In english they are called" Silverfish.
They eat clothes, especially those that has starch and
also rayon fabrics. Beside clothes they also eat:
sugar, starch, cereals, wheat flour, any paper on which there is glue.
They don't have wings and the body is covered with scales.
They has a shiny silver colour.
On the front 2 thin antennas and on the rear a tail
that split in 3.
These insects normally sleeps during the day-time and
are active at night.
The "Kome panja blanku" lives and develops in dark, damp, cool places.
This in contrast with their cousin "Kome panja pretu".

PAPIAMENTU:

Na ingles ta jame: Silverfish.
E ta kome panja spesialmente esnan ku tin guma of lijm.
Aparte di panja nan ta kome: tur loke tin zetmeel, suku, papel
ku tin lijm etc.
Nan no tin hala i su kurpa tin skama na dje.
Nan kolor ta silver i ta lombra un tiki.
Dilanti 2 antena fini i patras un rabu ku ta split na 3.
Normalmente na ta drumi den dia i ta aktivo anochi.
Nan ambiente favorito ta luga-nan humedo pero por topa nan
den kashi di buki of luga no humedo tambe.
E ambiente aki ta net kontrali di loke su famia
(Kome panja pretu ) gusta.