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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Silverfish (Zygentoma) » Lepismatidae » Ctenolepisma » Gray Silverfish (Ctenolepisma longicaudatum)
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Silverfish - Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
Copyright © 2008 Michael Lloyd

Silverfish - Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA
November 23, 2008
I'm not sure what these things do or what they are really called.

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Silverfish - Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Silverfish - Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
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Contributed by Michael Lloyd on 23 November, 2008 - 12:57pm
Last updated 3 January, 2015 - 2:55am

Moved
Moved from Ctenolepisma.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 3 January, 2015 - 2:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Silverfish.
… v belov, 14 March, 2011 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Not Lepisma but Ctenolepisma
Howdy, this is certainly no Lepisma but rather a Ctenolepisma. C. longicaudata could be a good fit, but I'm unsure about the possible presence of body doubles in the region.

Cheers, Arp
… Arp, 2 April, 2010 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Yes...
This is the common silverfish (Lepisma saccharina). They feed on almost everything and prefer damp conditions. I saw a lot of these in my bathroom when I lived in Houston. This is actually a great picture of one because it shows the broad and flattened femora of the legs which are a characteristic of this species. Good stuff.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/40366
… Ross Hill, 2 December, 2008 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

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