It seems the air would dry them out.
Silverfish attic bomb.
Silverfish eat the cellulose in paper products and the glue found in the bindings of books.
If you have books in your attic these insects can do quite a bit of damage to them.
If you have stored photos silverfish can chew their way in and ruin those photos.
The scent of a sal ammoniac solution should drive away silverfish within 24 hours.
I can also traipse the beams and get to a specific spot and puff puff all treated.
This is good for such areas as the bathroom vent a classic spot for roaches.
I ve lived in 4 houses in nc as an adult and there was only 1 the second one that did not have silverfish.
That s what boric acid does.
I can put the niban fg in my puff duster for the attic entry and or storage areas and get those pesky silverfish or roaches that are living in the christmas boxes.
Real kill indoor fogger penetrates into cracks crevices and carpet fibers to kill hidden bugs.
A 1 1 ratio dispersion of borax and sugar is a reliable bait to kill silverfish.
This non staining formula kills ants excluding red imported fire ants and pharaoh ants black carpet beetles brown dog ticks crickets earwigs firebrats fleas palmetto bugs pillbugs rice weevils roaches saw tooth grain beetles silverfish spiders waterbugs and other listed insects.
The ingredients within bug bombs also tend to be repellent causing insects to scatter and move deeper into walls crevices and other hard to reach.
While pyrethrins are somewhat effective against exposed flying insects such as house flies they are seldom lethal to roaches ants bed bugs spiders silverfish and other crawling pests.
This house had an attic fan.