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I've seen a load of these in the kitchen on the tiled floor. How the hell do you get rid of them?
At the moment I'm chasing them with a lighter but that's not denting their population.
If I honest, I didn't even know about the little bastards until I looked them up online.
Find out why they're living in your kitchen.....they like damp environments.
See Silverfish are like a lot of small insects - they do no harm.
By all means make changes to discourage them from inhabiting your Kitchen but....
....why kill them? 🙄
They like lentils from what I have read. That's one reason to kill them....
You can use insecticide to get rid of them, but given they tend to be near food be careful with this.
The house was built in 1880 so not the most damp proof in the country.
Killing them in the last resort, if I can dissuade them or ask them politely to leave I'll be a happy bunny.
Now I know there there, I dont want them to remain.
Removing the apple that rolled under 'their' cupboard a year ago, solved our occupation.
A leaflet campaign to start with, followed by some signs?
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^ now that's funny.
I'll get some mini flyers printed and some mini stencils will be sprayed around the skirting 🙂
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Now I know they are in the kitchen they need to go. If I can do it without nuking from orbit I'll be happy.
They are actually quite stunning little things, BUT not in my house 🙂
They like lentils from what I have read. That's one reason to kill them....
Not everyone who likes lentils reads the Guardian.
They also like coffee which is probably the reason they like my kitchen and run around ****ing quickly.
They apparently have very passionate and intense lovemaking for such a simple creature :
[i]The reproduction of silverfish is preceded by a ritual involving three phases, which may last over half an hour. In the first phase, the male and female stand face to face, their trembling antennae touching, then repeatedly back off and return to this position. In the second phase the male runs away and the female chases him. In the third phase the male and female stand side by side and head-to-tail, with the male vibrating his tail against the female.[/i]
Think about it when you callously kill these passionate and intense lovers.
Hmmm, insects, Replicators, Borg, never ends well in Sci-Fi, KILL THEM ALL!
since I've started the thread I've killed another 18. Teach me to peacefully move them on or they all get the the" deodorant & lighter"
I've drunk two bottle a of red so I'm taking no prisoners tonight
I assumed "killing silverfish" was a new 4 piece beat combo from The midlands.
In the second phase the male runs away and the female chases him.
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" deodorant & lighter"
I've drunk two bottle a of red
This could end badly.
In a semi drunken state my brother & I emptied several litres of cellulose thinners into an ants nest under my path once.
Was like a mini nuke going off, (Deep WUFF & mini dust cloud).
I really wouldn't recommend this in a kitchen.
ernie_lynch - Member
" deodorant & lighter"
I've drunk two bottle a of red
This could end badly.
I think we should encourage the OP to put aside his differences and learn to live in harmony with the silverfish.
Come on OP, ernie has given you the main pointers, for just half an hour of your time you could be one big happy kitchen dwelling bunch.
Holding it together.
Any spelling mistakes are solely atttrubited to my ipad 🙂 caugh
Just did another laps and got three.
I'll be be back tomorrow with more ammo.
See if you can find some wood Lice, They dont like the Napalm treatment either. or so i've heard,
Silverfish live on protein, so removing food sources helps but will not remove them completely, they will probably move to the bathroom and live off of the shampoo remains in the bath or shower.
To kill them you just need a good flyspray containing a chemical from the pyrethroid family, I recommend Digrain products.
Just spray on floor and bottoms of cupboards and ideally behind the kickboards, let it dry and don't wash the floor for a while or you'll remove the chemicals.
I actually like silverfish, they're cute, i like the way they scuttle about.
Insectist.
They like paper too. All you need is a newspaper or book in a damp place and they love that stuff.
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Silverfish
Newspaper trap looks interesting... in a burn your enemies alive kind of way.
We need some macro pics of the beasts on your floor in question 😆
In fact you could make a silverfish salad!
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