Typical Silverfishes
Typical Silverfishes
Lepismatidae
Insecta
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
2-8 years
Size
Small
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Running
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Speed
Status
Common

About

This wingless insect dwells in dark, humid crevices within stone structures. It sheds its skin up to sixty times throughout its long adult life.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Zygentoma
Family
Lepismatidae