Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Silverfish

Siverfish or Fish moths or paramites
Its food is carbohydrates ie.starch etc.
It usually seen in old books because the gum used to bind the book contains starch.
It can live more than one year without food

Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:         Arthropoda
Class:           Insecta
Order:           Thysanura
Family:          Lepismatidae
Genus:          Lepisma

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