Yikes! Silverfish are very similar in shape to earwigs but are silvery-white to pale coppery brown in color. If look closely, instead of pinchers, they have 3 straight tails sticking out in back and they can't fly but are very fast runners. HOWEVER .... Far more damaging than earwigs but they are most damaging to the home rather than the garden ... because they love the indoors and being in homes .... where they feed on paper, glue, books, mail/envelopes, wallpaper, clothing, rugs, cloth furniture, linens, pillows, bedding .... they especially love eating books and paper and cardboard .... AND they also love to invade your pantry items like oats and flour and will eat the labels off of your canned goods.
Yikes! Silverfish are very similar in shape to earwigs but are silvery-white to pale coppery brown in color. If look closely, instead of pinchers, they have 3 straight tails sticking out in back and they can't fly but are very fast runners. HOWEVER .... Far more damaging than earwigs but they are most damaging to the home rather than the garden ... because they love the indoors and being in homes .... where they feed on paper, glue, books, mail/envelopes, wallpaper, clothing, rugs, cloth furniture, linens, pillows, bedding .... they especially love eating books and paper and cardboard .... AND they also love to invade your pantry items like oats and flour and will eat the labels off of your canned goods.