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Firebrat

Thermobia domestica (Packard, 1873)

Status not recordedinsects

The firebrat (Thermobia domestica) is a species in the family Lepismatidae, order Zygentoma. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Iraq.

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Quick facts about the firebrat

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the firebrat live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The firebrat is listed for 1 country.

Iraq
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Iraq

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the firebrat as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Denmark
  3. Estonia
  4. Japan
  5. Poland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the firebrat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the firebrat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderZygentoma
  5. familyLepismatidae
  6. genusThermobia
  7. SpeciesThermobia domestica (Packard, 1873)

Synonyms Lepisma domestica, Lepisma furnorum, Lepismodes inquilinus, Thermobia furnorum, Thermobia inquilina

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Fire-BratEnglish
  • rybenka skleníkováCzech
  • Stort sølvkræDanish
  • OfenfischchenGerman
  • Insecto de FuegoSpanish
  • uunitoukkaFinnish
  • thermobieFrench
  • Zapećni četinašCroatian
  • kemencehalacskaHungarian
  • Pesciolino d'argentoItalian
  • マダラシミJapanese
  • fyrkreNorwegian Bokmål
  • OvenvisjeDutch
  • Rybik piekarniczyPolish
  • Термобия домашняяRussian
  • švehla skleníkováSlovak
  • ugnssmygSwedish
  • แมลงสามง่ามลายThai
  • Thermobie des boulangersFrench
  • Thermobie domestiqueFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the firebrat

Other species in the same genus Thermobia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the firebrat live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the firebrat for 1 country: Iraq. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the firebrat an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the firebrat as introduced in 5 countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Japan and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the firebrat?

The firebrat (Thermobia domestica) belongs to the family Lepismatidae in the order Zygentoma.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Firebrat (Thermobia domestica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/firebrat

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BibTeX
@misc{firebrat_2026,
  title = {Firebrat (Thermobia domestica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/firebrat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}