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While silverfish are harmless to humans and play an essential role in the ecosystem as decomposers and seed dispersers, they can destroy books, old papers, wallpaper, carpets, furniture, and clothes.
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, generally known as the gray silverfish, long-tailed silverfish or paper silverfish, is a species of Zygentoma in the family Lepismatidae. It was described by the German entomologist Karl Leopold Escherich in 1905 based on specimens collected in South Africa , [ 1 ] but is found worldwide as synanthrope in human housings.
A follow-up study showed that gray silverfish, Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, also respond with arrestment to Mycotypha microspora, but not so the common silverfish Lepisma saccharinum. [ 22 ] Furthermore, direct current -powered low-level electromagnetic coils with static electromagnetic fields were found to induce attraction or arrestment ...
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A silverfish (most notably, the common species, Lepisma saccharinum) is a wingless insect in the order Zygentoma. The same name can be applied to many species in the order as a whole, which comprises the families Lepismatidae , Nicoletiidae , Lepidotrichidae , Maindroniidae and Protrinemuridae .
Silverfish are not only pests in libraries, but also in museums and archives. An integrated pest management approach can be helpful to manage this pest problem. I posted some sources on the IPM page, check them out. The silverfish page does a great job of describing the insect and its characteristics. Trumpetsop 02:19, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species and terrestrial species such as woodlice.All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration.