Can Silver-fish (the insect) bite/sting you or something along those lines?

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I was just wondering because I had a silver-fish crawl on me the other night and the next morning I had like an itchy- little bump on my arm where it was. I'm sure something else could have also bitten me or it could be my imagination, but I'm also still curious.

Answer 1

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It was not a bite, it was most probably where it relieved itself or in other words pooped and whatever was in the poop reacted causing itchy lump.

Source(s): Me - Environmental Scientist

Answer 2

Silverfish Insect Bite

Source(s): https://owly.im/a76vt

Answer 3

I don't think so. I had never heard that they bite or sting.

You could have a bite from one of those tiny spiders that dart around real fast. It could have been a coincidence that the silverfish was at the same spot.

The sources I checked did not say anything about stinging people.

URLs below.

Source(s): http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/facts... http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2108.html http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/silverfi.html

Answer 4

No, they cannot hurt you. They feed on the same stuff as cockroaches, so I would imagine that they are not sanitary creatures. If some of the bacteria from their bodies got into a small, pin-sized wound, it would swell and therefore become noticeable.

Source(s): http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/silverfi.html

Answer 5

Cobalt is a funky call for a canines! you're able to desire to apply "blue" or "silver" from a distinctive language too: Azul - Blue in Spanish Bleu - Blue in French Blau - Blue in German Silber - Silver in German Argento - Silver in Italian Plata - Silver in Spanish Argent - Silver in French

Answer 6

yes they can you should go to walmart or somewher and get this bug thing that puts out a high annoying tone for the bug that drivs it out of the house or wher ever you live

Answer 7

I don't think so..

They eat mostly wood / paper etc.