Place a starchy food/substance in a glass container. Wrap the outside with tape. The tape will allow silverfish to climb up the tape’s textured surface, but they won’t be able to get out of the container because their feet won’t adhere to it. You can roll up a newspaper. It should be soaked in water so that silverfish will make their home there. You can either throw away the newspaper or burn it after a few days to get rid of any silverfish that have remained. Sticky traps can be set up. Sticky traps will trap any silverfish that crawl on them. You can leave small amounts of silverfish poison. This method should not be used if your pets or children might eat the poison. Use cedar oil. The oil can be used as a diffuser or in a spray container containing water and oil. They don’t like the cedar-scented pheromones. Place dried bay leaves all over your home. The oils repel silverfish, as well as other insects.