…is gray with dark spots. The firebrat requires more heat than silverfish to thrive. At temperatures below 25 ° C it cannot survive nor reproduce. At 27 ° C the eggs hatch in 44 days and the full development to maturity takes almost a year. The firebrat survives at low humidity. Firebrats are found in kitchens and bakeries near heaters or other heat generators. The firebrat is, like the silverfish, omnivorous, with a preference for starches. Firebr…
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(2) The firebrat and the silverfish
…verfish are omnivorous and in our latitudes they are both synanthrope. The firebrat is free-living in the tropics and needs very high temperatures in order to survive. Firebrat eggs do not hatch at temperatures below 24.5 °C. Silverfish are free-living in Southern Europe and multiplies at temperatures above 15 °C. The firebrat lives in houses in places where the temperatures are up to 35-39 °C. The relation between silverfish and people is, howeve…
Firebrat
…Thysanura – Firebrat ( Latin: Thermobia domestica) As its popular and scientific names suggest, this is an insect that likes warmth. In fact it thrives best at a temperature around 37° C, and is therefore frequently found in bakeries and restaurant kitchens. Unlike the common silverfish it can survive under very dry conditions….
Order Thysanura
…Latin: order Thysanura These are primitive insects, and the few living species are thought to be the descendants of a group which was very numerous about two hundred million years ago. Two species may be encountered indoors….
Silverfish
…, meandering movements, they can seem similar to glistening small fish. Silverfish have biting mouth parts and are insects. Characteristic are the three wires at the rear end. It’s been 300 million years since the first silver fish-like animal appeared. Some believe that all the various insect types we know today have evolved from silverfish-like insects. In hot climates the silver fish lives in nature, but in this country it is more common indoor…
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…Rice weevil Rock dove, European Ruficollis, Necrobia Rufipes, Necrobia Rust-red flour beetle Rust-red grain beetle Saccharina, Lepisma Sarcophaga, carnaria Saw-toothed grain beetle Serricorne, Lasioderma Silverfish Siro, Acarus Sitophilus granarius Sitophilus oryzae Sitophilus zeamais Skin beetles Skipper, cheese Skipper, meat Smooth spider beetle Snout beetles Sparrow, house Spider beetle, Australian Spider beetle, golden Spider beetle, smooth Sp…
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…ax Ernobius mollis Euscorpius italicus Falco tinnunculus False scorpion Fan-bearing wood-borer Fannia canicularis Firebrat Flat grain beetle Fleas faeces Flies, faeces Flour beetle Flour mite scent Flour moth Fly bug Forest flies Forficula auricularia Formicoidea Fungus Fungus beetles Furniture beetles faeces Gamasid mites Garden ant Gas trodes ferrugineus Geophilus carpophagus German cockroach German wasp Gibbium psylloides Glycyphagus domesticus…