Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Silverfish at Michelago, NSW

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Identification history

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum	29 Jan 2023	GBS
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum	29 Jan 2023	MichaelBedingfield
Lepismatidae (family)	2 Jan 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Lepismatidae (family)	1 Jan 2019	RogerF

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3 comments

RogerF wrote:

2 Jan 2019

This does not look like L. saccharina, which is a cosmpolitan household pest, but could be one of the several native lepismids that are found under bark and in termite nests. The expert was John Irish but he has moved to Namibia.

GBS wrote:

3 Dec 2022

I believe this species is the cosmopolitan Ctenolepisma longicaudatum. It is definitely not Lepisma saccharinum, as the latter has much shorter tail filaments. The native Lepismatid species (subfamily Heterolepismatinae) so far known around Canberra don't have as many bristles on the head and the bristles are smooth not barbed.

RogerF wrote:

29 Jan 2023

Thanks for those useful comments

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Location information

Coordinates 149.156287 -35.779527
Altitude 796.6m
Maps Illilanga & Baroona
Places Michelago, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Dec 2018 06:13 AM Recorded on
Illilanga Recorded by
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Insects Silverfish (Zygentoma) Primitive insects Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Scientific name
Silverfish Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 796.63m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information
Ngunnawal language
Lepisma saccharinum

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