Hallo Dee,
if there is an infestation of giant silverfish (Ctenolepisma longicaudata) you can find excrement looking like ground pepper.
It would be worth to identify the silverfish, if it is Ctenolepisma longicaudata or Lepisma saccharina.
If you need further help, just contact me.
Good luck,
Christian
Christian Dressen
Museum of Applied Art
Schaumainkai 17
60594 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
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Hi all,
Can anyone help me identify these small pepper like speckles that I have occasionally seen on my blunder traps? In this case, there are two small silverfish on the trap, but I have not always seen these with silverfish and vice versa. I am wondering if they are excrement? This appeared within the last 3 months, when while our site was inaccessible for IPM checks due to the pandemic.I apologize for not having a measuring scale handy – I used a ballpoint pen tip to indicate scale.
Thanks,
Dee
Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, CAPC
Conservator / Restauratrice
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2K 1E5
Canada
(506) 643-2341
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