Silverfish Glue Traps

I placed these in my lower kitchen cabinets and on bathroom floors six months ago (using only half the package). I replaced them yesterday with the other half, so I’d say the package is good for an entire year for a 3 bathroom home.Yes, I had silverfish in them, along with a few roaches, earwigs, one small scorpion, and a rolly polly. I also spray my entire house along baseboards once a year, so that has killed a bunch also. Did not want to post gross pictures of the dead bugs!

A few months ago, I declared war on silverfish. I bought the 3 highest rated brands on Amazon and set them up in random order horizontally along my baseboards in closets, bathroom, under dressers and bed. Specifically, I set them up in an order that would help me determine which bait/scent/whatever is apparently most appealing to the little villains. This brand won by a large margin, but the silverfish won by a larger margin and still remain active. Therefore, I've just purchased a pack of another 20, since they're the best of the 3 brands, and I am going to set them up every 5' or so until I can go a whole month without seeing the little buggers. If needed, I'll set them up every 5 inches! This is ridiculous!

The traps are extremely sticky, but for some reason, the bottom panel warps up once it’s assembled, so that the floor of the trap is no longer flush with the ground. Silverfish simply go under the trap instead of into it. I picked one up and a silverfish scuttled out from under it. I picked up another trap and the bottom had bowed so far upward that it was stuck to the top of the trap. After four days in a kitchen infested enough to make me buy these traps, only one of the three traps had caught a single silverfish. It’s just not well-designed. We had a different kind of silverfish trap previously that worked much better. Sadly, I can’t find those anymore.

The product doesn’t claim it attracts silverfish and other bugs, and it doesn’t. You do have to place them in a location that sees bug traffic. After separating two traps along the perforated line I spend maybe a minute taking the warp out of the base plus pre folding the sides and getting the “hook” to fit in the “slot “ on the opposite side of the top section, all before removing the “wax paper “ from the adhesive. The adhesive material is super sticky and if you accidentally touch it to the top of the trap you’ll never get it unstuck. Same if you accidentally step on it after placing it on the floor. The bases are always warped from the surface tension of the adhesive, so the base will have an arc shape which doesn’t touch the floor unless you bend the base slightly in the opposite direction before exposing the adhesive. There is a slight chemical smell from the adhesive when your nose is close during setup, but it’s less noticeable when placed on the floor and goes away in a couple days. I think they are useful to use for trapping, along with chemical insecticide outside to kill/repel bugs.

Truthfully ..... next time I'll just put some 2 sided tape on cardboard. Set up 5 traps ..... got 1 silverfish & the others are empty. Still squashing them around basement though!UPDATE - was contacted by seller & offered full refund, so A+ for customer service!

Genial, lo puede en mi casa porque con los paquetes de hoja que compro en Amazon me an llegado polillas de papel y medio que tenia unas cuantas en la casa, compre este producto lo puse por varios lados de los clases y el cuarto y a sido genial.

I have no idea how this item is reviewed so poorly. This not only will work for Silverfish but ive caught a baby centipede, a couple tiny roaches, earwig, tons of baby spiders, some beetles, basically any househould pest you can think of. Whoever isnt having success with these i suspect is not using them correctly. Place them in the corners of rooms, under dish washer, corners of washing machine areas, under sinks. They last me about 6 months a piece. In regards to them being curved or bent, before you remove the adhesive just bend the card a little inward and viola. Great item.

I had high hopes that these would solve my silverfish problem, however, the silverfish avoided the product even though I placed them in the corners of the baseboards in a toilet room where I would see the silverfish emerge from under the baseboard. They would go around the trap and the sticky side did not sit flat on the floor-it bowed up in the center. I have killed far more manually than the trap has caught. The trap did catch a centipede that I never saw, so that was a very good thing. I really wish I could say it solved the problem, but unfortunately it did not. I suppose it is a minor help and hopefully others have much better luck.Update: 5 stars to Rimbaworks Seller for EcoPest. They contacted me and offered a full refund since the product did not solve my problem. They obviously care about customer satisfaction, which is getting harder to find these days.