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Where do female silverfish place their eggs?

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Female silverfish are thought to insert their oval, whitish eggs into cracks and soil litter.1

As members of the order Zygentoma, silverfish are primitive, wingless insects that do not copulate; instead, the female collects a sperm packet deposited by the male to fertilize her eggs. Once hatched, the young silverfish are initially scaleless and undergo a series of molts throughout their lives to reach and maintain maturity.1