have !!) As we have...
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Our loo floor is tiled and we havea couple in there some times. Don't think there is any damp in there tho'. Jan x
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We have silverfish in our house too, don't see them very often, only now and again. They suddenly pop up in either the bathroom or the kitchen, they are the only places I've ever seen them. Never...
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Funny - I nearly asked this the other day as we seem to have a few recently, so maybe it's the time of year for them or something. I never really thought they were a pest though.
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