silverfish???

[bloodbrother]

well its actually a house my friend just bought and he never noticed them until after he bought it but upon further inspection there are leaky pipes in the basement and the eve troughs are full so improper drainage into the basement.. going to fix the eve trough and extend the drain pipe today and hopefully this will help with moisture in the basement. there is actualy nothing even in the house at the moment but im sure if there was the bugs would be 100 times more difficult to get rid of.

[stinkyattic]

Yeah I think you are talking about what we call 'gutters' here on the other side of the pond... Get them cleaned out and you will be shocked how much drier the basement is!
Any place you find leaky pipes, really clean out any dirt or debris under the spot they are leaking so even if it's wet, it dries faster, and nothing is sitting there rotting. And of course mend them asap!

[SAP420]

Lemme tell ya .... I am an exterminator by day 'dro grower by nite..hehe. Seriously tho, silverfish won't hurt your plant at all. They will only eat on cloth, paper, and some types of glue. They are not a plant feeder. I do recommend ordering some niban fg bait which i'm sure you can find on the internet. All you have to do is get some niban fg and sprinkle it in and around any infested boxes, in corners, closets, and for sure make sure you bait the attic as well... considering that silverfish spend a great time in walls and attic spaces and they only tend to feed once every couple of weeks. Also bait around all plumbing areas! These areas are critical! Silverfish LOVE humid areas! The pyrethrin foggers will only kill what is out in the open but if you bait them... you will kill far more. Hope this helps... trust me on this, this is what I do for a living!

[SAP420]

Also, niban fg is moisture resistent which means it will still be good if it gets wet. here is a link to where you can order some if you don't feel like lookin around.
NiBan-FG Fine Granular Bait

[bloodbrother]

cool thanks so much for the info... i think they are firebrats though but everywhere i read its same method to get rid of them... i cleaned out the eves trough/gutters (yeah they called gutters here too sometimes i believe) and there were TONS of them (which i got enough courage to squish them in my hands the best I could, with gloves on of course..) I swept up a bunch of loose leaf and grass debris around the house and surprise tons more so i got out the raid and sprayed these areas and will order some of that stuff if i cant find it here.. well its good to know they wont eat plants but damn i just want to get rid of them they creep me out.. thanks again for all the help

[fadda]

hi there

want to gladden you. I have a silverfish issue at my student residences and i've caught 6-7 of them into a bottle and put some Rizla there for them to eat. They've been living fine for about a week greedily consuming the paper. Yesterday I got high and decided to put some bits of cannabis leaves and some pollen inside.. prob wanted them to get stoned as well =]]]
well today i've found two of them lying dead on their back and one hardly moving (they might be just extremely high, but less likely...)
So I can assure you that silverfish wont harm your plants but getting rid of them wont be a bad idea anyway ))

Good Luck with your crop