Your pest control company will give you tips on how to reduce or eliminate pest problems that crop up over the summer. To learn more about the professional pest control services check our members section for professional help. They have long, thin antennae and long, thin bristle-like appendages at their tail end. They hide in cracks during the daytime and become active after dark. Most of them feed on starches, sugars, and proteins they can get from book bindings, glazed paper, or similar sources, including dead insects.
Some species can digest cellulose and some are cannibalistic.
They may severely damage older books, papers, or other sweet or starchy materials in warm, moist, dark areas. They are often introduced into a home within cardboard or other paper products. Dust or wettable powder formulations should work well for silverfish. Inorganic dusts or microencapsulated formulations may give better long-term control of firebrats because they hold up better at the higher temperatures in which these pests are normally found. Our Friends and Foes Honey bees are some of the most beneficial insects in our living environment.