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The silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) is a species of small, primitive, [1] wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined with the fish-like appearance of its movements.
Getty Images / Pawich Sattalerd. Silverfish are household pests with scaly, silver bodies. They thrive in moist, humid places, so you'll likely spot them in the bathroom, kitchen, or basement ...
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.
Lepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma and the family Lepismatidae. [2]The most familiar member of the genus Lepisma is the silverfish (L. saccharinum), a cosmopolitan species that likes damp habitats, tends to hide in crevices and is usually found in human habitations, becoming household pests under certain conditions. [3]
Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species. [1] The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and the firebrats.A conspicuous feature of the order are the three long caudal filaments.
In this July 15, 2015, file photo, a delta smelt is shown at the University of California Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab in Byron, California.
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They include Thysanura (silverfish and firebrats). Some species lacking wings are members of insect orders that generally do have wings. Some do not grow wings at all, having "lost" the possibility in the remote past. Some have reduced wings that are not useful for flying. Some develop wings but shed them after they are no longer useful.