Species Detail - Silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Lepisma saccharinum
Silverfish
NHMSYS0021762730
RecommendedWell-formed
Forbicina plana Geoffroy, 1762, Lepisma quercetorum Wygodzinsky, 1945, Lepisma saccharifera N. Mohr, 1786, Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus, 1758, Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus, Lepisma semicylindrica De Geer, 1782, Lepisma vulgaris Scopoli, 1763, Silver Fish
N/A
lesac
Linnaeus, 1758
Insect - silverfish (Thysanura)
Species
4
3
3
22/08/2009
31/12/2021
23 May (recorded in 2014)
22 August (recorded in 2009)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/315335>