Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Escherich (1905) Became a Common Pest in Europe: Case Studies from Czechia and the United Kingdom

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 810
• Main Authors: Kulma, Martin, Bubová, Terezie, Davies, Matthew Paul, Boiocchi, Federica, Patoka, Jiří
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 10-09-2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Archives & records; Art galleries & museums; Arthropods; Baits; Central heating; Current distribution; Data collection; Food contamination; Geographical distribution; Households; Indoor environments; Insecticides; Insects; Insulation; Introduced species; Invasive species; Lepismatidae; Morphology; Municipalities; Museums; Organic materials; pest; Pest control; Pests; Public health; Science; Shopping malls; silverfish; Social networks; spread; synanthropic species; England; Czech Republic; United Kingdom > UK; Ireland; Europe; pest; Europe; silverfish; Lepismatidae; invasive species; synanthropic species; spread
• ISSN: 2075-4450; 2075-4450
• DOI: 10.3390/insects12090810

Synanthropic invasive silverfish,
, has been recently reported to cause nuisance in the indoor environment in many European countries. To get more details on the species distribution, the species occurrence was monitored by the authors in the countries where establishment of
has been revealed in the last years. In Czechia, 20 findings from 14 municipalities in eight regions were recorded within the last three years. In the United Kingdom, 49 cases, including the first occurrence in Scotland, were recorded. Five cases were recorded for the Republic of Ireland. Domestic settings were the main habitat in the study countries (50.0% for the Czechia and Ireland and 36.8% for the United Kingdom). Regarding
control, the standard silverfish strategy fails, and the use of insecticidal baits complemented by dust insecticides was suggested as the most promising approach. To reveal presence of
in Europe, the search of literature, social platforms and databases on invasive species was conducted. According to these sources, the species is known from majority of European countries, when the high increase of records in recent decade was detected.