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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Silverfish (Zygentoma) » Lepismatidae
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Silverfish 1
Copyright © 2009 Gacko

Silverfish 1
Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
March 23, 2007
Found in basement (with lots of books and documents).
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Contributed by Gacko on 21 December, 2009 - 1:19pm
Last updated 12 February, 2010 - 12:12pm

Looks like a Gray Silverfish (Ctenolepisma longicaudata)
It's clearly a silverfish as opposed to firebrat, and the hairy look makes it a Ctenolepisma species. I know of only two Ctenolepismas in North America, C. lineata and C. longicaudata. Lineata can be ruled out because it has a striped pattern, so that leaves us with Ctenolepisma longicaudata.
Unfortunately, silverfish are just now recovering from a terrible taxonomic wrangle, and you may see this species referred to as Ctenolepisma urbana or Urban Silverfish.
… semirelicta, 18 April, 2013 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Silverfish.
… v belov, 12 February, 2010 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

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… Tim Loh, 21 December, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
an ordinary domestic silverfish to me.
… Domingo Zungri, 21 December, 2009 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

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