Anyone identify these beasties and how to get rid of?

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Hi, can anyone identify these beasties and better still direct me to something that I can get that will get rid of them. They are more silver / translucent in real life. Are very quick and actually look similar to lizards when running. They seem to have 2 antennae on front with 3 at the back. We have found about a dozen of them over the last couple of months, mostly in the upstairs bedrooms. They range in size but the one in the pictures is just short of a 1pence probably the biggest there has been.

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for any info.

Steven.

Andy Burns · Accepted Answer

about getting rid of them though, stop eating doughnuts in bed perhaps :-P

Bill · Answer

In message , Steven Campbell  writesSilver fish. how to remove them.. fun........ :-)

Dave Liquorice · Answer

Yep. Wouldn't bother, not worth the effort, unless you have found damageto a priceless book...

ericp · Answer

One of the simplest and oldest lifeforms on Earth. Only time we have ever been free of them was when a seasonalinfestation of spiders ate them.

gazz · Answer

Wont the missus complain and stop eating salami in bed in return? :)

mike · Answer

you noticed any of these in the wardrobe? had loads of silverfish in a place I lived in as a kid (got quiteused to them) and then they just disappeared.Apparently they can survive for a year or more without feeding, so Iguess you can kill them with the same methods you'd use for PoshSpice.

jj · Answer

Could also be firebrats,

Steve Firth · Answer

Laying down poisoned Armani?

Steven Campbell · Answer

Thanks guys. Yes it definitely looks like Silverfish. One of the bedrooms affected is in the loft and the other place they have been seen is the bathroom. It is no where near an infestation as we are lucky if there is one spotted ever week, but that is one more than I would like.

Thanks for the help.

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