A successful silverfish control program
requires you to know where silverfish insects are located in your home and what
silverfish control steps to take.
Some silverfish control methods are not
totally natural and can carry some risk of toxicity to humans and pets.
Silverfish insects are not easy to get rid of because your home may provide
numerous hiding places such as the attic, cupboards, under floors, baseboards
and other crevices in your home or building.
Natural silverfish control products
such as citrus sprays are not harmful to children or pets and are available for
controlling silverfish. Boric acid is a low toxicity silverfish control product
that kills silverfish if they eat or come into contact with it. Calling in a Pest Control
Brisbane expert to get
rid of silverfish may be your first impulse but that can be expensive and if
you don’t get the right one you may still not get rid of the silverfish or even
control them any more than before.
If you have silverfish in your home it
is probable that you have an accumulation of moisture and humidity in the home
because those are ideal conditions for silverfish. It is also likely that you
have food sources located in your home that are to the silverfish bug liking.
Silverfish will eat papers, books, bookbinding, wallpaper, photo albums, and
textiles. If you have silverfish and they get into your closet you may see
little holes and stains on your clothing.
Silverfish Control Tips
Since silverfish require food, moisture
and humidity silverfish control steps should certainly include making your home
a place where silverfish can’t find what they need.
Check under sinks for even the smallest
leaks. Check throughout your home to see if you have a leaking or sweaty pipes.
Check for leaks or moisture buildup in
your roof. If there is mold silverfish are known to eat it as a food source.
If you find moisture or leaks take
steps to eliminate the moisture, by fixing leaky and sweaty pipes.
Silverfish like to eat the glue in
bookbindings and paper. Destroying old books and papers is a positive silverfish control
step, however, please consider that if you give books away you may be spreading
the silverfish to someone else’s home because of unhatched silverfish eggs that
may be contained in the books.
One of the favorite food sources for
silverfish is the glue on your wallpaper. When wallpapering your home try not
to have excess glue accumulate on your walls or on the surface of the wallpaper.
Vacuuming your home frequently is good
for silverfish control. Vacuuming picks up dust and dust mites that silverfish
feed on as well as other small dead bugs they might eat. Vacuuming carpets,
wallboards, cracks, and crevices suck up unhatched eggs that silverfish tend to
lay in those locations.
Any place that you see cracks such as
in windows or doors is a place where silverfish may hide and lay eggs. Using
putty to close the opening, or cracks in windows, doors, will keep them from
using those places as breeding areas.
If you have silverfish you already know that getting rid of them takes
effort and if you have been struggling with how
to get rid of silverfish, hire a professional pest control service company to get rid of silverfish permanently.
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