Hello science addict friends, today I did a small experiment in my laboratory and discovered something very interesting! while I was doing some work at home I came across this elusive insect that I think we all know or at least see at some point in our lives, it is the silverfish or whose scientific name I identified as "Ctenolepisma longicaudata", our Grandmothers and mothers call them: "humidity bugs", let's study their anatomy and morphology a little as well as see an interesting discovery that I made and of which there is little on the internet, let's see how they look under the microscope!🙇♂️🧫📚
Hola amigos adictos de la ciencia, hoy hice un pequeño experimento en mi laboratorio y descubri algo muy interesante! mientras hacia un trabajo en mi casa me tope con este insecto excurridizo que creo que todos los conocemos o al menos los vemos en algun momento de nuestras vidas, se trata de los pececillos de plata o cuyo nombre cientifico identifique como "Ctenolepisma longicaudata", nuestras abuelas y madres les llaman: "bichos de la humedad", vamos a estudiar un poco su anatomia y morfologia asi como ver un descubrimiento interesante que hice y del cual hay poco en internet, veamos como lucen en el microscopio!🔬👨💻🌏
What happens if a Silverfish bites you?🙇♂️👨💻/ Que sucede si te muerde un Lepisma??🔬🧠
Let's now clarify one of the questions that is asked the most in the internet search engine, what should we do if we are bitten by a Silverfish??? Well, the answer is simple: "nothing", these animals do not actually bite, they do not have diseases and they are not harmful to our body. Let's say that the most dangerous thing about these animals is that they can eat your books if they are stored in an area. wet! So having said that, if you see them, there is no reason to worry, they are harmless and just treat the humidity problem in your home to help reduce their reproduction!🔬🧠
Vamos ya aclarar una de las preguntas que mas se realiza en el motor de busqueda de internet, que debemos hacer si nos pica un Lepisma??? bueno la respuesta es simple: "nada", estos animales en realidad no pican, no tienen enfermedades y no son un daño para nuestro organismo, digamos que lo mas peligroso que tienen estos animales es que pueden comerse tus libros si estan guardados en un area humeda! asi que dicho esto si los ves no hay porque preocuparse son inofensivos y basta con tratar el problema de humedad en tu hogar para ayudar a bajar su reproduccion!🔬📚
What are the Lepismatidae?🙇♂️👨💻/ Que son los Lepismatidae?🔬🧠
Silverfish are insects that belong to the order: "Zygentoma", characterized by being primitive animals without wings and with long tails. They are insects that are considered cosmopolitan, capable of being found in almost all parts of the world. The most popular species is the one I found. whose color is silver (Ctenolepisma longicaudata), for hundreds of years they lived with us and are almost exclusive to apartments, their diet is the cellulose that they manage to ingest with those "jaws" designed to crush carbohydrates that are generally cellulose-based objects such as sheets, books, cardboard.🔬🧠👨💻
Los Lepisma son insectos que pertenecen al orden: "Zygentoma" caracteristicos por ser animales primitivos sin alas y con largas colas, son insectos que son considerados cosmopolitas capaz de encontrarlos en casi todas las partes del mundo, la especie mas popular es la que yo encontre cuyo color es plateado (Ctenolepisma longicaudata), por cientos de años convivieron con nosotros y son casi exclusivos de apartamentos, su dieta es la celulosa que consigue ingerir con esas "mandibulas" diseñadas para trituras carbohidratos que en general son objetos a base de celulosa como hojas, libros, carton.🙇♂️👨💻🧠🔬
The species photographed is Ctenolepisma longicaudata, it is not as cosmopolitan as "saccharina", we can find this animal in Central America, North America and Europe, in reproduction the female generally places eggs in closed places such as cracks, she does so between 2-20 eggs At the beginning they do not have hairs or scales which, together with the reproductive system, all appear in stage number 14. Sexual maturity is reached at 2-3 years of age depending on the environmental conditions and they molt five times a year for five years.🧠👨💻🙇♂️
La especie fotografiada es Ctenolepisma longicaudata esta no es tan cosmopolita como "saccharina", podemos encontrar este animal en centro america, norte america y europa, en la reproduccion la hembra coloca huevos generalmente en sitios cerrados como grietas, lo hace entre 2-20 huevos, al comienzo no tienen ni pelos ni escamas los cuales junto con el aparato reproducto todos aparecen en el estadio numero 14, la madurez sexual es alcanzada con 2-3 años de edad dependiendo las condiciones ambientales y realiza mudas de cinco veces por año durante cinco años.📚🌏🧫
A strange discovery🙇♂️👨💻/ Un descubrimiento extraño🔬🧠
What do you think, while I was doing my research and learning about this extraordinary insect, I came across these structures that I was wondering are these scales? just like that of the butterflies? And if they are structures, they are formed from the epidermis of the animal and I was curious because there are no scientific works on these structures! which led me to investigate in more depth and I came to the conclusion that it serves several functions: (protect the animal's body from environmental factors such as bone temperature, they help regulate the temperature since they tolerate between 20-22 degrees, much lower than that they do not reproduce and enter a state like "hibernation". I also read that the scales can serve as protection from the sun's rays since they are silver and are capable of reflecting the "sun rays" avoiding dehydration.👨💻🙇♂️📚
Que les parece mientras hacia mis investigaciones y aprendia sobre este extraordinario insecto me tope con estas estructuras que me preguntaba son estos escamas? asi como la de las mariposas? y si son estructuras son formadas de la epidermis del animal y me dio curiosidad porque no hay trabajos cientificos sobre estas estructuras! lo que me llevo a investigar con mas profundidad y llegue a la conclusion de que sirve para varias funciones: (proteger el cuerpo del animal de los factores ambientales como la temperatura osea ayudan a regular la temperatura pues ellos toleran entre 20-22 grados, mucho mas bajo que eso no se reproducen y entran en un estado como de "hibernacion". Tambien lei que las escamas pueden servir como proteccion sobre los rayos solares ya que son plateadas y son capaces de rebotar los "rayos del sol" evitando deshidratacion.🔬🧠🌏
Silverfish are absent only in Antarctica, so biology indicates that they do not tolerate very low temperatures. There are records that indicate that they are not present in northern European countries, as it is a species of nocturnal habits with an inconspicuous coloration that makes it is very little studied and that is why I did not find anything on the internet about any experiment that uses them to take advantage of their chemical-biological constitution, there are records that they can be invasive due to their rapid ability to adapt to humid environments, their scales I read that They are hollow to help isolation, there are some discoveries of populations where parthenogenesis is applied and there are only females.🔬📚
las Lepisma estan ausentes solo en la antartica por lo que la biologia indica que no toleran temperaturas muy bajas, hay registros que indican que no estan presentes en los paises europeos del norte, como es una especie de habitos nocturnos con una coloracion nada llamativa hace que sea muy poco estudiada y es por eso que no consegui nada en internet sobre algun experimento que las utilice para aprovechar su constitucion quimica-biologica, hay registros de que pueden ser invasoras por su rapida capacidad de adaptarse a los ambientes humedos, sus escamas lei que son huecas para ayudar al aislamiento, existen algunos descubrimientos de poblaciones donde se aplica la partenogenesis y solo hay hembras.👨💻🧫
The antennae are usually filiform and their length varies in each individual, if there are "eyes" since not all species have "functional" eyes in this case we do have and as you can see our species has a group of "ommatidia" they are located in both sides of the head, their anatomy evolved to the point of having excellent legs for fast races since they are prey, they are also agile climbers, no species is capable of jumping!📚🔬👨💻
Las antenas suelen ser filiformes y su longitud varia en cada individuo, si existe "ojos" ya que no todas las especies presentan ojos "funcionales" en este caso si tenemos y como puedes ver nuestra especie tiene una agrupacion de "omatidios" se situan en ambos lados de la cabeza, su anatomia evoluciono al punto de tener patas excelentes para carreras rapidas ya que son presas, tambien son agiles escaladores ninguna especie es capaz de saltar!🙇♂️📚
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