Silverfish are small, shiny, grey or metallic looking insects that thrive in high moisture environments. Given their small size they hide in cracks and crevices where they will often lay their eggs as well. They appear fish like due to their scaly, tapered appearance. These odd or creepy looking insects are nocturnal and will move very quickly if exposed. These insects prefer places like bathrooms, attic spaces, and crawlspaces because of the high moisture possibilities.
Silverfish typically feed on starch rich items like cardboard, papers, roof tar paper and liners, old books, glue in some of these same products. Since they have rather weak mandibles they don’t really chew their food, they scrape it and sometimes you can spot this damage on paper items without actually finding the insect itself.
Controlling these insects often requires some form of moisture remediation in coordination with a material application from a licensed professional.
