5 Interesting Fact about SIlverfish Bugs

Keeping the house in order to remain neat and clean is not an easy job, it requires patience and care. Your homework will increase if Silverfish insect enters your home. Maybe you are one of many people who want to get rid of insects from your home.  Although these insect is annoying but silverfish bug are very interesting and have some unique characteristic. So, I will tell you some interesting facts about the Silverfish bug

1. Small Appearance and Highly Acrobatic.

Silverfish bug have small body that measure up to 12-19 mm in length. Although they’re wingless,  silverfish still very fast as they dart about searching for food or hiding places. Silverfish bug can easily climb walls, ceilings, and capable jump as much as two feet vertically.

2. They are not bite human being.

They are don’t bite and of course harmless for human, but also disgusting.  You can get a bite from centipede, and it appearance look like a silverfish (but it has many more legs). If you get bitten by centipede, wash it with soap and take isobutylphenyl propionic acid (ibuprofen) for pain, but other than that you should be fine, unless you develop an infection.  Silverfish like to eat something that contains protein and carbohydrates. Silverfish prefer to eat fabrics, like cotton and silk; paper, like books and wallpaper; and your food, such as vegetables and cereal and

3. They’re Hard to kill

Silverfish have an amazing tolerance to bug poisons, probably due to long time evolution helping them develop an immune tolerance. You simply cannot kill them.

4. Very long lifespan.

Silverfish bug have very long lifespan, from 3 to 6 years on average. Even in fact, some silverfish can be more than 8 years old. Also they can sometimes survive more than a year without a food. So if you’re suffering from silverfish problem at your home, you can’t just sit back and hope they have a short life.

5. One of oldest insects in the world

Silverfish bugs have been around this planet for a very long time. They have live on this planet for over 400 million years. Silverfish is far older compared with the dinosaurs. They were 100 million years before dinosaurs existed.