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 Posted: Sat, 1st Jan 2022 20:42 Post subject: Silverfish |
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These ugly creatures has been in my apartment for a while, it was just a very rare sight. The last 24 hours i've killed 3 of them. Their community seems to have gotten bigger. I need to demolish it. Every man, woman and child. Anyone got experiences and suggestions?
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Jan 2022 21:46 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Jan 2022 21:55 Post subject: |
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Have never seen creatures like these before  
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couleur
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We don’t have any but we use Lavendar sachets in our wardrobes since it helps against numerous little pests including silverfish.
In any case, they like humidity, so thats something I’d watch. We had issues with some similar crap a few years back when a wall in the bathroom was wet due to a leakage. Fixed it, dried the wall and it was gone.
Completely cleaning out all the drawers in the usual rooms including kitchen and wardrobe in bathroom and bedroom helps too.
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vurt
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 00:09 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 05:01 Post subject: |
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Cant get cat sadly, but i'll look into traps. Might not remove the infestation, but it might keep the population of adults down
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Frant
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 05:55 Post subject: |
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| Stormwolf wrote: | | Cant get cat sadly, but i'll look into traps. Might not remove the infestation, but it might keep the population of adults down |
Buy kiselgur and spread along the walls and around the drains wherever you've spotted them. It's non-toxic and you can let the kiselgur stay there for a week or longer to make sure the little critter can't come out at night and eat the crap that stuck in warm damp areas. Kiselgur is basically a dehydrating crystalline powder that will stick to any little critter and ruin their wax protection and scratch their carapace leading to them dying pretty quickly from dehydration. When the kiselgur has done it's job (and absorbed water from the natural air humidity) you can just use a vaccuum cleaner to clean it up and if needed reapply more if there are still more of them alive. Not dangerous to humans or pets.
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 10:58 Post subject: |
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| Frant wrote: | | Stormwolf wrote: | | Cant get cat sadly, but i'll look into traps. Might not remove the infestation, but it might keep the population of adults down |
Buy kiselgur and spread along the walls and around the drains wherever you've spotted them. It's non-toxic and you can let the kiselgur stay there for a week or longer to make sure the little critter can't come out at night and eat the crap that stuck in warm damp areas. Kiselgur is basically a dehydrating crystalline powder that will stick to any little critter and ruin their wax protection and scratch their carapace leading to them dying pretty quickly from dehydration. When the kiselgur has done it's job (and absorbed water from the natural air humidity) you can just use a vaccuum cleaner to clean it up and if needed reapply more if there are still more of them alive. Not dangerous to humans or pets. |
But see. I've got neither kids nor pets. I can skip these eco friendly/humane/considerate/lovable things that don't really work and go for the good stuff
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 11:09 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 12:23 Post subject: |
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contacting professionals in norway will be a step towards poverty. Dunno how that is in other countries
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 13:43 Post subject: |
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They must be the anti-Christ, eating old Bibles.
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 13:44 Post subject: |
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They wont bite or sting so leave them alone, you pussy! 
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Jan 2022 16:41 Post subject: |
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I would if they left me alone, bathing me in their wondrously ugly presence when i least expect it.
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deelix
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 11:27 Post subject: |
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Nui
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 14:47 Post subject: |
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silverfish or probably more strongly their cousins can be more than a disgusting annoyance, if they start eating away at the bindings (glue) of books for example
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 15:43 Post subject: |
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Yeah that's it. Not dangerous, but quite disgusting when they scurry around your floor. But they're getting more and more common in Norway as far as i know.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 16:40 Post subject: |
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Climate change probably. Thanks to climate change as well we have the "Eikenprocessierups" here these days. Lovely critters and harmful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_processionary
The wiki article doesn't mention it, but these tiny hairs of them can cause blindness if you get in in your eyes.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 17:51 Post subject: |
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Also something to celebrate about these creatures
| wikipedia wrote: | | Silverfish can live for a year or more without eating if water is available. |
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 18:27 Post subject: |
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Name alone makes you want to hate them.
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| Posted: Mon, 3rd Jan 2022 19:23 Post subject: |
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| iconized wrote: | Climate change probably. Thanks to climate change as well we have the "Eikenprocessierups" here these days. Lovely critters and harmful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_processionary
The wiki article doesn't mention it, but these tiny hairs of them can cause blindness if you get in in your eyes. |
Most likely not. Rather passengers from vacations etc and spreading.
But i'm happy as long as we don't get those centipedes. I wonder what fucked up mind thought those up. Must be fucked up indeed.
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They're usually around vents (which are on floor level), sometimes in the bathroom. Get cats 
