What can I use to get rid of a bug problem?

Question

I live in North Carolina and im experiencing a silverfish problem in my apartment.
Im also noticing some type of skinny brown bug mainly in the bathroom and corners of the apartment. Its not a roach, its skinny and crawls oddly. Any ideas what it might be?

Answer 1

Try a bug bomb first. If that doesn't work, seek professional help (i.e. call an exterminator)

Answer 2

Silverfish come with moisture. The other might be a firebrat.....looks sorta like a silverfish?? or worse thought, a centipede?

Since you are in an apartment, anything you don't work be permanent as they move inbetween apartments.

1. Vacuum freuqently, especially around baseboards.

2. Eliminate their food source.....they love proteins including book binding glue, carbohydrates such as pantry flour, etc.

3. They are often associated with moist areas.....good luck there! Bathrooms are a favored location.

If you can't vacuum regularly, then try puffing boric acid (Roach Pruf) under the baseboards, under sinks, etc. Realize each time you vacuum, you rink sucking up the last applied boric acid, sorry.



Use the moisture capture canisters under sinks, in closets, etc. Replace often.

Answer 3

I have heard that if you keep the last part of a bar of soap (if you use bar soap) to place it in 'buggy areas' and the bugs go away. If you don't use it, then buy some - no fragrance that will atract bugs though. Break it, shave parts of it off - whatever, and put the pieces around the house where the bugs seem to come in. It might work - I don't know. It's like human pee to deer, it makes them stay away. Good luck. Sorry it isn't a lot of help.