Reply With QuoteMy experience is that damp/high humidity is a large part of the problem and so curing that will help.Originally Posted by Daddelvirks
Tried poison, sticky stuff but no luck.
Anyone here who has a novelty solution for getting rid of the little bastards?
They are, in my case, the darker paper eating version I believe.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
My experience is that damp/high humidity is a large part of the problem and so curing that will help.
Dehumidifier set up and empty bucket daily , a couple of smaller ones should do the job as you need to do the whole room at once.
Thanks, but there really is no damp, and reading up on it I seem to have the paper eating version, not really "silver" in colour.
The little twads are tough customers to deal with.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Concrete floor or timber floor boards ?
No damp behind skirting ?
Have you had recent damp proofing work carried out?
They have to have water to survive so its got to be somewhere.
Cheers,
Appartment 7th floor, so concrete it is. Can it be damp without noticing it? There are no spots or "mushrooms" on walls or ceilings.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Maybe no 'damp' but possibly high humidity and or condensation?
Apparently this stuff can do the trick - Diatomaceous Earth.
Thanks!
Had to look that up, but willing to try everything that might get rid of them :)
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
We seem to be prone to them, I think they get in through the tumble dryer outlet which then gives them access to the kitchen which as a lovely dark alcove under the stairs. Mrs H goes mad when she sees them and wants all sorts of action taking, my stance is that you can’t stop them coming in. I decided I wouldn’t tell her when one dropped on my head in the kitchen.
i have used the diamatacious earth stuff and also regularly spray some big killer in the dark corners where I believe they may be lurking. Sticky traps have only caught 1.
Occasionally one will scuttle across my bathroom, and disappear under the floor.
A quick squirt of "Raid" fly killer usually sorts them out for a while, but I don't know of any permanent solution.
Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.
Used to have them along with scorpions in our other place
Lavender - they don't like it up 'em
or if you wamt to go toxic
pesticide which contains liquid pyrethrin and spray areas (not near food or kids or animals)
If there is a big infestation roll up some newspaper (if anyone ever has this these days) put three or four elastic bands around it to make it fairly solid. Dunk it in water - long enough for it to get damp but not slushy - put it where they assemble for feeding and leave overnight. In the morning do not open the paper up just bin it or incinerate.
Spray the area and repeat daily until happy. Spray the area intermittently with toxin or lay some lavender sticks in a basket (cedar wood)
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Cheers guys!
A few new "tricks" to try out.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
if you are using an old hoover especially with a bag then get a new bag or use a bagless one and empty it after each hoover.
Do they cause much (or any) damage? See them in bathroom occasionally but don't bother me.
Well, to be honest, it's not my own appartment, but that of a new found (early stages) girlfriend ;)
Anything to make an impression eh?
And you know, women and creepy crawlies....
No, they probably don't do much harm, but to much is a crowd I reckon.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
You need some earwigs, centipedes and spiders. They like silverfish.
Don't they feed on rotten stuff? Usually see them in some damp parts of the forest under fallen tree bark or piece of cardboard if you lift it up..
Not sure if I'd want to use insecticide inside my house unless there is serious infestation.
Fas est ab hoste doceri
get them in winter when Humidity is higher - though our building has been externally cladded recently due to water ingress here and there
sort out damp, get some panel heaters installed here and there the ones you can paint same colour as the wall and run them during the cheap electricity rate on a timer.
get them in winter when Humidity is higher - though our building has been externally cladded recently due to water ingress here and there
sort out damp, get some panel heaters installed here and there the ones you can paint same colour as the wall and run them during the cheap electricity rate on a timer.
Thanks,
But this is the Netherlands , "stadsverwarming" (central heating and warm water for a large part of the city via one big station), so dry as a mummy's skin ;)
37% says the hygrometer, so no problem there I guess.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Yes, you have to burn your house to ground.
HTH.
So clever my foot fell off.
Her house in this case, not much of a first impression to get this new relationship on the road...
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Strangely I had one of these on the bed in my hotel room this week in the Netherlands.
I hadn't seen one for years.
I didn't know they do harm.
I transferred mine carefully to the carpet at the other end of the room.
Can you find yourself a gf without the creepy crawlies or you're too desperate?
Fas est ab hoste doceri
Silverfish have been around for 400 Million years apparently. More fun facts:
https://www.terminix.com/pest-control/silverfish/facts/
Likely the whole apartment block is affected so even if dealt with in GF's apartment, they'll be back again.
A bit like the millions of cockroaches in the posh Mayfair and Belgravia apartments.
dunk
"Well they would say that ... wouldn't they!"
You don't say.
Fas est ab hoste doceri
Bought a house of an old dear few years ago, it had silver fish among other things.
I used Something similar to theses it got rid of everything.
https://www.pestcontrolsupermarket.c...BoCwSwQAvD_BwE
Does he live there?You don't say.
No need to thank me.
I doubt it. I hear he has an idiosyncratic reaction to the parasites.
Fas est ab hoste doceri
Ruling out any localized leak in one of the water pipes - may I ask do you have Cats?
reason I ask is I seemed to notice a rise in silvefish when I moved from one cat to two cats increasing the frequency of changing the cat litter - then since switching to crystals from the dusty type I notice there are less if any at all (though as I have mentioned we had the external cladding done so its warmer/dryer than previous years)
My theory is they travel in the bags that kept in damp warehouses writhing with silverfish and the eggs travel with them
No, no cats, dogs or other pets.
And if the whole building is indeed being visited by these creatures, she's dooooomed.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Yawn, bit bored son?
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Sorry for bumping old thread, but. We have got them in the kitchen. We noticed a couple last week but didnt know what they were and just killed them. Then last night i put the light on in the kitchen and see a few scuttle away. I sprayed fly spray in the corners and under the skirting board that they crawled away under and now this morning theres about 11 of them on the floor, not dead but unable to crawl away (i'm assuming thats because of the fly spray).
Would this be classed as an infestation? I dont want to ring the councils pest control to come out if we can deal with it ourselves because we really cant afford it.
The skirting boards they went under is near our fridge. Obviously we will moving that out when OH gets back from work tonight.
In the room next to wear we found them is an old dark toilet in an outbuilding i'm assuming we have got them because of that. IMO it all needs knocking down but this is a council house and they wont do it.
Any suggestions what we can do? I'm a bit freaked out and feel like my house is dirty.
Oh and ps we have only lived here 4 months, would this have been a problem with the old tenants?
And one more:
I'm trying to trap some squirrels. What's the best bait. Who can give good advice? I used peanut butter the first day and immediately got one . . .but, it was like the rest were watching and they don't come near the trap now.
I'm trying to thin out the pests around the house . . .they have become a problem. Can't shoot them.
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What are the council houses like in Santa Clara?
They’re pretty harmless TBH and not there because house is/isn’t dirty.
Silverfish... Often to be found in apartments due to the fact that you can be surrounded by neighbours who aren't keen on keeping their home clean & damp-free. They start to travel and can crawl through anything. (Hence their 400m year survival...) Has also to do with the way modern houses are sealed air-tight. In the old days, we were able to open a door or window to let fresh air in.
In my case, living next to a park, an open door attracts mice. Oh well, there's always something...
What are they called in Dutch?
zilvervisjes = small silverfishes. The 'je' (singular) or 'jes' (plural) at the end of a noun tells you that in the English translation you need a word like 'small' or 'tiny' for the correct translation.
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Copied and pasted, just like his other post...
I just came here from the Daytona thread hoping to catch that he’d copied and pasted this too... and lo and behold...
How odd. Copied a years old post just to up the post count?
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