What Exactly Do Silverfish Eat? How Can I Get Rid of Them?
Silverfish are wacky these dudes can eat what feels like anything and everything, if you have silverfish, and you died in your bed, silverfish would probably have your body half consumed before anyone found you.
I hate silverfish with all my heart, the come into your home, eat your house, and your food, leave their nasty silverfish germs all over the place! AAAARRRR, makes me so mad. If you have silverfish you need to know their diet, so you can make it harder for them to find food.
The reader should note that how you go about controlling silverfish (and limiting their access to food) is totally dependent how much they bother you, I have OCD so I just assume burn down the house and kill them all, but If you're a normal person, and don't want to work your tail off day and night, this article is directed at you.
The first step is to know what they eat, the second step is to see to it that they can't get at. So here's a list of common things silverfish make food out of, this is by no means a complete list.
Food List (Partial List)
Clothing
Books
Glue
Newspaper/Magazines
Carpet
Hair
Leather (on occasion)
Lingerie (lace and other thin materials)
Virtually all textiles
Cereals
Sugar
Oats
Starch
I've got a more complete list of what they eat on my article silverfish diet which I'll give you a link to at the bottom of this article. Point is take all this stuff and get it into a plastic sealed box. Run down to Walmart or wherever their cheapest and load up, put everything they eat into boxes, if you don't do this, they wont ever go away, silverfish are crazy, they've been on our planet for 300 million years, they know how to survive, you've go to make their lives really difficult before they start to feel it, and decide to move, or stave to death which isn't likely as they can go around a year with no food.
I'd like to note that most of the time silverfish can be got rid of without any major overhauling to your house but sometimes, that's not the case. If silverfish are getting a lot of water form your leaky pipes, the pipes must be fixed, if they are eating your carpet, you got to get tile, wood, etc… I cannot stress enough the importance of getting rid of all their favorite foods, the wont give up neither should you.
I hate silverfish with all my heart, the come into your home, eat your house, and your food, leave their nasty silverfish germs all over the place! AAAARRRR, makes me so mad. If you have silverfish you need to know their diet, so you can make it harder for them to find food.
The reader should note that how you go about controlling silverfish (and limiting their access to food) is totally dependent how much they bother you, I have OCD so I just assume burn down the house and kill them all, but If you're a normal person, and don't want to work your tail off day and night, this article is directed at you.
The first step is to know what they eat, the second step is to see to it that they can't get at. So here's a list of common things silverfish make food out of, this is by no means a complete list.
Food List (Partial List)
Clothing
Books
Glue
Newspaper/Magazines
Carpet
Hair
Leather (on occasion)
Lingerie (lace and other thin materials)
Virtually all textiles
Cereals
Sugar
Oats
Starch
I've got a more complete list of what they eat on my article silverfish diet which I'll give you a link to at the bottom of this article. Point is take all this stuff and get it into a plastic sealed box. Run down to Walmart or wherever their cheapest and load up, put everything they eat into boxes, if you don't do this, they wont ever go away, silverfish are crazy, they've been on our planet for 300 million years, they know how to survive, you've go to make their lives really difficult before they start to feel it, and decide to move, or stave to death which isn't likely as they can go around a year with no food.
I'd like to note that most of the time silverfish can be got rid of without any major overhauling to your house but sometimes, that's not the case. If silverfish are getting a lot of water form your leaky pipes, the pipes must be fixed, if they are eating your carpet, you got to get tile, wood, etc… I cannot stress enough the importance of getting rid of all their favorite foods, the wont give up neither should you.
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