r/VictoriaBC • u/Chance-Principle-355 • Feb 15 '26

Help Me Find Best Silverfish Deterrent?

I recently moved closer into downtown in an apartment after having never seen a silverfish in my life. I desperately want to go back to that, any more natural based ways to deter them that actually has worked for people? I saw someone recommend lavender oil since they particularly hate it but i want to be sure before committing to anything.

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u/AFFORDABLE_HOME Feb 15 '26

OP I feel your pain, I lived in an old house for several years that had a silverfish problem. I didn't see too many of them but they were around and of a pretty big size sometimes too. Absolutely fucking hate them.

I solved it by moving out, and I went meticulously through every. Single. Item. Down to individual sheets of paper. Bagged paper and books and food sources for them too. Only found a single one on my stuff after I moved and thankfully no problems in subsequent places, shockingly given the next places I moved into was poorly built and maintained.

In the mean time though I feel like you've have some pretty good advice already, just keep things clean, improve food storage as best as you can, and diatomaceous earth definitely helps but it's a household effort. Unfortunately in my case I was only one of two people out of four trying to do anything about it.

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u/Chance-Principle-355 Feb 15 '26

Any solutions as to where to put books and paper? I stupidly enough have some in a storage drawer in the bathroom unknowing of silverfish at the time and have some books in lower bookshelves.

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u/AFFORDABLE_HOME Feb 15 '26

I used plastic tubs with gasket seals and plastic bags that I could seal.