Are silverfish insects afraid of water, and are silverfish insects harmful to people?

Silverfish insects are not afraid of water.

Silverfish insects like darkness and are afraid of light, and generally prefer to be active in warm and humid places. They feed on foods rich in carbohydrates, proteins in the natural environment. Silverfish insects generally live outdoors in litter, tree bark, rotten wood, soil and other environments.

Silverfish insects can also appear in the home, mainly in the environment such as clothes, books, murals, wardrobes, bookcases, etc.

Mothballs are generally in the cabinet to play a role in drying, silverfish insects generally survive in a humid environment, so place mothballs in the wardrobe and bookcase to keep the inside dry, so that silverfish insects will not climb inside. This is just to let the silverfish insects not crawl into the cabinet, they will still crawl to other places, so there will still be silverfish insects at home, and the silverfish insects cannot be eliminated through this method. Placing mothballs can only serve as a drying outlet.

Silverfish insects are not very harmful to humans.

Silverfish insects, the whole insect of silverfish insects, also known as white fish, shearworm, hinge shearworm, wall fish, is a family pest, distributed in the vast area of China. In the wild, they often inhabit leaves, rocks or moss, and indoors they hide in bookcases and wardrobes to eat books and clothes. Adults lay eggs in crevices and grow for 2 to 3 years before reproducing the next generation.

The body of silverfish is flattened and elongated, with a total length of about 1 cm. It is covered with gray scales and has long silvery-white hairs on the front and lower sides of the head. The compound eye is large and prominent, made up of many small eyes, and is brownish-black in color.

Most of these insects are silverfish in indoor dry storage, often infested in the wardrobe, eating clothes, hence the name silverfish. In fact, silverfish is the world's book silverfish, which eats paper and eats books, and is the most important pest that is prevalent in libraries everywhere.

In China, the most common silverfish in the library are several species such as the sweaterfish, the domestic silverfish and the Taiwanese silverfish, and these different species of silverfish have only very slight differences in morphological characteristics, so for people who do not have professional knowledge of insect classification, there seems to be only one species of silverfish with the naked eye.

Food: Silverfish favorite foods are full of starchy or polysaccharides, such as: glue glue, paste, book bindings, **, sugar, hair, soil, etc. But they are not resistant to cotton, linen, silk and man-made fibers, and even the carcasses of other insects and the skins of themselves are eaten as if they were hungry.

When hungry, they even eat leather goods, man-made fabrics, etc. However, silverfish can starve for several months without any damage to their bodily functions.

Living environment. Like silverfish, silverfish are found in human settlements. Silverfish can be found in various parts of the home, such as the bottom of the refrigerator, the heated bathroom, and the cracks in the floor tiles. Silverfish love to bite books, fibers and textiles.

Silverfish, on the other hand, prefer warmer environments such as bakeries and are very fond of flour and bread, but also animal products.

Silverfish insects are not very harmful to humans. Silverfish insects do not bite, there is no poison, and the clothes are full of silverfish insects that can be worn after washing, so they are not harmful to people themselves, but its mass reproduction will greatly affect our normal life. Silverfish, also known as silverfish, swallowtail insects, etc., belong to the class of insects, tasselycedae, silverfish family, is a kind of wingless small insects, there are about 250 species known in the world, and there are about 20 species in China.

Silverfish larvae are white in color, but when they grow up, they turn silvery-white and live for about 2-8 years. If you see an insect like this in your home, it's silverfish, and it can be found in books, cereals, legumes, oilseeds, clothes, and other items in storage.

Breeding environment. The breeding grounds of silverfish are bookcases, bookshelves, bundles, floor cracks, gaps in old book piles and old books. Silverfish have negative phototaxis, so they often hide in dark places and come out at night.

The silverfish is sensitive to temperature and humidity, and the ambient temperature suitable for silverfish breeding is 16 30, and the relative humidity is 75% 95%. When the temperature and humidity are not suitable for the breeding of the fish, the silverfish will migrate to the environment with suitable temperature and humidity.

Silverfish insects are long and flat, nocturnal, often bite wooden floors and clothing, and spraying insecticides does not work. In daily life, many people don't know much about silverfish insects, and many people can't distinguish them.

This bug can easily cause allergies when it comes into contact with it, and it can also damage the home environment. Moreover, the vitality of this insect is very strong, and general insecticides do not have an insecticidal effect. Silverfish insects are mainly born from clothing fibers, silverfish insects do not eat chemical fiber clothes, it only harms "smell" clothing and bedding, but it is not easy to survive in a dry and clean environment.

The harm of silverfish insects to people is still quite large, because silverfish insects have scales on their bodies, so they have some resistance to some insecticides, and at the same time bring certain troubles to people's lives. However, if you find silverfish insects, you should buy professional insecticides to prevent more insects from multiplying and causing harm to your home.

The main hazards of silverfish insects are:

1. Silverfish will eat books, clothes, wallpaper decorations and other items, causing loss and damage.

2. Although silverfish does not bite, silverfish may trigger allergies in some people.

3. If there are silverfish breeding at home, it may also attract other pests.

Although the harm of silverfish insects is not great, they can still interfere with people's lives, so they still need to be eliminated. To eliminate silverfish insects, you can use Jiebing Sprinkle that is, insecticidal powder, the more evenly sprayed, the better, do not sprinkle in piles. After sprinkling the medicine, the silverfish insect crawls on the top of the medicine, and its feet are sticky, or when it is close, it comes into contact with the cleaner and sprinkles the medicine, so that the silverfish insect will be excited, and will go back to the nest to bite its companion, and then slowly die.

Generally, all silverfish can be eliminated in about ten days after use.

Hello dear, this side is happy to serve you pro under normal circumstances, silverfish insects will not enter people's mouths. They are always hiding in bookcases or closets. Adults can lay eggs after mating, and the eggs are scattered in the cracks of the board, books, and archives.

Each female lays 6 10 eggs. The eggs hatch after 35-40 days, and the nymphs can feed after hatching. It likes darkness and dampness, and hides in the crevices of the host during the day and comes out at night.

Sexually lively and agile. Visible all year round in warm rooms. Inactive when the temperature is below 4.

Adults are hunger-tolerant and can survive for 300 319 days without food. The suitable temperature for growth and development is 22 28, and the suitable humidity is 75 95%. Adults can lay eggs after mating, and the eggs are scattered in the cracks of the board, books, and archives.

Each female lays 6 10 eggs. The eggs hatch after 35-40 days, and the nymphs can feed after hatching. It likes darkness and dampness, and hides in the crevices of the host during the day and comes out at night.

Sexually lively and agile. Visible all year round in warm rooms. Inactive when the temperature is below 4.

Adults are hunger-tolerant and can survive for 300 319 days without food. The suitable temperature for growth and development is 22 28, and the suitable humidity is 75 95%. I hope my answer is helpful to you, thank you!

Silverfish, also known as silverfish, is a small wingless insect, which is a common storage pest, and is prone to this insect in bookcases, bookshelves and wardrobes at home. Placing some mothballs in the storage area can be effective in repelling silverfish.