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This species is often a pest in homes and libraries. It
feeds on starchy materials, such as glue, but
requires high-humidity. It can be reared in glass jars
where it will feed on cornmeal and other starchy
foods. Potatoes will provide the necessary water.
Do not let it mold or let the jar get too dry. Other
species of this poorly known order can be captured
in the wild.
They are found in leaf litter and among rocks and in
debris along the shore. These insects are
considered to be very primitive, perhaps the most
primitive of living forms. The appendages on the
ventral surface of the abdomen are one indication of
this, even though these are not functional locomotive
appendages. Silverfish might well be considered
living fossils; they are much older than the dinosaurs.
feeds on starchy materials, such as glue, but
requires high-humidity. It can be reared in glass jars
where it will feed on cornmeal and other starchy
foods. Potatoes will provide the necessary water.
Do not let it mold or let the jar get too dry. Other
species of this poorly known order can be captured
in the wild.
They are found in leaf litter and among rocks and in
debris along the shore. These insects are
considered to be very primitive, perhaps the most
primitive of living forms. The appendages on the
ventral surface of the abdomen are one indication of
this, even though these are not functional locomotive
appendages. Silverfish might well be considered
living fossils; they are much older than the dinosaurs.
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