Silverfish Pest Control Services Brisbane
Have you found stains on your clothes, holes in your documents or peeling wallpaper on your walls? Silverfish hide out of sight, but the damage they cause is very real. While they don’t eat the structure of your home itself, they’ll still devour your possessions and can also cause you and your family allergies while they’re at it.
Silverfish pest control can drag these tiny nuisances out of their hiding spots before they eat you out of the house and home. If you’ve spotted signs of silverfish infestation in your home, contact the team at Blue Chip Termite & Pest Control for silverfish pest control in Brisbane.
Signs of a Silverfish Infestation
Silverfish are nocturnal pests that lurk in damp and dark environments. While you may not see them with your eyes, you’re likely to notice signs of their presence. These signs include:
HOLES IN YOUR CLOTHING
Silverfish eat just about everything, including garments. They will feed on your clothes and other personal possessions.
HOLES OR CHEW MARKS IN OTHER PLACES
Silverfish also feed on the wallpaper, wall hangings, paintings, books, documents you’ve left lying around, leftovers, fruits in the fruit bowl and more. You may also find yellowy-coloured stains on your fabrics.
SILVER SCALES
These pests moult throughout their lives, and one tell-tale sign of their presence is the silver scales they sometimes leave on your floor and other cramped areas.
FAECAL MATTER DEPOSITS
One of the most vivid and disgusting signs of a silverfish infestation is seeing their tiny faecal matter deposits that look like black paper coating your things.
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Blue Chip’s Silverfish Pest Control Treatment
BLUE CHIP’S SILVERFISH PEST CONTROL TREATMENT
Our silverfish treatment uses only premium products and won’t take up too much of your time. Using powerful insecticides, we’ll treat every corner of your home, ensuring there’s nowhere left for these unwanted guests to hide. The entire process typically takes around 1 hour to 1.5 hours. Our dual-action treatments consist of using a surface spray mixed with a growth inhibitor chemical to ensure the silverfish are not only knocked down but also stopped in their breeding cycle.
How to Prevent Silverfish
Knowing how to prevent and get rid of silverfish in Australia will make for a more comfortable living space. When that doesn’t work, silverfish pest control is the best treatment for these critters.
Step 1
Regularly vacuum your home and thoroughly clean your floors.
Step 2
Store dry food in an airtight container, seal leftovers and don’t leave any food debris around.
Step 3
Use a dehumidifier in damp areas of your home because silverfish flourish in hot and humid environments.
THE DAMAGE SILVERFISH CAUSE
Silverfish ruin your living space by eating your possessions, including clothing, books, and old photographs. Fond of foods rich in starch, carbohydrates, and proteins, they find their way into kitchen staples like cereal, sugar, and flour. Their knack for chewing on paper makes it easy for them to access packaged food.
The way that silverfish shed their scales can cause asthma attacks and allergic reactions. They also live for up to eight years and frequently reproduce, giving them plenty of time to cause damage.
A silverfish infestation can attract other unwanted pests, including cockroaches, spiders, and other insects, which are all-natural predators of silverfish. Organising silverfish pest control in Brisbane protects your household and your family.
Why Choose Blue Chip’s Silverfish Pest Control Service
When it comes to silverfish infestations, you can’t afford to settle for second best. In Queensland, Blue Chip is a trusted pest control company that customers gladly turn to.
Serving residential and commercial clients from Brisbane to Caboolture, Redcliffe to Samford, and West End to Springwood, Blue Chip knows how to exterminate silverfish effectively. Using only premium-grade chemicals and the latest technologies, we restore your home into a safe, comfortable and pest-free place to live.
If you need pest control for silverfish in Brisbane, contact Blue Chip Termite & Pest Control. You won’t have to share your home with these critters much longer.
You don’t have to share your life with these pests. Contact Blue Chip Termite & Pest Control today to regain control of your home.
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What do I need to do to prepare for the treatment?
Outdoor Preparation
- Remove all clothes, pet bowls, and kids’ toys from outside the house. Close all windows and put children and pets inside.
- Clean the floors before the day of the treatment, as they will need to be left for at least one week before mopping.
Internal Preparation
- Cover/put away all food, baby toys, and feeding items.
- Kids must leave the house for at least 2 hours before the inside part of the treatment starts.
- Pets must be put outside.
- The tidier the house, the more thorough the treatment.
- Remove items from storage shelves and out of cupboards affected or showing signs of silverfish activity so the area can be thoroughly treated.
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Will the spray affect my pets outside?
The outdoor treatment will be completed first, and, most of the year, the chemical will dry within 15 minutes, so pets will be able to go outside. The indoor treatment will need around 1 hour to dry before people and pets can enter.
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Does the chemical smell?
The chemicals have next to no smell, and most chemicals we use are water-based.
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What is involved in the treatment?
- A big part of silverfish treatment is getting into dark areas like storage cupboards and around the carpet seams around the edge of the walls.
- Silverfish like cool, dark places, so it is important to prepare your house, such as removing all items from storage areas and placing them on beds so the areas can be thoroughly treated and moving furniture away from the walls so the areas can be sprayed.
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What chemicals do you use?
- For this type of treatment, we mix different types of chemicals together. One chemical is a surface spray, and the other is an IGR (integrated growth regulator). This will improve the treatment’s results.
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Can silverfish be on the ceiling?
- Silverfish also live in wall cavities and roof voids. Lights and ventilation in the ceiling usually provide access points for them to enter your living areas. Therefore, as part of our silverfish treatment, we fumigate these areas with a dual-active insecticide powder. This coats the hard-to-reach places around power, etc., where liquid pesticides cannot be used.
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How long before we can wash the floors?
One week.
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More information on silverfish.
- Lay up to 100 eggs in its life.
- It takes six weeks to grow into an adult.
- Eggs take around three weeks to hatch.
- Can live for up to 8 years.
- Silverfish eat sugar and starch from things like books, soap, hair, wallpaper etc.
- Don’t need to eat for up to 300 days if water is available.
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Areas We Service
As a family-owned and operated business based in Brisbane’s Northside, our service areas include
- Brisbane through to Caboolture
- Redcliffe to Samford
- West End to Springwood
