What are cockroaches afraid of in an apartment and what smell repels them?

Where do cockroaches come from in an apartment?

Cockroaches are a common problem, which is not always a sign that the owner of the home where they appeared is a slob. There are a huge number of options for insects to enter your home. First of all, they look for rooms protected from the cold, where they can hide and find food and water. Insects can enter residential apartments and houses in the following ways:

• through the ventilation system from neighbors or from the garbage chute - this happens if the population of cockroaches has grown significantly and they are in search of new territories to live. This is also possible if neighbors carry out disinfestation measures;
• through cracks in the building, keyholes, open windows and doors - when it starts to get cold outside, cockroaches quickly begin to look for shelter, as they can hardly tolerate temperatures below 15°C;
• from stores in grocery bags - cockroaches are very fast and tenacious; the female of this parasite can hide behind product packaging or hide under fruits and vegetables. By placing purchased goods in a bag, you may not notice a small brown cockroach, which can subsequently lay eggs and independently increase the population.

Effective chemicals for cockroaches

You can poison cockroaches yourself using various types of products. All of them are aimed at destroying pests, but may differ in the strength of their effect and method of application.

Aerosols

This category of chemicals helps to quickly poison cockroaches when they multiply en masse in an apartment. But it is necessary to use aerosols only when windows and doors are open, as sprays have a strong odor. It is important that the room temperature is not lower than +100C.

Recommendations for the use of liquid cockroach repellents:

1. Shake the can thoroughly before use.
2. Remove the protective cap and direct the stream to places where cockroaches gather and live: near the trash can, ventilation grilles, baseboards, behind cabinets, under the sink.
3. The spray must be sprayed at a distance of 20 cm from the surface, which promotes uniform distribution of the toxic substance.
4. The consumption rate is about 20 g per 1 sq. m of premises.
5. After disinfection is completed, ventilate the apartment for half an hour.
6. Also, after processing, you should wash with soapy water and rinse with clean water all surfaces that will come into contact with the products.

When finished, wash your hands thoroughly and wash your clothes. The protective effect of aerosols lasts up to 4 weeks.

Gels

These poisonous agents can also destroy cockroaches in the apartment. They are a jelly-like substance of a transparent color. To carry out disinfection, you must first move the furniture to open access to the baseboards and walls.

After this, apply the product in dotted lines or in entire stripes in areas where cockroaches are localized and where they may lay eggs. Additionally, you also need to squeeze the gel onto small pieces of cardboard and place the resulting baits under the refrigerator, near the sink, on cabinets.

This method is considered the most effective when there are small numbers of insects in the apartment. The period of protective action is 45-60 days. Gels can also be used as prophylaxis. To prevent cockroaches from getting into the house from neighbors, it is necessary to apply the product to the window frames, as well as to the threshold at the front door.

Traps

These devices are small plastic trap boxes containing a sticky layer of bait or poison inside. They have four holes, which ensures unhindered movement of insects.

Sticky trap

The poison used in traps has a delayed effect. The death of the insect does not occur immediately, but within 36 hours. This time is enough for the infected pest to be able to transfer the particles of poison that remain on its legs and shell after visiting the trap to its fellows.

To carry out disinfection, it is necessary to remove the protective film from the clamp, which is located on the back side of the traps. After this, you should attach the device to a dry surface. The maximum result is achieved after 6-8 days.

This method of killing cockroaches is effective when the number of insects is small. In case of mass reproduction of pests, it must be used simultaneously with the use of aerosols.

Crayons

The cockroach repellent Mashenka is made in the form of crayons, packaged in a cellophane wrapper. They contain contact insecticides. For disinfection, it is necessary to apply chalk strips in places where pests enter the house and their possible localization. Direct contact with the product causes poisoning in cockroaches.

One Mashenka chalk is enough to treat a room of 30 square meters. m. The protective effect lasts for a week.

Powders

These cockroach killers are affordable and easy to use. The powders contain poison that causes mass death in cockroaches. For treatment, you need to scatter the insecticidal agent around the perimeter of the room. After 24 hours, most of the insects die. The protective properties are maintained until harvesting.

Signs of appearance

It is almost impossible to detect cockroaches in your own apartment when their numbers are small. They hide very well, hiding under wallpaper, behind cabinets, under baseboards and in other places that are difficult for humans to reach. During the day, these insects sleep, and at night they go out to fish in search of food and water. If you see a cockroach walking on the table or floor, then this is clear evidence that there are many of these parasites. In this case, it will be more difficult to fight them than to destroy a small colony of insects. You can suspect the presence of pests based on the following signs:

• Small whitish or yellowish cockroach eggs are found in the corners of the floor. Their dimensions do not exceed one millimeter in length;
• an unpleasant musty odor appears in the room, reminiscent of mold;
• small black dots remain on clothes, dishes, wallpaper, furniture - these are cockroach excrement;
• Small brownish and black scales are found on the floor and furniture - these are the scales of cockroaches, which they shed during the molting period.

Prices for pest control of cockroaches

A free guarantee for pest control is provided in case of complete treatment of an apartment (common areas + rooms) or house. In case of partial treatment, there is a possibility of insects migrating to untreated premises.

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  1st apartment 2-room apartment 3-room apartment 4-room apartment *MOP (kitchen, corridor, bathroom)	2,000 rub. 2,500 rub. 3,000 rub. 3,500 rub. 1,800 rub.
  ULV + barrier
  1st apartment 2-room apartment 3-room apartment 4-room apartment *MOP (kitchen, corridor, bathroom)	3,000 rub. 3,500 rub. 4,000 rub. 4,500 rub. 2,300 rub.
  Hot fog – GAP treatment – ​​apartments against cockroaches
  1st apartment 2-room apartment 3-room apartment 4-room apartment *MOP (kitchen, corridor, bathroom)	4,500 rub. 4,700 rub. 4,900 rub. 5,100 rub. 2,800 rub.
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  400 m2 – 500 m2	20 rub./m2
  500 m2 – 1000 m2	18 RUR/m2
  more than 1000 m2	negotiable

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Why are they dangerous for humans?

Unfortunately, not everyone understands how dangerous these insects are. Cockroaches move freely between the drain, garbage disposal, basement with rodents and attic with bird excrement. They are able to collect a wide variety of bacteria on their paws. Everything collected is carried around the apartment by insects, in particular, throughout the kitchen. The infection may end up on the table, refrigerator, or dishes. It has been proven that an ordinary cockroach can become a carrier of the following diseases:

• meningitis;
• toxoplasmosis;
• urogenital infections;
• gastroenteritis;
• dysentery;
• salmonellosis.

Cockroaches are also capable of spreading eggs of parasites such as roundworms, pinworms, whipworms, and some types of amoebas.

They cause many problems for allergy sufferers. The chitinous scales that they shed during molting are mixed with dust particles, dry residues of cockroaches, and end up on the skin, digestive organs, and respiratory apparatus. As a result, they cause dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and asthmatic syndromes.

When faced with an allergen every day in your apartment, the disease becomes chronic and does not go away at all. Children often suffer from such allergies.

There are cases when cockroaches bite a person, gnawing off pieces of the skin of the lips. Sometimes, in search of shelter, they crawl into the ear canal of a sleeping person. It is very difficult to remove him from there, since he will hide, climbing further. In such cases, you will need the help of a doctor.

Cockroaches can also be dangerous for pets for the same reasons. It happens that a cat or dog eats an already poisoned insect and the poison affects them too.

Ultrasonic repellers

In some cases, such devices can be the most effective means of controlling cockroaches, for example, in grocery stores and apartments. Ultrasound has a negative effect on them. The use of ultrasonic devices has its pros and cons:

Pros and cons of using electronic devices

The characteristics state that humans and large animals do not feel any effect on the body. However, low-quality devices can negatively affect the human body, causing unpleasant symptoms such as headaches and/or insomnia.

What are pests afraid of?

What are these parasites running from? Unbearable conditions for these insects can be created by:

• Low temperatures, in particular frost below -5.
• Presence of animals in the house.
• Strong odors. This category can rightly include all pungent odors such as the “aroma” of enamel, putty, paint, as well as the odors of some plants.
• Insecticides. Many ready-made preparations and folk remedies of this type not only kill insects that have already managed to get into the apartment, but also repel those that are just trying to get into the home.
• Lack of water in the house. If you restrict access to it for pests, they will leave your home very quickly.
• The presence of various animals in the house, including cats and dogs.

All these factors negatively affect the insect population. That is why it is worth understanding in more detail what these pests do not like.

Temperature and light

Prussians are cold-blooded animals whose body temperature depends on external conditions. Both cold and heat have equally detrimental effects on pests.

At +5 - +7 degrees, insects fall into suspended animation, at -5 they die in half an hour, and at -10 in 2 minutes. The unbearable heat for the Prussians begins at +28 degrees Celsius. Cooling down the room in winter for several days completely solves the problem, but is not always possible.

More often they resort to treating cockroach nesting sites, crevices, cracks with steam (using a steam generator) or boiling water. This method will allow you to get rid of both adults and larvae.

Light itself does not pose a danger to Prussians, but insects associate its appearance with danger. That is why, when the lights are turned on suddenly at night, adults scatter.

If you leave the light on for 2–3 days in a row, the insects become exhausted by constant fear and try to leave the home. However, this method is ineffective compared to other approaches.

Deprivation of water and food

Prussians can eat anything, their omnivorousness determines their vitality, but they cannot do without water. You can deprive insects of access to life-giving moisture as follows:

• check the serviceability of plumbing equipment, eliminate leaks;
• remove open sources of liquid;
• wipe sinks, showers, bathtubs dry;
• keep the pipes dry;
• cover the toilet seat with a lid;
• cover drains when not in use;
• ensure that condensation does not accumulate on surfaces;
• remove indoor plants that need regular watering.

All areas adjacent to water sources are treated with insecticides to completely deprive pests of water.

Reduces the attractiveness of an apartment for cockroaches and the inaccessibility of food with a pronounced smell (smoked, spicy, fried), and oily foods. Prussians love to rummage through garbage, so regular cleaning and removal of food waste will help in pest control.

Ultrasound and electromagnetic rays

An ultrasonic repeller uses high-frequency sound to send cockroaches into a state of panic. Human hearing does not perceive such an impact, and pests cannot tolerate sound vibrations and leave the home.

There is an opinion that the reduction of pest colonies in modern cities is associated with the widespread appearance in human homes of microwave ovens, the principle of operation of which is based on electromagnetic influence.

The most popular models of repellers with ultrasonic and electromagnetic action:

1. Typhoon. According to the manufacturers, it will rid your apartment of cockroaches in 4 weeks of work. It is expensive - from 1500 rubles, but gives quick results.
2. Rexant. Compact and easy to use, safe for humans. Average price – 600 rubles.
3. EcoSniper. A universal device for repelling most household pests, including ants, mice, bedbugs. Cost – from 1000 rubles.
4. Tornado OTAR-1. Easy to use, but only needs to be installed in an open space - even a light fabric curtain becomes an obstacle to its operation. Costs 900–1000 rubles.
5. Riddex. Covers an area of ​​200 m2 with electromagnetic action. The most affordable - from 200 rubles.
6. Pest Reject. Magnetic resonance device, advertised, but inferior to competitors in performance characteristics. Costs from 300 rubles.

Cockroach exterminators

The DEUSLUG Center carries out disinfection against cockroaches in Moscow and the region using the most effective methods: hot and cold fog. This method of spraying allows you to deliver the insecticide to all inaccessible places and hit the individuals hiding there.

We use only drugs that have passed the necessary studies and received certificates. These are new generation poisons, but absolutely safe for the health and life of people and their pets. In places where pregnant women, elderly people, and people with frequent allergic reactions may be present, delicate premium preparations are used. With their help, we treat children’s habitats - kindergartens, schools, sanatoriums, universities, camps.

There are two types of chemicals: instant and long-acting. Fast-acting drugs kill pests immediately, but their effect ceases after the poison is processed and weathered. The parasites are no longer in danger and they may well return.

The second type works as follows: the bait attracts and poisons insects over a long period of time. This option for disinfestation is especially worth highlighting – it is the one that provides a 100% probability of a favorable outcome.

What smell do they not like?

To get rid of parasites and prevent their appearance, you need to know what smell repels cockroaches. Most of all, insects do not like strong aromas.

For example, the aroma of anise oil, wormwood, mint, pine oil, and citrus oil, which is unpleasant for parasites, will protect the room from the invasion of uninvited guests.

Guided by knowledge of what smell cockroaches do not like, it is quite possible to prepare effective remedies on your own that will help cope with parasites.

For example, it is recommended to place bunches of the following plants in nooks and corners of the room:

• Tansy.
• Anise.
• Mint.
• Honeysuckle.
• Wormwood.

Periodically, bouquets should be replaced with fresh ones. However, you should know that using home remedies that cockroaches are afraid of can only be used to prevent or treat a small number of parasites.

Killing large numbers of insects requires the use of a complex combination of home and traditional remedies, which include, for example, insecticides.

It is important to remember that prevention also includes the procedure of cleaning the room from products and substances that Prussians are not afraid of.

An overflowing trash can, leftovers, unwashed dishes - all this is very attractive to parasites. Only by maintaining a clean room can you somewhat reduce the likelihood of a large number of parasites appearing.

Eucalyptus oil

Eucalyptus oil and eucalyptus leaves are effective in repelling cockroaches. Add 10 drops of eucalyptus oil per hundred grams of water. Spray the mixture in and around the infected area. Your home will be free of cockroaches very soon.

Anise oil and anise herb

Anise herb is a wonderful plant that was popular among the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. It has many health benefits, for example, anise oil helps in the fight against excess weight. But in our case, it is important that anise oil repels cockroaches.

Mint leaves

Cockroaches hate mint. Mix eight drops of cypress essential oil and 10 drops of peppermint essential oil with half a glass of salt water. Spray the mixture in and around the infected areas. They, of course, do not die from this, but the smell makes them go away, the further the better.

Cedar

Cedar is a natural product that repels Prussians because its pungent odor acts as a deterrent. You can ward off cockroaches with homemade cedar chips. Place them in any area of ​​your home where you have seen insects and in places where they live, including under the sink and inside kitchen and bathroom cabinets.

pharmaceutical camomile

Chamomile has proven itself well as a medicine. The plant is also effective for expelling cockroaches. For this purpose, not the whole plant is used, but only its flowers. They are dried, crushed, and then laid out in different places in the room.

Freshly picked and also dried tansy is used - a plant whose smell causes cockroaches to flee, its smell is so undesirable. In order for the use of tansy to give the best results, it must be prepared in the summer, when flowers appear on the plant. It is at the moment of flowering that tansy is most fragrant. The collected flowers are used to prepare an infusion (for 1 liter of cold water - 1 tablespoon of flowers), with which the room is sprayed.

Tansy

Tansy is another well-known herb that repels cockroaches, as well as flies, ants, fleas, moths and mice.

Honeysuckle

It can grow both in the garden and in the wild. The smell of honeysuckle not only frightens longhorned beetles, but also has a beneficial effect on the human nervous system. It can be used as a sedative in stressful situations.

Red elderberry

The smell of this plant frightens not only Prussians, but also small rodents such as mice. It is a shrubby plant that produces red berries. Many people love red elderberry for its attractiveness.

Tea tree

Tea tree oil is quite popular and has numerous beneficial properties for people, but is very dangerous for pets. Cats are most susceptible to its effects. To fight the Prussians, just drop a little oil into a bucket of water. Use the resulting solution to wipe the floor surface.

Essential oils are sprayed after dissolving them in water. They are also added to the aroma lamp. Do not use undiluted essential oils. Otherwise, the smell may be too intense for humans.

Even if the Prussians left the apartment, but laid eggs in it, their young offspring will soon appear in your home.

It is unlikely that you will be able to completely rid your apartment of mustachioed “invaders” using unpleasant odors alone. Yes, cockroaches do not tolerate them well, but this does not lead to their death. Over time, the parasites become accustomed to the smell used to fight them, and they no longer fear it. This means that such a measure can only be temporary while you search for a more effective drug or method of killing mustachioed insects.

Please note that in neighboring apartments people can also use the same smell as you to remove the Prussians. Therefore, the parasites crawling to you from your neighbors have already adapted to it and feel completely safe.

Sagebrush

This is one of the most hated plants for cockroaches, so many apartment owners often choose it. If there are few cockroaches or you want to prevent their appearance, you can limit yourself to dry grass. For example, experts recommend making brooms or sachets out of it, additionally soaking it in a couple of drops of the essential oil of this plant. Dry compounds need to be changed every couple of months.

To treat the room, use a decoction or infusion of wormwood. Making a decoction is simple: pour 5 tablespoons of dry herb into a liter of water, bring the liquid to a boil, then cool and infuse for about 180 minutes. When this time has passed, the broth is filtered, put into a spray bottle and sprayed with it all the places where the insects stay.

An infusion based on wormwood is sold in pharmacies, and you can also make it yourself. A bottle of any capacity is filled with dry raw materials, then filled with alcohol and left for 21 days. Before use, the concentrate is diluted: for 5 liters of water at room temperature you need 5 tablespoons of tincture.

Bay leaf

This well-known seasoning contains essential oils that are extremely unpleasant for cockroaches. There are several ways you can use the plant.

• Buy several bags of bay leaves or dry them yourself (the second option is preferable). The foliage should not fall apart. Whole specimens are laid out where cockroaches appear most often. It is important to place the leaves under the refrigerator, behind the baseboards, hide them in cabinets and under the sink. The bay leaf is changed every few days.
• The second option is fumigation of the room. Take a freshly dried bay branch and light one end, then almost extinguish it so that the branch smolders rather than burns. The smoke emanating during smoldering will drive away the cockroaches. Walk around the room with the laurel, fumigating your favorite cockroach spots. It is important that all windows and vents are tightly closed. After fumigation, extinguish the branch and leave the apartment for a couple of hours. After returning she will have to be ventilated. Fumigation is carried out every day for 2 weeks.

The method is time-consuming, but the reviews about it are very good.

Ledum

The evergreen wild rosemary, which grows in swamps, also contains essential oils that are unpleasant to cockroaches. Ledum tincture or decoction is made extremely rarely; they mainly use fresh or dry bunches of the plant, placing them in pest habitats. They also fumigate the premises with wild rosemary. The principle of operation is the same as with a bay leaf: a recently dried twig is set on fire, causing it to smolder, and then the room is filled with smoke.

Gels for cockroaches

Many gels can guarantee you effective and safe destruction of cockroaches. They do not require harsh measures during processing, you do not need to leave the apartment, they will not bring large financial costs and, as mentioned earlier, they guarantee efficiency and safety.

The effectiveness of the gels lies in the fact that the toxic substances they contain enter the insect’s digestive system, thereby destroying it. There is another factor in the effectiveness of the gel, this is the content of bait substances in it, to which cockroaches willingly flock in large numbers, which helps to exterminate many more individuals than when using a regular gel.

Gels also have different chemical compositions, which directly determines their effectiveness. There are a huge number of gels on the market at low prices, so it is recommended to purchase different options and decide for yourself which is most effective.

The most popular gels against cockroaches

Dohlox is a gel against cockroaches. It is very convenient to use due to its syringe shape with a dispenser, it allows you to evenly apply the composition to the surface and not get dirty yourself. Available in a volume of 30 ml, one syringe is enough to treat an average of 50 square meters. m. The main active ingredient in the composition is fipronil 0.05%; this insecticide has long been used in insect repellent preparations and therefore its effectiveness has been tested by time. The Dohlox gel contains a bait, which instantly increases its effectiveness in relation to other gels. Purchasing this product will not hit your budget, the average cost is 75 rubles. a piece.

FAS gel is also a cost effective remedy for arthropods. The average cost on the market is 100 rubles, per 75 ml tube, the composition leaves no traces at all, which allows it to be used even on household appliances and furniture. The result can be seen already on the second day after use.

Gel Raptor is an insecticidal gel with a baiting effect that has a paralytic effect, so the effect is not immediately noticeable, which allows infected pests to return to it and successfully infect their relatives. The composition contains a new, but successfully proven active ingredient - lambdacyhalothrin. It is available in 75 ml tubes, but it is only enough for 10-20 sq.m of treatment, because it is applied in large quantities, in dotted lines. The cost of 1 bottle is about 260-280 rubles.

Any type of gel is almost completely safe for children and animals; at the slightest contact with the tongue, a child or animal will feel bitterness, which will make him never touch it again, but cockroaches do not feel this bitterness at all and willingly eat the poison.

The gel is applied in dotted lines at a distance of 5 to 20 cm, in places where cockroaches accumulate and move. After use, the composition is very easily washed off from any surface without leaving stains.

If you do not have the opportunity to leave the apartment while exterminating cockroaches, the gel will be the most suitable remedy and will be much more effective than traps, dusts and pencils.

Exterminating insects using gels has only one drawback - this type of apartment treatment does not imply rapid disinfestation; comprehensive disinfestation using liquid insecticides together with insecticidal gels will be more effective. The death of individuals after using gels occurs after 2-3 days, so if you need to destroy the Prussians in a few hours, preference should be given to aerosols.

Rules for using odors in the fight against cockroaches

It makes no sense to destroy cockroaches without having an idea of ​​the reasons for their appearance in the apartment. Most often they appear where cleanliness standards are not observed. Insects are attracted to leftover food on the table, trash cans, cracks, and moisture.

Treatment of premises against cockroaches should be aimed at creating unfavorable conditions for the reproduction and development of insects. Before you start fighting them, you need to remember that they cannot live for long without water, so after using plumbing fixtures, you must immediately wipe them dry. Ventilation holes, window sills, door jambs, baseboards, balconies, and thresholds in the house should be treated. The treatment will need to be repeated after 4-5 days.

If the selected cockroach repellent is an aerosol, it is recommended to temporarily remove household members from the premises. This is especially true for children, pregnant women and the elderly, since the harm to the respiratory system and the entire body as a whole is obvious.

Choosing a room treatment method

The destruction of cockroaches in an apartment, as a rule, requires an integrated approach. The choice of processing method will depend directly on existing factors, such as:

• Having children;
• Presence of pets;
• What methods of independent struggle were used;
• Area of ​​the room requiring treatment;
• The number of insects and their duration of residence in the apartment.

To find out the number of cockroaches in an apartment, you need to select the most appropriate answer:

Cockroach habitats

On-site specialists will assess the situation and offer you the most optimal method to resolve it. If children, pets or allergy sufferers live in the apartment, then the choice of spray product will fall on a safer one (premium drug). If insects have been living with you for a long time, and the methods of fighting them that you used yourself did not produce any results, then, most likely, disinfection of the apartment from cockroaches will be carried out by a whole range of procedures. Since many “household” drugs from the store not only do not have certification, but are also dangerous for people:

List of insecticidal and insectoacaricidal preparations for the control of arthropods that are not registered in the Russian Federation in accordance with the established procedure.

Boric acid

Another remedy that mustachioed invaders fear is ordinary boric acid. Penetrating into the body of an insect, it disrupts the functioning of its nervous system, causes paralysis and the parasite inevitably dies. You can force a cockroach to eat poison by making a bait by mixing boric acid with flour and egg yolk.

You need to mix all the ingredients, form small balls from the resulting mixture and place them in all rooms of the home. Attention should be paid to those surfaces where you see the largest concentration of insects.

The use of boric acid to kill cockroaches has both advantages and some disadvantages.

Among the positive aspects are:

• absolute safety for the life and health of humans, as well as their pets;
• no unpleasant odor;
• the death of parasites, and not just their escape.

The disadvantages of using boric acid include:

1. this method cannot be called the fastest, because every insect must come into contact with a poisonous agent;
2. If a poisoned Prussian can get to the water and drink it, then he is not in danger of death. Therefore, when using boric acid, it is necessary to prevent cockroaches from accessing water sources.

Other effective remedies

You can also find other equally effective products on sale that help you quickly get rid of uninvited guests. They differ in release form and principle of action, but if the rules of application are followed, they guarantee a good result.

Tarax

Russian powdered drug. Sold in sealed bags. To carry out the treatment, it requires preliminary dilution with water at the rate of 1 g of product per 200 g of warm water. Apply the product to surfaces using a brush or syringe. Tarax forms a dense insecticidal film on the surface and has a contact effect. The drug remains active for up to 3 weeks.

Hector

Gektor appeared on the market at the end of 2021. The active component of the drug is finely dispersed hydrophilic silicon dioxide. This substance is chemically neutral. It goes on sale only in plastic bottles equipped with a 100 g dispenser.

The drug Hector for cockroaches works on the principle of dehydrating insects. And when it gets on the surface of the pest, silicon dioxide begins to draw moisture and fats from their body, which leads to death. Disinsection should be carried out pointwise, applying Gektor only to places where cockroaches accumulate and move.

Baron

An insecticide containing fipronil. Its concentration in the product is 0.3%. The drug is available in the form of a spray. Sold in 100 ml plastic bottles equipped with a convenient sprayer. Suitable for treating hard-to-reach places where gels cannot be used. One bottle of the drug is enough to treat a room of 30-40 square meters. m. Before disinsection, you must shake the container thoroughly.

Dichlorvos

The insecticidal aerosol preparation Dichlorvos has been known since Soviet times. But the composition of the innovative product is radically different, which makes it safe for human health and pets. The aerosol contains active ingredients classified as pyrethroids. All of them are new generation insecticides and have a contact effect.

After spraying the product, a fine suspension is formed in the air, which subsequently settles on the surface. Moving around the apartment, insects come into contact with it and are transferred to nests, where they infect other individuals.

Tetrix

A Dutch insecticide that shows high effectiveness after the first application. This is achieved due to the high content of cypermethrin in the product, the mass fraction of which is 45%. And metaphos, which is a methyl analogue of thiophos, provides a prolonged effect.

The drug Tetrix has a contact effect. It helps to get rid of not only cockroaches, but also bedbugs in the home. Before use, the insecticide must be dissolved in water at the rate of 250 ml per 8 liters of water. When processing, the solution must be sprayed into places where insects are located and move.

Lambda Zone

An insectoacaricidal drug, which is a microencapsulated suspension. White liquid with viscous consistency. The active component of the drug is lambda-cyhalothrin, the content of which in the product reaches 2.5%. The drug is sold in 1 liter bottles. To carry out disinfestation, the product must be diluted with water at the rate of 1-10 ml per 1 liter of water, depending on the degree of infection. The recommended solution consumption is 50 ml per 1 sq. m.

Get

The release form of the insecticide is a concentrated liquid suspension of a white or milky shade. Sold in polymer bubbles. The active ingredient is chlorpyrifos, which is enclosed in microcapsules and is released only upon contact with pests. This has improved the safety of the product for people and pets.

The death of the first insects after using this drug occurs on days 5-7. And the maximum effectiveness is after 1 week. After application to the surface, the product remains active for 3-5 months, which ensures the death of the young animals that subsequently appear.

Leopard

This insecticide is intended to kill parasites in cats and dogs. But, as practice shows, it is also effective against cockroaches. This product belongs to the category of drugs and can be purchased at a veterinary pharmacy. Bars is available on sale in the form of spray and drops. The drug is completely ready for use. To carry out disinfestation, it is necessary to spray it on surfaces at a distance of 20 cm or wipe them with a moistened cotton pad.

The active ingredient of the drugs is fipronil. This toxic substance causes a disruption in the transmission of nerve impulses in the insect’s body.

Ammonia

Cockroaches have an extremely negative attitude towards the smell of ammonia in the apartment. Ammonia is nothing more than an ammonia solution, which can be easily purchased at any pharmacy. To repel insects, one teaspoon of ammonia solution is added to a bucket of water intended for wet cleaning of the room. This is an effective measure, but it is better to resort to it only as a backup option.

Not every housewife can withstand the pungent smell of ammonia, but she will have to treat the entire apartment with the solution, and after cleaning is complete, the smell lingers for a long time. Therefore, a respirator should be used during cleaning and windows should be kept open. This type of treatment should be done weekly.

Natural enemies of cockroaches

Cockroaches have many enemies, ranging from predatory insects to large primates. The most exotic hunter of these pests is the emerald wasp. She hunts cockroaches and, having found an insect, injects poison into it with a sting, which has a neurotoxic effect. After being bitten, the cockroach loses control of itself and loses the ability to move. The wasp takes the prey to its burrow, where it is eaten by the larvae. In addition to wasps, a large number of animals feed on cockroaches:

• arachnids;
• monkey;
• hedgehogs;
• shrews;
• birds;
• rodents;
• other insects.

At the beginning of the last century in Russia, to combat cockroaches in winter, people caught small birds and put them in cages. They were released to fly around the home, during which the birds hunted, pulling cockroaches out of cracks in the floor and walls.

Fear of rats

Cockroaches have an extremely negative attitude towards the presence of rats nearby; they cannot even tolerate the smell of these rodents. The Prussians do not like such competition, since they may not have enough food. They will be forced to leave the apartment and search for another place suitable for their residence.

Of course, wild rats released into an apartment is not the best solution. Buy a decorative rat from a pet store and release it into the kitchen area for a couple or three days. The result will certainly please you!

Toads

These creatures are by far the most common enemies. Amphibians regularly ingest numerous cockroaches in one sitting!

While frogs and toads are certainly similar, they are actually two different species. Their similarities stem from the fact that toads and frogs belong to the same largest order of tailless amphibians, numbering over 7,000 living and 84 fossil species.

Their main differences are that toads have more stable legs and thicker, bumpier skin. Meanwhile, frogs have long legs and smooth skin covered with a layer of mucus.

Toads live in almost any environment of the country and are grayish-brown or gray in color, but there are also red ones with even darker spots the color of old bricks.

Toads eat cockroaches like popcorn and can be found in most home yards. They like to live in places where they have a source of water and shady cover. By creating a garden area that has a small pool of water and a raised rock for shade, you will attract large numbers of toads and have a natural and effective way to get rid of pesky cockroaches and other annoying insects!

frogs

A variety of frogs are even more common than toads. These creatures live near ponds, lakes and other soft, moist environments. Their characteristic green color with black spots helps them blend in with their freshwater aquatic environment. They measure 8-12 centimeters and eat cockroaches in addition to a menu of other insects.

Most people have heard of grass frogs, or common frogs, or European frogs. This elusive little species lives in grassy and wooded areas and begins croaking cheerfully in the spring. Their dark brown color helps them camouflage. They are small, two to three centimeters long, and love to eat cockroaches as well as other small bugs.

Opossums

The opossum is the only marsupial in North America, and is an omnivore that eats cockroaches, worms and even garbage. Like other marsupials, the female gives birth to a small, barely developed young, which she carries in her pouch. Opossums are considered ugly by many. In addition, people worry about the risk of getting rabies from their bites. However, at home it can become a cockroach killing machine. Each possum weighs between three and six kilograms when raised indoors and requires slightly more food per day than the average house cat.

Birds

Although a bird will enjoy a cockroach from time to time, it is not considered the pest's biggest enemy.

Swallows: Their diet consists solely of insects such as flies, mosquitoes, crickets, moths, flying ants, dragonflies and beetles, among other insects, including some that have venom.

One of the most famous features of these birds is that they are migratory and can travel long distances, feeding their young in flight or flying up to almost 1000 kilometers per day.

Hoopoes eat insects and invertebrates, which they literally pluck from the ground or holes with their long, curved beak. They are very recognizable by their beautiful crest, their mode of flight is one of the most elegant in the world of birds, causing them to be compared even to butterflies. Sometimes they eat cockroaches.

But in fact, it is quite rare to see a bird eating a cockroach. For one, most species of cockroaches live indoors, and both nymphs and adults are typically found in dark, warm, and damp places, such as damp, hard-to-reach areas in your home, in and around bathtubs, and under your kitchen or bathroom sink. Thus, cockroaches living in an apartment are in most cases not visible to any bird flying outside.

Although they prefer dark and damp environments, cockroaches can also be found outdoors, although they still seek out the same environment. Outside, cockroaches are most often found near sewers or, if they move during the warmer months, migrating from one large building to another. Due to this pest's isolated habitat, both indoors and outdoors, birds are typically unable to reach the cockroach, perhaps even see it.

Boric acid against cockroaches is the best remedy available.

Boric acid is a very good and effective remedy in the fight against cockroaches. Today it has thousands of positive reviews and is relevant, despite the fact that many other drugs are offered on the market to combat these insects.

Its advantages are that it:

• It is a folk remedy.
• Really effective.
• Destroys domestic cockroaches. To date, there are no species that are resistant to it.
• Besides, it's not expensive. In most pharmacies you can buy it for pennies. Especially in powder form.
• Safe enough. Previously, it was used as an antiseptic for treating human skin. If it is not deliberately eaten, then it does not pose a threat to health.
• A huge number of professional and household preparations have been produced on its basis.

When using boric acid as a poison for cockroaches, the main thing is to ensure that the bait is not accessible to children and pets.

However, it should not be considered as the only universal, most reliable remedy for cockroaches. Baits made on the basis of boric acid must be used, but certain nuances must be taken into account.

Boric acid for cockroaches - examples of recipes.

First of all, boric acid acts only when it enters the digestive tract of an insect. It leads to water imbalance. In order for a cockroach to die, it must eat it. Accordingly, he must be forced to eat this bait, which contains acid.

A special recipe is used for this. Balls are prepared with the addition of various bait products. Usually the most affordable products are used. For example, take a few spoons of mashed potatoes. A packet of boric acid is added to it. Mix well. And they roll balls out of the bait.

Or they prepare bait with an egg. Separate the yolk from a hard-boiled chicken egg. Mix with a tablespoon of vegetable oil and the contents of four sachets of boric acid. Dough is prepared from this and balls are rolled. These balls are placed in those places where cockroaches are most often found. They eat the decomposed bait and die.

As bait you can use applesauce, dough, porridge, or add flour.

There are a great many such cooking recipes. They are all based on the same mechanism. Moreover, proportions do not matter much.

All this will work, but it is important to understand that, firstly, they must find these balls, and secondly, they must give preference to them over other products that are in your kitchen. That is, cockroaches do not always eat these balls, or they do not always eat only them.

Therefore, to effectively use boric acid you need to:

1. hide all products;
2. close all bowls, all boxes, all jars in which food is freely available, so that cockroaches can only eat boric acid baits;
3. shut off all free access to water. Because a cockroach, having eaten bait, in simple terms, can simply get to a source of water and “drink.” He will drink a lot, a lot of water, as a result of which the acid will be removed from his body, and he will survive. Therefore, all sources of water must be removed. Before turning off the light, you need to wipe the sink dry, cover the aquarium with a cover glass, and remove all bottles, mugs, and jars.

This method is suitable if you have few cockroaches in your home.

What if there are hundreds or thousands of them? They will eat the bait and even die. But you will not be able to completely destroy them. Because you need to make sure that new insects do not enter the house while boric acid bait is being used. That is, you need to find and isolate all ways for cockroaches to enter the apartment. It is important to block them and only then begin to destroy insects.

You shouldn't expect an immediate effect. If you place bait today, you shouldn’t expect that tomorrow you will completely get rid of cockroaches. This may take from 2 weeks to a month. In addition, if there are a lot of cockroaches, they will multiply faster than get poisoned. In the most advanced cases, if you have both Prussians and red cockroaches, then bait with boric acid can be used as an additional remedy along with gel sprays and other stronger drugs.

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The use of boric acid against cockroaches - review.

There are many cases of successful use of bait made on the basis of boric acid. An employee of the Magnit store spoke about one of them:

“Cockroaches have been spotted here before. But we didn't pay much attention to it until their numbers became alarming. They were everywhere. We have tried all sorts of medications to get rid of these insects. After all, we have products. And buyers have already begun to look around. By chance, one of the workers said that friends got rid of pests at home using a folk remedy. We bought several sachets at a nearby pharmacy. We decided to try it. And lo and behold! The cockroaches really disappeared. We thought that this was again a short-term effect, but we still don’t have them to this day. Although we periodically place baits in the warehouse. Otherwise, unexpected guests will suddenly arrive again with goods!”

Are cockroaches dangerous for people?

Cockroaches are of little danger to people. Is it true? Common known fears are associated not so much with their unpleasant appearance, but with the fear of contracting some disease from them. Many people with a good imagination see how these insects climb through sewers and trash cans, and then crawl onto the table, into bread bins, into cabinets with food and dishes. After all, they probably pick up tons of bacteria with their paws in the sewer, and then bring them into the house. In fact, this is nothing more than speculation. Although theoretically this is possible. Because individuals living in a private house or apartment, as a rule, rarely leave the confines of the room where they currently live. This is confirmed by numerous studies.

Tobacco smoke

Prussians cannot stand the smell of tobacco and stay away from it. The method was widely used in the last century, when all means were good to fight cockroaches. Tobacco smoke clogs the receptors, so the insects hide, and if there is a constant presence of an odor that is offensive to them, they leave the room. To expel parasites, you need to burn a dry sprig of tobacco or smoke shag.

On a note!

The effectiveness of the method is questionable, since the owners of dysfunctional apartments smoke indoors very often, the number of “settlers” does not decrease, but increases. Cockroaches do not like the smell, but it does not kill them or force them to leave the conquered territory.

Folk remedies against cockroaches

In the case when cockroaches are replaced in small quantities, you can also resort to effective folk recipes in the fight against them. There are a large number of them, but the best home remedies are the following:

• Boric acid is a very effective substance and works quickly from the first attempts. You can make the product yourself using the following recipe: Hard-boil eggs. Grind the yolk, add boric acid. Stir. Roll the mixture into balls and spread around the apartment. The cockroaches will feel itchy and will soon leave the apartment.
• Vinegar. Many parasites do not like it. Ammonia and vinegar are often used in spray form. You need to dissolve a little liquid in water and wipe the surfaces every day.

Fresh cucumber

The news that cockroaches cannot bear the smell of cucumbers comes as a surprise to many! But not an ordinary smell, but the one that results from its interaction with aluminum. To do this, you need to cut the cucumber and create conditions for its oxidation, making it possible to combine with aluminum (for example, put it on the lid of a tin can).

Oxidation will be accompanied by the appearance of an odor that is not perceptible to humans. For a cockroach, this smell will be unbearable.

What attracts

Above are some remedies that can repel cockroaches. However, what do these parasites love?

What smells are attractive to them? Arthropods are absolutely unpretentious; their food source can be not only food familiar to humans, but also any organic matter, rotting parts of indoor plants, spoiled food waste, and household chemicals.

Food waste and foods with a strong odor, such as sausage, sweets, and drinks, are especially attractive to parasites. For example, when making bait traps, the following can be used: beer, jam, honey, sweets, salads.

Accordingly, in order to prevent the appearance of arthropods and the growth of the colony, it is necessary to exclude the presence of the above names in the public domain.

Professional preparations

Residents of high-rise buildings often suffer from infestations of red cockroaches. It is difficult to remove them using available means, because insects freely crawl from one apartment to another through ventilation shafts or cracks in the ceilings. The main colony can live in basements and make nightly raids on the inhabitants of the lower floors. In such situations, it is advisable to seek help from specialists.

Professional preparations

City pest control services offer their services for exterminating cockroaches with a new generation of professional poison. Preparations presented in the form of liquid concentrates or powders belong to safety class 3 or 4. If all rules of use are followed, they do not harm the health of households and their pets.

The most effective poison against cockroaches are:

1. Agran is an Indian drug produced in the form of a liquid, which is based on the active ingredients cypermethrin and clopyrifos. It has an instant paralyzing effect on insects upon contact with them. An aqueous solution is prepared in a ratio of 1:100 and the room is treated with a spray bottle. The protective effect lasts up to 8 weeks. The product is sold in online stores and is freely available.
2. Tetrix is ​​a modern pest control for cockroaches made in Holland. It contains metaphos and cypermethrin. When it comes into contact with insects, it causes instant paralysis. The drug is diluted in water at a concentration of 35 ml per 1 liter of warm water. The resulting solution is sprayed or applied with a brush to all surfaces in the room. The product is toxic to people, so treatment must be carried out in full equipment. A bottle of solution can be purchased in specialized stores or on the official websites of disinsection stations.
3. Thiuram is a domestic poison, tasteless and odorless, in the form of a powder based on fipronil and pinerobutoxtide. Dust is applied to surfaces under the oven, behind the refrigerator, behind water pipes. When an insect comes into contact with poison, its nervous system is affected. Spreading the powder on its limbs, it manages to infect its relatives before it dies. The product is not safe for children and pets, so you can sprinkle surfaces only where no one has access.
4. Cucaracha is a product based on cypermethrin and malathion. The prolonged action lasts up to 5 weeks. To kill cockroaches, use only freshly prepared working solution. Disinsection is carried out wearing safety glasses, a respirator, and rubber gloves in a prepared room. Before processing, indoor flowers are taken out, food and dishes are carefully packaged.
5. Get is a microencapsulated drug sold in the form of a concentrate and is an odorless product. The active ingredient is chlorpyrifos. Resistant to environmental influences, does not leave stains after use.

Mistakes that are important to avoid

Avoid mistakes that could jeopardize your success in preventing cockroaches.

• Do not throw dead cockroaches in the trash, because if the females carry ootheca eggs, they will hatch and the infestation will be present again. In addition, dead insects can attract other pests such as flies and ants.
• Always recheck after 7-14 days. Sometimes additional baiting may be necessary to eliminate an infestation.
• Do not use the same insecticide on the same treated area.
• Don't treat all cockroach species the same: German and Oriental cockroaches, for example, have very different feeding and reproductive habits. Therefore, the removal methods will differ.

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