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Silverfish

The silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) is a species of small, primitive, 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. The scientific name (L. saccharinum) indicates that the silverfish's diet consists of…

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Silverfish

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Triples51
Avg. degree1.97
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related to External links · 8
Silverfish → Carolyn, Cornell University, Fact, Firebrats, Insect Diagnostic Laboratory, Museumpests, PDF, Retrieved
related to Similar species · 8
Silverfish → Acrotelsella, Ctenolepisma, North America, Other, The, The Australian, Thermobia, Two
related to Description · 7
Silverfish → Apterygota, It, Its, Nicoletiidae, The, This, Zygentoma
related to Distribution · 7
Silverfish → Africa, Americas, Australia, Eurasia, In, Pacific, They
related to Ecology · 7
Silverfish → During, House, However, Other, Scytodes, These, They
related to Reproduction and life cycle · 7
Silverfish → As, Before, Finally, In, The, They, When
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Silverfish → agile runner, different lepismatid, nocturnal insect typically 7

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species saccharinum name common lepisma insect appearance zygentoma female order long two also may male eggs small fish-like scientific antennae

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Silverfishis anocturnal insect typically 70.90text
Silverfishis aagile runner0.90text
Silverfishis adifferent lepismatid0.90text
sugar or starchesinstance ofindicates that the silverfish's diet consists of carbohydrates0.80text
the spitting spider Scytodes thoracica are known to be predators of silverfish.The essential oil of the Japanese cedar Cryptomeria japonica has been investigated as a repellentinstance ofHouse centipedes and spiders0.80text
insecticide against L. saccharinuminstance ofHouse centipedes and spiders0.80text
with promising resultsinstance ofHouse centipedes and spiders0.80text
Silverfishrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Silverfishrelated to DescriptionIts0.60section
Silverfishrelated to DescriptionIt0.60section
Silverfishrelated to DescriptionZygentoma0.60section
Silverfishrelated to DescriptionNicoletiidae0.60section

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