Lepisma Saccharina (Common Silverfish)

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Lepisma saccharina (Common Silverfish)

Lepisma saccharina (Common Silverfish)

Introduction

We humans are living on a planet shared by millions of other creatures, but we know a little about them. Scientists stated that we are sharing planet with about 8.7 million other species (Day, 2009). Thus the purpose of this paper is to have a discussion on the species Lepisma saccharina which is also known as common fish.

Silverfish is an insect wingless measuring 9 to 13 mm long. Body has the form of a flattened core. The head has two long antennae and small compound eyes wide apart. The abdomen ends with three hairy filaments ...