There were more cockroaches after treatment
This situation upsets those who hoped for a quick deliverance from uninvited mustachioed guests. To figure out how long it will take for cockroaches to leave after disinfection, it is useful to know more about their biological characteristics:
- Having mated once with a male, the female stores sperm reserves in her abdomen throughout her life
- Every year she can give birth to up to five thousand cockroaches, laying eggs in the ooteca - a special form. From one and a half to six dozen larvae emerge from each capsule.
Let's consider the reasons that prevent the disappearance of cockroaches .
Only adults were destroyed
The protective form (capsule) reliably protects future cockroaches from external negative factors. If a toxic aqueous solution gets on it, then the insects don’t care. Plus, wise females hide capsules in hard-to-reach places. As a result, adult individuals die, but soon a new generation is born, which again attacks the home. A characteristic feature of cockroaches is to restore the population to the same or greater volumes after persecution.
Conclusion: it is necessary to use effective disinfestation agents, which also affect the capsules (the period of exposure includes the exit of the larvae from the mold).
Came out of the ambush
Why did there become more of them after baiting cockroaches? This question is sometimes asked by the owners of apartments where excellent products were used for processing. Don't rush to panic. Cockroaches can get out of remote places because the poison has begun to affect them.
Conclusion: we need to observe the further behavior of insects. Usually, under the influence of chemicals, they become lethargic, inhibited and soon die.
The apartment is too dirty
In a room where the owners have made a blatant mess and spread dirt, one treatment may not be enough. This happens if the number of cockroaches is so large that it is impossible to influence them all.
Conclusion: processing should be repeated.
Reproduction of cockroaches
Cockroaches reproduce sexually. Moreover, to successfully breed offspring, a female only needs one mating in her entire life, thanks to the mechanism of preserving the male’s seminal fluid in special sections inside the abdomen. These sperm reserves will fertilize eggs throughout the female's life.
After mating, the female begins to lay eggs, enclosed in a special protective capsule, which The ootheca of cockroaches perfectly
In such a strong capsule, the larvae quietly develop for a couple of weeks, and before the immediate hatching of the offspring, the female will hide it in a safe place. is very Consequently, if you destroy adult cockroaches in an apartment
Life cycle of a domestic cockroach
The average lifespan of a domestic cockroach is 10-12 months. During their lives, cockroaches actively feed and reproduce. The female is capable of bearing from 5 to 20 oothecae, in each of which from 15 to 60 larvae can develop.
In total, in one year the female is capable of replenishing the colony by 500 individuals! Cockroaches reproduce constantly, regardless of the time of year and the weather outside, because ideal conditions are created in the apartment next to a person.
Features of cockroach population regulation
Cockroaches have learned to regulate their numbers in a single apartment, which once again confirms the presence of intelligence in these parasites. It would seem, why do they need this when they can reproduce until they lose their pulse? Everything is very simple, cockroaches maintain a certain number of colonies in the apartment for their comfortable existence.
For example, as soon as cockroaches get into a new apartment, where there is a lot of space and food, they begin to multiply intensively and take over the apartment as long as they have enough food and secluded places. The maximum number of individuals is reached and the growth of the colony stops; reproduction is reduced to maintaining the existing number.
Why do there become more cockroaches after extermination?
The destruction of cockroaches usually leads to two consequences: there will be no cockroaches at all or there will be even more of them . In the first case, the disinfestation of cockroaches was successful - the entire colony was infected with poison and destroyed. After persecution, sometimes at first you get the impression that there are more cockroaches on the contrary, but this is not so, it’s just that under the influence of the drugs, all the infected individuals crawled out of secluded places and catch your eye. Soon all the insects will die.
In the second case, the baiting simply failed and not all cockroaches or their larvae were destroyed, then the insects switch on a signal to reproduce. Cockroaches understand that they are trying to be destroyed and therefore begin to reproduce with double effort.
If after the persecution at least 3-5% of the population survived, then in just a month the previous population will completely recover, adding 15-20% in number compared to the previous number.
Why is cockroach control unsuccessful?
Disinfection against cockroaches may
- the apartment is in a deplorable state - there is
- saved on processing - “ the stingy pays twice” - turned to a company that was “cheaper than everyone else”, which means they used a cheap drug, or very diluted with water, did not use professional ULV equipment ( killing means the drug did not get into everyone cracks and live cockroaches remained;
- the residents did not at all comply with or neglected the rules For example, there are a lot of things and rubbish in the apartment; the treated surfaces are washed after treatment.
Therefore, in case of unsuccessful baiting of cockroaches, you should not immediately make claims to the SES service; the overwhelming majority of failures are the fault of the apartment owners themselves, who neglect basic hygiene rules and after treatment or skimp on the services of real professionals .
Specialists of our SES service often have to go to apartments where other companies have previously carried out unsuccessful treatments, after which there were even more cockroaches, and the owners were almost desperate to fight them, and we are almost the last attempt in this fight.
We are proud to announce that after our treatment, the problem with cockroaches disappears! Calling a GlavSES disinfector to exterminate cockroaches solves the pest problem forever, subject to the basic and simple rules outlined in our present agreement. We guarantee 100% destruction of cockroaches !
Answers to frequently asked questions
— How to prepare a room for disinfection?
— Before disinfection and disinfestation work, we recommend that you wet clean the room. Pack food and personal hygiene items in plastic bags, and do the same with clothes and bedding. If you want to get rid of bedbugs, it is better to first boil the bed linen in hot water to destroy the insect larvae.
Read more about all stages of preparation in the article “How to prepare a room for disinfection?”
— How quickly do specialists arrive after applying on the website?
— We carry out the work the next day after receiving the application. You can choose a time convenient for you (including evening and night). Please check the cost of disinfestation services at night by calling a multi-line phone (calls within Russia are free).
— How long does it take to treat insects?
— It all depends on the area of the room. In a typical apartment, our specialists need about an hour. In large rooms with many cavities hidden from humans, disinfection and disinsection work can take from 2 to 5 hours.
Please note that after treating the apartment, you need to close all windows and leave the room for 3 hours. Only after this can wet cleaning be carried out in the apartment.
— What to do to prevent cockroaches from returning?
- Keep your home clean. Do not leave unwashed dishes overnight, remove food and leftover food, and wipe all surfaces dry. To protect your home from insect infestation, wash greasy surfaces (walls, stove, baseboards). Cover the exhaust openings with mosquito nets.
Remember that insects often hide in various cavities - on suspended and suspended ceilings, in the voids of wall panels, etc. The fewer cavities in your home that are inaccessible to humans, the better. Read more about exterminating cockroaches.
— I treated the apartment for cockroaches myself, but after a while they returned. What could be the reason?
— Re-infection of an apartment is quite possible if there are many cavities in the house that are inaccessible to humans. For example, in our practice there was a case when specialists went to fight cockroaches in an apartment with “European-quality renovation”. The apartment has become a real “paradise” for insects: decorative cavities in the walls, suspended ceilings, siding with voids on the walls in the bathroom, etc. Independent pest control in such an apartment is impossible. Only specialists can help.
— Why is professional processing necessary? The same number of insect repellents are sold on the market...
— Household insecticides only complicate the work of disinsection of the premises. The fact is that the use of household poisons is not only potentially dangerous for humans and animals, but also increases the adaptation of insects to the poison. If the owners have tried many times to exterminate insects on their own and only then turned to specialists, we have to use more potent and more concentrated preparations.
Also, remember that insects reproduce very quickly. If you find an “unexpected guest” in your house, do not hesitate. Call the experts.
— What disinfection methods do your employees use?
— In our work, we use irrigation treatment of premises, we use aerosol treatment using the “cold fog” method, we use gels and traps.
“Immediately after disinfestation, there were not fewer insects, but more. What to do?
— The behavior of insects poisoned by insecticides changes: usually active only at night, they leave their habitats and try to find another, more comfortable place to live. Therefore, immediately after disinfestation, you may see more pests than you are used to. Don't be scared! In a few days they will disappear without a trace.
— How many times will it be necessary to call specialists to get rid of insects forever?
Usually one pest control is enough to get pests out of your home. However, in the case of a heavily infested apartment, repeated disinfestation is sometimes required. We recommend it be carried out 21 days after the first procedure.
We conclude a contract for all work and provide guarantees, so you can be confident in the quality of our services.
