Protecting Your Bryan & College Station Home Or Businesses From Silverfish
Silverfish are a member of the bristletail order of insects. They are attracted to decaying plant matter, specifically plants that are high in starch. Even the cleanest homes offer buffet proportions of starch for silverfish. That small crumble of a potato chip under the living room sofa, that little bit of spilled flower in the back of the pantry, that missed nugget of pet food just under the fridge – all of these are more than a meal for a scavenging silverfish.
What Are Silverfish
Silverfish are long and skinny and very fast. Like Cockroach, silverfish come out at night. You might see them when you flick on the light or you might find them in the bathtub, sink or kitchen sink in the morning. They don’t fly, but they do shed their exoskeleton often. These are ancient insects. They lived during the plant boom that occurred before the dinosaurs. They are simple creatures that provide a huge benefit to the world around us – they eat dead plant matter. However, as beneficial as they are, they are not welcome guests in our home or out businesses – a place that they love as much as we do. That conflict makes them pests and as such they must be controlled.
Silverfish In Businesses
As business pests, we often see silverfish in restaurants because of the huge amount of food and food scraps available. Silverfish are akin to cockroach in the eyes of restaurant patrons and a place that is crawling with silverfish is thought to be dirty and unsanitary. In retail locations, silverfish are also pests. They get into food stores and startle consumers. Because they are nocturnal, they hide during the day and under boxes on grocery store shelves or in warehouses is where you find them. It is where your customers find them too.
Silverfish Are Common In Bryan & College Station
Silverfish are a common problem throughout the Bryan, Texas area. They are difficult to get rid of because the ones you see are a small population of those that exist in homes, apartments, and businesses. In apartments, they can scurry under wall trim and move from apartment to apartment. So, while you might kill off the ones in Unit A, you have done nothing to control them other units.
Controlling silverfish requires a plan that addresses their entire population. Part of the problem is that silverfish are so common. Even if you were to kill off every single silverfish in your home or business, more would just come. They are drawn to a location by food and they will happily forage until they find a good meal.
Silverfish are not seasonal, they are an all year, every month type of pests. To control silverfish requires routine application of perimeter pesticides, especially around foundations. This helps to stop the incoming flood of new silverfish while we address the indoor pest population.
It is very much possible to live without silverfish in your home or business. To find out more, reach out to our professionals. We are happy to answer your questions or to provide you an affordable quote for all of your Bryan and College Station pest problems.
