Silverfishes šŸ˜’

I have found 3 silverfishes in two days in my new appartment. Two in the kitchen and one in my bedroom.

Man I hate those little ■■■■■■■… they are hard to kill cuz they run around fast like roaches.

It’s a ā€œsmall pestā€ so according to regulations is not landlord’s responsability.

Someone is going to come and deep clean next thursday. If that doesn’t work I guess I’ll contact pest control.

Until then, I’ll be paranoid as ■■■■… @TheFountainPen I can’t believe you never saw one of those in Belgium lol

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Thisbis how they look :face_vomiting:

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They had those in my room at the ward

Disgusting creatures

Hope you get them under control!

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Just found another one :face_vomiting:

I’ll have to wait till thursday for a deep cleaning…

Ahhh that’s creepy

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Ahhh man I’m so sorry. I hate those little bastiches too. They’re like something out of the movie, Alien. Nasty!

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They are common in California as well. Also.lots of earwigs.

At least they entertain my two cats and my ittle dog. :smile:

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I hate these things, I haven’t had them since I was young but they used to be the bane of my mom’s existence when she was a Rental Property Manager. I’d work on getting a good deal on an exterminator.

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One day I was in the shower, I turned on the water, and before the water came out an earwig dropped from the shower head, fell on the bathtub floor, then got immediately washed down the drain. I screamed so loud haha.

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Right now there are tiny baby earwigs coming in under.the screen door at night. They walk right past one of my cats. Sometimes he plays with them or eats them. Sometimes he lets them continue on. He has rather dubious gatekeeping skills.

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I’m a pest control worker… i would tell you how to do it yourself to get rid of them… but i feel like once you get invested in a sprayer and chemicals it would’ve almost had been easier to just call an exterminator… either way I’d ask my landlord if he covers pest control… some do… some don’t… if you are interested in how to do it yourself I can tell you though… it would probably save you 60 or 70 bucks… depending on your area

It’s fairly easy to do… you would have to buy chemicals though… hopefully they’re legal in your area

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Silverfish are pretty common in my house

Those and stink bugs

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See em in Spain all the time.

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I can’t believe that you have to deal with pests in a rental. Crappy landlord.

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Kudos to you @anon59642972.
Reasonable or not, I’m much more distressed by/concerned about chemicals than pests.

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No I was mistaken
We have the occasional house centipede not silverfish

Silverfish look disgusting!

Call an exterminator

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They are gonna deep clean this on Thursday. If they don’t get rid of them I’ll call one…

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Just the name silverfishes in the title is freaking me out lol

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It’s gonna be an adventure until Thursday :frowning_face:

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The chemicals are supposedly harmless to us humans and pets. It comes from a natural source… comes from a flower… and it attacks a nervous system in bugs that us humans don’t even have lol

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