Order

Silverfishes

Zygentoma

4 species in our catalog · found in 4 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderZygentoma (Silverfishes)

Species in this group

Thermobia domestica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ctenolepisma lineata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Lepisma saccharinum

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

~10%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

<5%

May

<5%

Jun

~10%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

~10%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Silverfishes

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
2	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 4	~10%
	Firebrat			~10%
3	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
4	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 4	<5%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Quito	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 4	~20%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~20%
2	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 4	~20%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			~10%
3	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
4	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	3 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
5	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
6	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
7	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
8	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	4 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Firebrat			<5%
9	Tijuana	🇲🇽 México	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
10	Montevideo	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
11	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
12	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
13	Paris	🇫🇷 France	2 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
14	Jerusalem	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
15	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
16	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
17	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	4 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Firebrat			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
18	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
19	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	4 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Firebrat			<5%
20	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
21	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
22	Las Vegas	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 4	~10%
	Firebrat			~10%
23	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
24	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
25	Buenos Aires	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
26	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
27	Monterrey	🇲🇽 México	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
28	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
29	Mexico City	🇲🇽 México	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
30	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
	Firebrat			<5%
31	Santiago	🇨🇱 Chile	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
32	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Firebrat			<5%
33	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
34	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	1 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			~10%
35	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
36	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
37	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
38	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
39	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
40	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
41	Curitiba	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
42	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
43	Puebla	🇲🇽 México	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
44	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
45	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
46	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
47	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
48	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
49	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
50	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			<5%
51	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
52	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
53	Dublin	🇮🇪 Ireland	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
54	Mesa	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 4	~10%
	Firebrat			~10%
55	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 4	~10%
	Four-Lined Silverfish			~10%
56	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 4	~10%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			~10%
57	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 4	<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
58	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	1 of 4	<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%
59	San Antonio	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 4	<5%
	Long-Tailed Silverfish			<5%
60	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 4	<5%
	Common Silverfish			<5%

Silverfishes

Species in this group

Firebrat

Long-Tailed Silverfish

Four-Lined Silverfish

Common Silverfish

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Silverfishes

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked