Occasional invaders · SWFL Pest Identifier
Silverfish
Harmless A nuisance at most. No urgency.
How to identify it
- Carrot-shaped, silvery, wiggles side-to-side as it runs
- Three tail bristles
- In books, boxes, closets — anywhere starchy and still
Size
Small (grain of rice)
Where you'll see it
Bathroom · Garage / storage · Living areas
Looks like
Crawler
Did you know
Silverfish are older than dinosaurs — they were doing this exact job 100 million years before T. rex.
What it means for you
Mostly a storage-box nuisance. Lots of them signals a humidity problem worth fixing.
Not sure this is your bug?
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