What are cockroaches afraid of - a review of various products, from wormwood to aquafumigator

Cockroaches are some of the most annoying neighbors you can imagine. They very quickly capture territories and actively reproduce, increasing their population. Unfortunately, no one is safe from these pests, especially when it comes to a high-rise apartment building. In order to get rid of insects, people use all kinds of preparations and means, including those of natural origin, that repel cockroaches, forcing them to leave their home.

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.

What smells do cockroaches like?

Many people prefer to deal with uninvited guests using homemade traps. These are some devices that allow you to catch and neutralize the population of cockroaches. Insects are lured into such traps using aromatic products whose smell attracts cockroaches. The following are suitable baits for them:

• meat (raw, smoked, dried);
• various sweets or regular sugar, vanilla is quite suitable;
• butter;
• beer;
• sweet fruits.

Using these products, you can also prepare a poisonous substance. It is advisable to treat the entire apartment with this mixture, especially the bathroom, kitchen and staircase.

Signs of cockroaches

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.

How to properly prepare a plant

The plant is collected in summer. The ideal time to collect is when the plant is blooming, or just before it blooms. The flowers and leaves of the plant are most effective. It is collected as follows: if the wormwood is at the stage before flowering, then only the leaves are picked and only in the root part. And during the flowering period, the tops, 20 centimeters high, are completely cut off. As mentioned earlier, the plant is poisonous. Of course, contact with it cannot harm a person, so it is better to use gloves when collecting.

In order for wormwood to be used for preparing a variety of tinctures and decoctions, it will need to be properly dried. To do this, take a canvas and spread the grass on it in a thin layer. It should dry in well-ventilated and dry places. It is ideal to dry outdoors under awnings or in the attic. But in urban conditions, you can use a dryer or oven. Dries at a temperature of no more than 50 degrees. With this procedure, it is necessary to constantly mix the plants. It is quite simple to determine complete drying; it becomes brittle and brittle.

Next, it is packaged in bags made of natural fabric; a cardboard box is also suitable. Keep the storage area dry. It can be stored for two years, during which time it retains all its beneficial properties.

What are cockroaches afraid of?

Despite the fact that cockroaches are one of the most adaptable insect species that can live even with elevated levels of radiation, there are some conditions that force pests to leave the home. It is impossible to get rid of cockroaches without a number of professional measures, including comprehensive treatment of the home in several stages. At the same time, one of the ways to combat parasites is to change environmental conditions - this will not destroy the colony, but will most likely force the insects to look for a new place to live.

Microclimate

Cockroaches are heat-loving insects, for which ideal climatic conditions are with a relative air humidity of 30–50% and a temperature of 20°C to 30°C. Therefore, they choose dry apartments that are well heated. Cockroaches do not like frost and extreme heat, as well as critical readings on hygrometers. For this reason, the activity of these pests occurs in winter; in summer they often live outside, hiding in cracks, holes and basements. Finding shelter in an apartment, insects populate kitchens, since there is always something to eat there, and the kitchen microclimate is ideal for their residence and reproduction.

There is a way to drive away insects by critically changing the temperature: lowering it below -2°C or raising it above +40°C. However, this is only possible for non-residential premises or uninhabited areas where there is no central heating or where it is possible to temporarily turn it off and drain the water from the pipes. Such differences in indicators will negatively affect both the repairs made and all the furniture in the residential building, so you should not resort to this.

The ootheca (the capsule in which cockroach eggs are stored) is able to protect future offspring from temperature changes and can withstand air temperature drops to -2°C, so the freezing procedure must be carried out twice with an interval of 2–4 weeks.

Physical impact

Light and sound affect the life activity of cockroaches. These insects prefer silence and complete darkness - such conditions allow them to move as quietly and safely as possible, find food and water, and reproduce new offspring. Using special tools, you can drive pests out of your home.

Ultrasound

The cockroach navigates in space with the help of antennae, at the tips of which the hearing organs are located. Almost all insects are sensitive to high-frequency sound vibrations, which is why ultrasonic type repellers have been produced. Waves of this frequency affect the nervous system of cockroaches, forcing them to leave the room, but for the most part such devices are ineffective. Powerful ultrasonic traps can have a negative effect on the human psyche, causing sleep disturbances and headaches. They are also dangerous for domestic animals; for example, ultrasound can cause cardiac arrest in guinea pigs.

We bought an ultrasound machine more than 1.6 years ago. It works without interruption, without stopping, i.e. we don’t turn it off at all. We lived on the 13th floor and didn’t pay much attention to any effects, since there weren’t any insects in the apartment. But a year ago we moved to another city, to an ordinary standard nine-story building with a functioning garbage chute. I think everyone understands what it is. Cockroach bugs. That’s when I thought, it’s good that we have PEST REJECT. Now I think I’ll turn on this “magic little thing” and all the insects will scatter. Well, that’s not the case... It’s been working since we moved, but the cockroaches just kept coming to visit. And then there were midges, flies and moths. So we will have to stock up on old, proven means to expel them.

Mesha

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Light

If you go into a room where there are cockroaches at night and turn on the light suddenly, you will notice how these insects scatter in the corners. This happens not because they are afraid of light, but because their natural self-preservation mechanism is triggered. Drastically changing conditions are perceived by the pest as a danger. Therefore, the method of killing cockroaches using ultraviolet lamps and other dynamic light traps is not effective.

If you place a Prussian dog in a laboratory under direct ultraviolet rays, it will live significantly shorter. But in real conditions, UV radiation is more dangerous for humans than for cockroaches.

If you leave a light or ultraviolet lamp on in the kitchen overnight, cockroaches will perceive this as natural conditions and will begin to crawl out of their holes in search of food. You can purchase a special light trap against cockroaches; they are not in wide demand, but there are still some on the market.

Smells

Microscopic hairs at the tips of the antennae allow the insect to navigate in space, touch objects and smell them. Considering that cockroaches often live in garbage dumps and garbage chutes, where they find food for themselves, we can conclude that they are not very selective of the aromas around them. In fact, there are certain odors that cockroaches cannot tolerate. Substances with such aromas can be used to prevent the appearance of cockroaches in apartment buildings if most of the apartments in the building are infested with parasites. It is not recommended to use this approach as an independent method of disinfestation, since it is not highly effective .

Some plants contain essential oils, which have a distinct odor and are not tolerated by cockroaches. There are a large number of technologies for using plant products to control insects.

Mint

Mint can be used fresh or dried; it has good aromatic qualities that have a beneficial effect on humans and repel Prussians. The shoots of the plant must be laid out in the corners of the rooms, and also placed in all kitchen cabinets and drawers, which may be a potential habitat for cockroaches. Fresh leaves work best, and the essential oil of this plant can be used to enhance the aromatic properties of dry mint. Having spread the dry grass in the corners and along the baseboards, use an aroma lamp into which water with a few drops of oil is poured, after which the liquid is heated over a candle flame and evaporates, spreading a bright mint aroma.

Tansy

Tansy is a poisonous plant that is a natural repellent. It can be used to control insects in several ways:

• Place freshly cut shoots in the corners of the rooms, at the junction of the flooring with the walls and kitchen units. The plant emits a specific odor that cockroaches cannot tolerate, as a result of which the pests will avoid plant barriers,
  

  Tansy is a poisonous plant that animals and children should not be allowed near, so it should be used to expel cockroaches from the house in exceptional cases.

• boil 5 liters of water and pour boiling water over a full glass (250 ml) of dry crushed tansy inflorescences. Leave the product covered until it cools completely, then strain and pour the infusion into a container with a spray bottle. Spray the liquid on the floor, baseboards, along the walls. This method has a drawback: in addition to being poisonous, the infusion leaves marks on surfaces that can be difficult to remove.

Sagebrush

Wormwood has an extremely unpleasant odor for cockroaches; smelling its aroma, they quickly leave the home. The grass is used fresh or dry, laid out in large bunches on the floor and in places where cockroaches are likely to live. Wormwood shoots are spread on the carpet in the kitchen and bathroom, and also placed on window sills, kitchen work surfaces and under the sink. After some time, the pests will begin to crawl out of their holes, trying to leave the apartment.

Laurel

Dried bay leaves are widely used as a means of preventing the appearance of cockroaches in the kitchen. To ensure that the Prussians bypass your home, you should place dry leaves in the kitchen cabinets where bulk foods, pasta and cereals are located. You can also place laurel leaves under the sink to prevent insects from becoming interested in the trash can. Cockroaches cannot tolerate the smell of this spice, so by placing it in areas of potential infestation, you can prevent the appearance of unpleasant insects.

Photo gallery: plants that repel cockroaches with their smell

The peculiarity of using mint against cockroaches is that its smell is pleasant to humans and has a relaxing effect, while cockroaches simply cannot stand it

Tansy is a poisonous plant that has an unpleasant odor for cockroaches and has a poisonous effect on them.

Smelling the smell of wormwood, cockroaches begin to crawl out of the cracks, as a result of which they can be destroyed mechanically

Bay leaf is a common spice and an effective means of repelling cockroaches due to its specific smell, which insects cannot tolerate.

Substances with a pungent odor

Cockroaches do not live in rooms where there is a strong smell, such as vinegar, gasoline or alabaster. These substances can be dangerous to humans, so these compositions for treating residential premises are used with great caution . Among the products with the most unpleasant odor for cockroaches are:

1. Vinegar. This is a strong acid that harms the cockroach with a pungent odor and corrodes its chitinous cover. You can prepare an effective solution for treating floors and cracks: Mix 100 milliliters of 9% vinegar with 200 milliliters of water.
2. Add 15–20 drops of cedar or eucalyptus essential oil.
3. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle, shake, and then spray.

Our (ordinary redheads) have gone away from... vinegar. My little (cat) liked to nestle into the baseboards, so I poured vinegar heartily in all the corners. This clave was barely trained, but after two days there were no cockroaches. (And cats are really great at catching them, but they crunch disgustingly)

Brigantine

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Ammonia helped us. True, I pour ammonia from a bottle near the water pipes, in the cracks behind the baseboard, wherever possible. 1 bottle - 100 ml in the kitchen. I do this once a week. There are no more cockroaches of our own; only isolated specimens from the neighbors come running. And our plumber gave advice, although he spoke about 70% (technical), we decided to try it at the pharmacy. Then I wiped all the shelves with diluted ammonia. Sometimes I add it to the water for the floor. I really don't want them to return. The plumber was forgiven for all his mistakes!

Lydia

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Repelling cockroaches with oils

Not everyone has the opportunity to find and collect plants with a strong aroma. In this case, essential oils will help repel cockroaches. The most effective concentrate is based on tea tree, eucalyptus, citrus fruits, coniferous trees, anise and cedar.

Options for using essential oils:

1. Prepare rags. Apply 2-3 drops of oil to each cloth and spread them around the apartment.
2. Apply the oil to a cloth and use it to lubricate baseboards, walls, furniture, kitchen cabinet shelves, doors, bathroom and kitchen drains, vents and grilles.
3. Prepare an aqueous solution with the addition of aromatic oil and spray it regularly with a spray bottle or automatic device.
4. Place saucers of water with aromatic oils around the apartment.

Carefully!

When using essential oils, it is important not to overdo it. A large concentration of strong odors can cause headaches in a person. Only an unobtrusive pleasant aroma should be felt in the air. But this will be enough to repel cockroaches.

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.

Tansy for bedbugs - how to use, reviews from people

When uninvited tenants appear in an apartment or private house, the legal owners of the living space are not always willing to put up with this state of affairs. Particularly unpleasant insects are bedbugs - blood-sucking dangerous parasites that not only cause discomfort, but are also carriers of serious infectious diseases, such as:

• Q-fever or coxiellosis, bed bloodsuckers are not just a pathogen, they are natural reservoirs of this disease;
• Hepatitis, a common viral disease;
• Typhoid fever, an acute and dangerous intestinal infection;
• Tularemia;
• Brucellosis is a rare disease in modern times.

The above diseases are not just a sound, untimely treatment or re-infection cause serious harm to the body, even death. Therefore, getting rid of bedbugs if they have infested the house is a task of first necessity and preventive safety.

Tansy as a folk remedy

Tansy will help get rid of bedbugs - the inflorescences of the plant are rich in natural alkaloids, which are fatal to parasites. Penetrating into the trachea, the toxic substance paralyzes the transmission of nerve impulses. The effect is achieved by blocking the synthesis of peptides, which are an integral part of the functionality of the nervous system of insects. When the main life support systems are completely stopped, death occurs in a matter of minutes.

The task of folk remedies used on the basis of tansy is to penetrate the respiratory tract, which at home is a problematic but solvable task. The use of tansy is limited by low efficiency, but it is advisable in a number of cases:

• If residents are severely allergic to chemical insecticides;
• There are children and pets in the house, and there is a desire to preserve the health of loved ones from exposure to chemicals;
• The area of ​​the bedbug population is localized within narrow limits;
• In order to save the family budget.

How to implement the most effective methods of combating bedbugs? More details in the next section.

Tansy for bedbugs - how to use?

The most effective ways to combat parasites based on tansy are:

• Tansy decoction;
• Tincture;
• Essential oil;
• Dry grass.

Each type of product has advantages and disadvantages, how to properly use tansy against bedbugs, more details about each variation.

Tansy decoction

A decoction has a long-term (1-2 days) effect on parasites - this remedy can kill adults and larvae, but is ineffective against their eggs. The peculiarity of the decoction is that it combines an integrated approach - the combination of chamomile, tansy and wormwood against bedbugs is considered the most effective way.

You can prepare the decoction in the following way:

In equal parts, 150 grams each, take flowers, chamomile stems, ground parts of wormwood and tansy, pour 6.5 liters of boiling water. If possible, let it sit for 5-60 minutes. The resulting solution must be treated, sprayed on all surfaces, hard-to-reach places, mattresses, and it is also recommended to change bed linen.

Despite the fact that the concentration of poison is sufficient to completely kill the insects, in order to kill the parasite, you need to pour it with a decoction - this is the only way the concentrate will get into the lungs of the bug and cause paralysis of the nervous autonomic and central systems.

In home processing conditions, fulfilling this requirement is quite problematic.

Another important point is that the plant decoction must be freshly prepared, the shelf life of the repellent is no more than a day. If you spray the room with the old mixture, it will not give any effect. The tincture provides a more stable preservation of the repellent.

Tansy tincture

Preparing it is not difficult - 25g of dried or 50g of fresh flowers requires 110g of alcohol, the product matures in a dark place, after which a treatment similar to a decoction is carried out.

Essential oil

A concentrate of repellent substances, tansy essential oil is, first of all, a means of prevention that can prevent the appearance of bedbugs and other parasites in the house. When washing the floor, add 7-25 drops per 10 liter bucket. Many users of this technique noted that the smell of tansy is far from perfume compositions and is bitter and pungent. For balance, it is recommended to purchase another flavoring agent.

Dry grass tansy for bedbugs

Dried grass is tied into small brooms 10-20 cm in diameter and laid out in the corners of the room, in secluded places, presumably being habitats. This method has only a temporary effect, the help will be short-lived - the insects will leave their shelters, but, experiencing an urgent need for food, will return again after a while.

Tansy flowers emit a repellent substance only for a while; a little later, the parasites will stop reacting sharply to the poisonous component and will feel calm in those places from which they recently escaped. Therefore, if you decide to decompose tansy, keep in mind that the product is effective for no more than two days.

Also, using fresh flowers of the plant helps to create personal protection: having rubbed yourself with the juice of the inflorescences, you will no longer seem such an appetizing prey to bedbugs.

Does tansy help against bedbugs - reviews from people

Alexander, 28 years old, Khabarovsk:

We moved with my wife and son to a rented apartment, the previous tenants screwed us over - they left so many bedbugs that already on the second night the whole family spent the night in a hotel. I wanted to avoid etching with chemicals, so I looked on the Internet and found a way using tansy. The bugs went away for a while and came back. After my son was reprimanded in kindergarten about bites, he finally contacted a specialized service. It turned out that our apartment building was simply infested with these parasites - the poisoning was done collectively, by the entire entrance. Tansy is a natural method, but on the scale of a whole house it is ineffective.

Varvara, 23 years old, Krasnodar:

I brought bedbugs as a “souvenir” from India. Mom is allergic, so we decided not to use “Raids” and “Executioners”. They made decoctions, tinctures... Probably the point is that we realized too late that we had an infestation of bedbugs - we got a break for a week or two, and then everything started all over again. As a result, they called a team of exterminators, waited a day, and returned to the house. Then they asked themselves questions: why did you have to suffer so much?

Valery 35 years old, Tomsk:

We were running out of money, but I really wanted to buy a soft corner for our apartment. We found it, and the price seemed to suit us - we bought beautiful, almost new furniture for pennies. The troubles started later - they discovered traces of bite marks on themselves. We tried tansy, but my wife began to feel sick from its bitter smell. I had to use “Raid” - I poisoned it twice, but the smell seems to still be in the house.

Expert opinion

It is important to know that bedbug tansy helps when it comes to prevention or a small and new population of parasites. Essential oil, which contains a poisonous component, has no effect on insect eggs.

Many sources are silent that in addition to helping in the fight against bedbugs, this folk remedy has a number of serious contraindications:

• Pregnancy - in the early stages, alkaloids contained in tansy can cause miscarriage;
• Children may experience severe intoxication;
• Tansy is a strong allergen; people with chronic respiratory diseases should use this method with great caution.

At the moment, modern specialized means of exterminating insects are instant, but they cannot be found on the open market due to their high toxicity.

There are two options here - either order the services of exterminators, or use household insecticides, but keep in mind that a successful result from self-treatment is not always guaranteed.

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Destruction of cockroaches with boric acid

Boric acid is lethal to cockroaches, so it is used in the form of food traps as one of the most effective folk tools for controlling household pests.

To make homemade poison, you can use the following instructions:

1. Boil a hard-boiled chicken egg.
2. Remove the yolk, knead it and mix with 2-3 bags of boric acid to obtain a homogeneous mass.
3. We form a large number of small balls and place them near the sink, stove, and in the corners of the kitchen.

After eating the poison, the cockroaches die. But boric acid is dangerous for pets and children, so this recipe can only be used if there are no people in the house who could be at risk from this product.

In August 2014, I even had dead cockroaches floating in my coffee, it was an invasion. No matter what I did, they didn’t disappear. Only my grandmother's old recipe helped. We buy 2 bags of boric acid and separate the yolk from the white in a raw egg. Mix two packets in raw yolk. We spread this mixture onto pieces of paper (about thirty pieces). And then we place these baits in places where the cockroaches are located and near the water: flower pots, a tap, a trash can. It works slowly but thoroughly. The complete disappearance of cockroaches is observed after two weeks. A month later, even the fat individuals who came to visit do not stay and still do not reproduce. Mechanism of action: boric acid is a terrible allergen for cockroaches. one infected person infects his comrades. She makes him feel very bad. Someone dies, most people just do their legs. I did it, and you can too. the main thing is to withstand two weeks. Glory to cleanliness, death to cockroaches!

Ilyich

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Does tansy help against bedbugs?

If bedbugs appear in your house, the first thing you need to do is decide how to destroy them. Despite the variety of modern methods of combating them, many choose various traditional methods. One of these is to use tansy against bedbugs. Insecticides are harmful to health and have a specific odor, while the grass is harmless and, due to the content of essential oils, smells like camphor. But does tansy really help against bedbugs?

What effect does tansy have?

Tansy is a perennial plant with small yellow flowers that grows throughout Europe and Asia. In nature, there are 50 species of this plant, but most often we encounter common tansy. It grows near roads and is considered a weed. In agriculture, tansy decoction has been used for many years to kill Colorado potato beetles, caterpillars, aphids and other pests. City dwellers use it to expel domestic parasites.

If a cow eats a lot of tansy, the milk will taste bitter. Its poison is deadly for small insects. People have been using tansy and wormwood for bedbugs for a long time; these are the most effective herbs, but they do not always help. The fact is that bedbugs feed on human blood, but do not eat plants. The only thing it is strong against insects is the smell that drives them out of the room. Tansy helps against bedbugs in the following cases:

• There are few parasites. If there are a lot of them, only chemicals can help.
• Warm outside. Bedbugs are afraid of the cold, and if the temperature outside is below freezing, it will be much more difficult to drive them out of the room.
• The location of the nests in the apartment is known.

How to find bedbug nests?

Parasites come out to eat at night; during the day they are inactive and difficult to notice. In order to find the abode of bedbugs, you need to know their preferences. Bed bugs do not like sunlight or movement, so you need to look for a nest in dark places near the feeding point.

• In the upholstery of a chair, bed or sofa.
• Behind a wall hanging or a picture.
• In the mattress.
• In the closet with clothes.

If a nest is found, it can be destroyed with an infusion of tansy in alcohol.

Terms of use

To get a positive effect, you should know how to use tansy correctly. There are several ways to use this plant:

1. The smell of freshly picked flowers will repel parasites. Bunches of grass can be placed in the corners of the room, placed under bedding and in closets.
2. You can grind the flowers into powder and sprinkle them on the places where parasites live.
3. You can spray the infusion on furniture, baseboards and bedbug nests. If you cook it with alcohol, it will be fatal to insects.
4. Tansy essential oil will also help against bedbugs. If you lubricate the legs and frame of the bed with it, the bedbugs will not climb there until they are very hungry. This product will help not only against bedbugs, but also against mosquitoes.

When using the plant in conjunction with chemicals, the effect improves.

How to prepare tinctures?

To prepare the infusion you need:

• 25 g of grass flowers;
• 250 ml boiling water.

For decoction with alcohol:

• 25 g flowers;
• 100 ml ethyl alcohol (70%).

To prepare the oil, essential oils of tansy, tea tree, lavender, chamomile, etc. are used.

Prevention

Tansy also helps as a preventative measure. If your neighbors have bedbugs or after visiting you, a mark characteristic of a bedbug bite appears on your skin, you need to do the following:

1. Place under the mattress, near the bed.
2. Add grass to the water for cleaning the floor.
3. Treat the ventilation ducts with a solution.

If a bite appears after visiting a guest, you need to wash your clothes at maximum temperature.

Harm from tansy

This is a poisonous flower and must be handled with extreme caution. It is important to ensure that pets and small children do not eat or play with the plant - this can negatively affect the child's health. If people who suffer from asthma or allergies live in the house, you should not use tansy.

It is prohibited to treat wounds and bites with it, as it has no medicinal properties and can cause an allergic reaction. But it is quite possible to touch with your hands and inhale the smell of the flower.

Conclusion

Tansy is an effective and harmless remedy for bed bugs. When used correctly, you can use herbs to banish parasites from your home. Its huge advantage over insecticides is its harmlessness to people. Tansy grass is used only to get rid of bedbugs; bites cannot be treated with it.

Store-bought cockroach repellents

Modern insecticides are low cost, have a low degree of toxicity and do not require special skills and knowledge to use. By following the instructions supplied by the manufacturer, every person can use the product without harm to health, implementing effective measures to prevent or eliminate cockroaches in their own apartment. Regardless of the form of release and the principle of action of the drug, all insecticides can be divided into the following groups regarding composition:

• Organophosphorus compounds (OPCs) are strong, broad-spectrum poisons that have a nerve-paralytic effect. They are rarely used for treating residential premises, as they take a long time to erode and pose a significant danger to all warm-blooded creatures. This group includes the following substances: chlorpyrifos,
• malathion,
• fenthion,

According to the form of release, insecticides can be divided into:

• gels are poisons that are highly toxic to cockroaches; most often they have a pleasant smell and taste for insects. They act by contact and intestinal route, prominent representatives of the group are: “Kapkan Sturm” (gel paste), gels “Fas”, Global,
• aerosols are potent poisons that, due to their shape, can penetrate small cracks and under baseboards, destroying parasites that hide there. Among the most popular aerosols against cockroaches are Combat and Raptor,
• powders are loose mixtures that have a lethal effect on insects by contact. The disadvantage of this form is that the powder can enter the respiratory tract, presenting a danger to humans and pets. To combat parasitic insects, you can purchase Pyrethrum or Frontline M powder,
• Liquid poisons are the most powerful preparations used by professional exterminators when treating premises. These products can be divided into two groups: liquid concentrates - powerful pesticides that can completely destroy cockroaches indoors, have a pronounced unpleasant odor, are highly toxic to humans, and require special protective equipment during processing. The most effective concentrates are: “Tsifoks”, “Avalon”, “Executioner”,
• microencapsulated - the latest drugs in the form of microscopic capsules that contain poisons. These products are considered safe for people and animals and last for several weeks. The product can be purchased under the following names: GET Total, Delta Zone, Xulat Micro,

Photo gallery: industrial preparations for cockroaches

The disappearance of insects begins within a few hours after contact with Global gel

Combat spray has an effect only on adult individuals, but the product is practically powerless against larvae and laid eggs.

"Frontline M" causes contact-intestinal disorder in cockroaches, leading to instant death

"Tsifoks" is an effective, fast-acting universal drug

The Raptor aquafumigator is very simple and safe to use

Pros and cons of using wormwood

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Like any means of killing parasites, wormwood has a number of advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of this tool include:

• Natural origin of raw materials and its safety for humans and their pets;
• The price of drugs is affordable for people with different income levels. You can buy wormwood herb or its tincture at any of the many pharmacies. Very often, grass grows right in the yard of a house or in a nearby area, where it can be picked;
• The product is quite simple to use. There is no need for additional preparatory measures. Preparing the decoction will not cause any difficulties;
• The repellent smell only affects insects, while it only reminds people and pets of summer and field plants.

Among the disadvantages of wormwood are:

• The product does not have a long-term effect on pests. Since the smell quickly disappears, the plant bunches will need to be replaced with new ones from time to time. The broth will also have to be updated, periodically preparing a new portion;
• Preparations based on wormwood, compared to synthetic products, do not destroy parasites, but only repel them;
• Wormwood has no effect on insect larvae, and adults may become addicted to the drug.

Preventing the appearance of cockroaches in the apartment

Preventing the appearance of cockroaches in an apartment is much easier than dealing with an already widespread colony of insects. To keep pests away from your apartment, you can use the following recommendations:

• if the apartment is located in an old-style apartment building, where there is a common ventilation system and a garbage disposal, it is necessary to seal the ventilation holes in the room with a fine mesh. If possible, tightness should be achieved at the points of entry and exit into the apartment of sewer and heating pipes,
• all food, including bulk products, must be kept closed in airtight containers,
• All food debris, including crumbs, should be promptly removed from work surfaces, tables and floors. You need to wash dishes immediately after eating or cooking, without leaving “mountains” in the sink,
• if there are animals in the house, it is necessary to constantly clean the places where they eat, wash food and water bowls,
• You should use bins with a tight-fitting lid to collect waste, which will not allow insects access to waste,
• Most of all, cockroaches need moisture, so it is necessary to wipe dishes, countertops and the sink, which will discourage insects from living in your apartment.

Strong chemical odors

To repel red annoying insects, not only natural but also artificial pungent odors are used. Cockroaches will rush to leave the room if they smell boric or ammonia, turpentine or kerosene in the air. But, unlike essential oils and the aroma of plants, chemicals, even in small concentrations with prolonged exposure, negatively affect human health. If you plan to treat a room with the products listed above, there should be no people or pets in the room during the event.

Let's consider options for using chemicals:

1. Kerosene and turpentine.
   To kill cockroaches, put on gloves, moisten a rag with one of the listed substances and thoroughly coat all cracks, holes and other places where insects most often live. The procedure must be performed every 3-4 days. Kerosene and turpentine have a pungent odor that repels parasites.
2. Ammonia or chlorine.
   Before wet cleaning, one of the chemicals is added to the water. A few drops of ammonia can be left on the saucer. Fumes and a pungent odor will force cockroaches to leave the apartment. Before cleaning, you can also add vinegar, mothballs, kerosene and gasoline to the water.

If you do not want to prepare concentrated solutions and infusions yourself, then purchase a specially developed chemical product in the store. Some of them combine a component that is poisonous to cockroaches and a pungent odor that is not perceptible to humans.

Video: what are cockroaches afraid of?

Cockroaches often live in well-heated apartments, where they have access to water and food. By changing the general conditions in your own living space, you can drive away pests using cold, aromatic agents, and physical tools. All these methods can scare away cockroaches, in some situations even force them to leave the apartment. But you can only get rid of insects in your home with the help of professional products used in the process of disinfestation of the premises.

How do strong aromas affect cockroaches?

Cockroaches have antennae with appendages that serve as an organ of smell. With their help, insects recognize odors. Some aromas irritate them, while others do not pay attention to them. Information about which odors are poorly tolerated by cockroaches is successfully used to repel parasites and organize a protective barrier. It is necessary to understand that it will not be possible to destroy and rid the house of Prussians only with the help of strong aromas. This method is suitable as a preventive measure or as an auxiliary to a more powerful method of fighting Prussians.

Using dry grass

This is the simplest method. Fresh or dry tansy should be laid out and hung in places where domestic parasites are most frequent - next to food and water.

Change regularly and add fresh plant branches. Closer to winter, the dry parts are collected in bags made of gauze or thin fabric, and laid out in this form in cabinets.

The feeling of hunger will someday dull the feeling of fear in cockroaches, they will begin to bypass the plant. But tansy is not used alone; along with it, you need to use a poisonous substance for food and water. With a set of measures, it will be possible to defeat domestic parasites.

Evgeniya, Krasnokamsk:

Tansy helps in the summer from many misfortunes, from midges, awakened flies, mosquitoes, wasps. It makes cockroaches sluggish and doesn’t run away so quickly. I use it with boric acid. Together they get rid of all evil spirits.