First thing first, we need to identify those pests we call silverfish. This are pests that infest like roaches, as in there mode of infestation; dark, humid and warm places and usually in the sink or showers but sometimes can even escape their way to the kitchen cabinet. Silverfish is sized quarter of an inch but the healthy fully grown once can exceed to half inch.
Silverfish Repellents home remedies.
This are the home remedies we use in order to repel them out of the home and also avoid any further infestation of such type. So we are going into the repellents instead of the killers because it has a doubled edged advantages.
1. Rosemary leaves on silverfish.
Rosemary leaves does not directly kill silverfish but gets them running out of your space when spreaded in every cranny of their infestation. So using the fresh rosemary leaves would work find, but you might also use the dried.
Spread around their routes and in the dark corners of the bathroom. The dried leaves can be powdered and spreaded all around the sink to get rid of silverfish naturally.
2. Costmary sprigs.
It also works like the rosemary leaves and can be processed just like that of rosemary to repel silverfish out of the home. Costmary sprigs has been very strong in getting rid of silverfish, so you don't have to spread excessively. Just a leave on the sink is surficient enough to tackle the problem.
3. Fresh Cucumber peels.
Fresh cucumber feels has a strong cent that makes silverfish to turn around like drunk. Most at times, you can use it to get rid of every silverfish-like pest around the home. Just make sure that it is fresh and cut the into pieces, so big enought that it won't block your sink pipe either.
4. Bay Leaves Remedy.
Bay leaves are mostly used in the bedroom, kitchen and other parts of the home that silverfish infest and not out of the reach of pets and kids. So, to get rid of silverfish in your home once you have pets, bay leaves are the most unharming among the other remedies. And can be used freshly like those on the numbers above.
5. Sage and cloves.
Among other smelly kitchen spices, sage leaves or garlic cloves works best to get rid of silverfish when placed at the point of infestation. In some recommendations, it was observed that using both would work fast to keep then at bay. Sometimes you may want to pour garlic oil down the sink to kill them and make the ones that survived infertile. But does not work for long time as a repellent, in the sense that it could be washed away easily by continuous draining through water splashes and whatever.
6. Mothballs on infestation spot.
Mothballs irritates the system of the pests, just like that of roaches and bugs. In phase whereby, mothballs can be found in large quantity, creating a very toxic smell, it can kill the smaller silverfish and leave the adult to race out. So if this pests usually encroach on your home, you can even keep mothballs once a week or within 20 days to ensure that they are far away from your disposal.
Silverfish Killers.
This are the lists of things to do to either kill the pests directly or indirectly.
7. Dehumidify the room.
Like I've said earlier, silverfish have a similar attributes and system to cockroach which is the love for high humidity and warmth moisture.
So low humidity is the most natural way to kill silverfish and it should be done regularly (like once a month) even after the final eradication.
8. Boric Acid or Borax Powder.
Get the normal borax powder and spread at the dark corners of the room encroached by the pest and sprinkle some little amount of water around the spot. Do this in the evening in order to find many of the pests dead in the morning, as they always use the silent night as a party time.
In terms of the liquid form of boric acid, you can just sprinkle when mixed with water at a rate of 70:30 i.e boric acid and water. Remember, never ever pour the chemical (especially the liquid one) where pets can lick in the ground. And if you find only the chemical way to get rid of silverfish as the best, try to isolate your pets and kids from the reach of the area to avoid the worse.
Some individuals recommend the use of wet papers near their (pests) routes in order to trap and kill silverfish in the morning. The only way this can work is to wet the paper with vinegar mixture, or even the boric liquid to get rid of silverfish in your home totally. I hope all this different natural home remedies, one would work for your satisfaction.
