The fight against colonies of cockroaches has been going on for decades. And every time cockroaches win. With the advent of the first cell phones, these nasty insects disappeared from sight. However, a dozen years passed, and they returned to their favorite habitats - warm apartments, houses, shops and offices. How to deal with cockroaches with such survivability?
An adult can live a month without food, 10 days without water, and live quietly without oxygen for 45 minutes. The fertility of these ugly creatures can be envied. A female, having been fertilized once in a lifetime, can reproduce her own kind until the end of her days. In addition, cockroaches are able to adapt to any adverse conditions. There are still several ways to deal with home cockroaches.
Where to begin?
There are frequent cases when the owners have tried all possible methods, but there is no sense. This may be due to the fact that cockroaches crawl from neighbors through ventilation, cracks in the floor and baseboards, holes in the ceiling for electrical wiring. Before fighting cockroaches, you need to find the source of the emergence, or rather, the penetration of insects into the apartment.
All cracks must be immediately repaired. The usual
mounting foam will help
, thoroughly foaming all the holes and starting the fight with those who stayed in the apartment.
How to deal with cockroaches effectively?
Various methods will come to the rescue - from chemicals to improvised means.
- The simplest and most effective method is the use of insecticides. These are the gels, ointments, poisoned baits and crayons that kill the cockroach. The most famous and recommended for many years: "Dohloks", "Raptor", "Global", "Raid".These funds are applied to places where most often you can see insects - skirting boards, walls behind kitchen furniture, not far from gaps. The principle of chemical action is contact, that is, an infected cockroach transfers poison when meeting with relatives and the entire colony dies out. Such funds should be treated with caution, especially if the house has small children and pets.
- An effective method of dealing with cockroaches is the use of boric acid. If you have boric acid, it is also boric alcohol (sold in pharmacies), then you can prepare the poisoned paste yourself. Take 1 tsp. boric acid and the same amount of starch, is mixed and 100 ml of hot water is added. The paste must be cooled with the help of a cotton pad, applied to the habitats of cockroaches. The effect will not appear immediately, but after 5 - 7 days the number of domestic insects will significantly decrease.
- The most common species are red and black cockroaches. There is an opinion that redheads are more fit, and therefore it is more difficult to bring them out. But there are plenty of effective ways to deal with black cockroaches. One of them is boric acid powder. It is scattered in small quantities on the floor in corners and secluded places, or mixed with any edible bait.
- Aerosols, in particular Dichlorvos, still exist. They are used less often due to their high toxicity to humans. But such a tool should be at hand when you saw a lone cockroach. It is much easier to instantly get rid of a cockroach, and not lay out the bait and not wait for the effect for several days.