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Silverfish

3rd Period
NAME OF INSECT:

HABITAT AND RANGE: Silverfish normally live outdoors under rocks, bark and leaf
mold, in the nests of birds and mammals, and in ant and termite nests. However,
many are found in houses and are considered a pest, or at least a nuisance, by
homeowners. Usually they are found trapped in a bathtub, sink, or washbasin.

DIET: The Silverfish will feed on almost anything. A partial list includes
dried beef, flour, starch, paper, gum, glue, cotton, linen, rayon, silk, sugar,
molds, breakfast cereals, book bindings, and wall paper paste

MOUTH PART TYPE: The Silverfish has a concealed chewing mouth part.

LIFE SPAN: Most Silverfish bugs live for about two to 2 1/2 ...

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take up
to two months to hatch. The young nymphs are very much like the adults except
for size. Several years are required before they are sexually mature, and they
must mate after each molt if viable eggs are to be produced. Populations do not
build up rapidly because of their slow development rate and the small number of
eggs laid.

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: Silverfish sometimes feed on book binding and the paste
that holds on wall paper causing damage to many houses.

IS IT A SOCIAL INSECT? Yes I think that the Silverfish is social because it
lives in colonies.

3 INTERESTING FACTS: Some can live up to one year with out food, some can live
up to eight years, can jump up to 1 1/2 ...

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Added: 12/17/2007 06:27:58 AM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 308
Pages: 2

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