There are more than two thousand species of cockroaches on the planet, which are harmful household insects and cause trouble for residents of densely populated houses with their appearance and reproduction. This species is considered unusually tenacious, red and black creatures eat absolutely any food and some substances, for example, dried glue on the back of the wallpaper or the sticky mass on the back of a postage stamp. Not every professional cockroach remedy will help to cope with these annoying insects, as they get used to some poisons and stop responding to them.
Problems that cockroaches create
In addition to the horrifying spectacle of hordes gathered behind kitchen furniture and other secluded places and crevices, a person suffers from physical contact with insects, their harmful effects manifest themselves in the following troubles:
- food spoils fromcontact with excrement;
- severe diseases occur due to the spread of infection on the bodies and paws of uninvited guests (dysentery, lichen, diphtheria, E. coli, helminthiasis, tuberculosis, etc.);
- lack of water in an apartment inhabited by parasites is the reason for biting a person (including small children) in a dream;
- some people suffer from an allergic reaction to the waste of the "tenants", especially dry.
Insects are capable of breeding at a high rate, and very soon a couple of uninvited guests increase to a real misfortune, even professional cockroach poison can hardly cope with such a disaster. Due to their flat and elongated body, they easily penetrate into thin cracks. Such visitors settle in any place hidden from human eyes: on the back walls of cabinets, refrigerators, under baseboards, in kitchen drawers with any utensils, behind sheets of lagging wallpaper. Insects thrive in TV cases, microwave ovens, computers, laptops, non-working electric ovens.
The fact that hordes of cockroaches live in the apartment is evidenced by black dots of excrement on any surfaces and dry capsules from which harmful offspring hatch.
Call a specialist exterminator
Insects that have made their way into the living quarters through the sewer are very difficult to destroy. If the owners manage to process the interior space with crayons or aerosols, then the bulk of harmful guestswill wait patiently in the drain holes. Sanitary service specialists will use a professional cockroach remedy and process not only the applicant's apartment, but also entrances, garbage bins, and basements. To destroy pests, and along the way, ants and bedbugs, employees of the department use chemicals that effectively cope with the problem, but do not harm the human body.
Independent struggle with uninvited visitors
If homeowners decide to deal with insects on their own, then the question of which cockroach remedy is the best becomes relevant for them. Modern methods involve the use of crayons, powders, solutions, gels, aerosols, traps and repellents. Due to the many names, it is not easy to single out an effective remedy. In rooms of different purposes and depending on the contamination with insects, the same "chemistry" works differently. In order not to make a mistake with the choice, you should know the criteria for determining a good drug:
- the product should effectively destroy pests;
- do not have a strong odor;
- do not have a harmful effect on the body of living people and animals;
- be widely available in a shop or market.
Use of dry crayons "Masha"
Sold in all hardware stores, is an affordable drug. Helps to fight cockroaches if the room is not heavily infested. Means of medium power, but pests gradually disappear, along the way acts onants. This cockroach chalk works very well if the owners know for sure where the insects come from (from neighbors, from ventilation, sewerage). Places of passage are outlined in small places, while making continuous lines so that individuals crawl through them without fail.
The effect of the applied product ends after about 7 days, so the treatment is regularly repeated. Chalk from cockroaches "Mashenka" has the shape of a white bar with a grayish tint. It is sold in a moisture-proof polyethylene package, produced in Russia, similar to a Chinese pencil. The composition of the crayon includes:
- deltamethrin;
- zeta-cypermethrin;
- gypsum and chalk.
The first two names belong to the pyrethroid category of poisons that affect humans and warm-blooded animals. This pencil is assigned hazard group 4. Gypsum and chalk bind toxic substances, which are contained in an amount of 5%.
Using Dichlorvos
It should be noted right away that the modern "Dichlorvos" from cockroaches is very different from its predecessor. The prefix "Neo" was added to the name, the drug consists of the following components:
- carbohydrates of the aliphatic group in the amount of 30%;
- piperonyl butoxide is 1%;
- preservatives and dimethyl sulfoxide - 1%;
- permethrin - only 0.2%;
- cypermethrin - 0.2%.
The resulting substance contains two types of deadly insecticides for cockroaches. Man under observanceof all processing rules cannot be poisoned, since these components are of low toxicity. But the drug also contains a poison - piperonyl butoxide, so the treatment is carried out in respirators and gloves, taking animals and people out of the premises. "Dichlorvos" from cockroaches of the last years of production contains aromatic fragrances, which distinguishes it from the old versions with a pungent and unpleasant odor.
Drug from cockroaches "Get"
This tool is produced on the principle of the previously produced professional insecticide "Eimpar-20", used in professional processing. The Get cockroach preparation repeats the composition of the products of previous years of release, but in a sparing consistency, so it is used for household insect control. After high-quality processing of the premises, cockroaches begin to die in about three days. But the most important plus is the manufacturer's guarantee that uninvited guests will not return for a long time.
In the above preparations, the active ingredient is chlorpyrifos. In the Get cockroach remedy, the insecticide is presented in the form of a microencapsulated solution of a concentrated composition. This reduces the user's risk of infection during processing, as the consistency is less dangerous to animals and humans. The concentrate makes it possible to dilute the substance used in various proportions, because for different cases a strictly defined type of solution is required.
Insecticide against cockroaches in the form of a gel "Global"
Quite effective remedy, sold insmall packaging in convenient tubes. Gel "Global" offers any hardware store or market. This drug kills insects very quickly, in two or three days the happy owners will sweep out the dead cockroaches. The disadvantage of the drug is that it is toxic to humans and animals, so it should be applied in places where it definitely does not come into contact with food, and pets will not be able to taste the substance. Gel "Global" - a modern and proven tool has won a lot of positive feedback from consumers.
No less effective means - "Dohloks"
The drug is produced in the form of a gel, packaged in syringes for convenience. Consumer reviews speak of the effectiveness of this insecticide, many advise it to friends. The tool is easy to purchase at retail outlets at a relatively low price. The toxic drug from cockroaches "Dohlox" is used with caution in rooms where there are children and pets.
The tool successfully kills pests on the spot, it is convenient to use it, since you do not need to part and get your hands dirty. The thin tip applies the drug precisely into the gap, while eliminating the loss of the substance. It differs from aerosols in that it has a fatty base in the composition. This allows the Dohlox cockroach insecticide to maintain a moist consistency and remain in working condition for a long time.
Pest Traps
The Combat brand of insecticides includes many types of preparations for dealing with uninvited guests. Some prefer aerosols, but it is effectiveand the use of traps. The cost of such exterminators is higher than the Combat can. Traps set for a week actively attract insects and almost completely destroy them.
Traps are equipped with adhesive tape or a substance, at the same time a bait is placed in the container, to which cockroaches strive, but cannot get back. The box is made of plastic or cardboard and is equipped with an opening lid for visual inspection. The professional cockroach repellent is gaining positive consumer reviews as it is more reliable than aerosols.
Using Thiuram cable powder
This is a powerful insecticide that has a destructive effect on three dozen types of pests, such as moths, red ants, cockroaches, bedbugs, etc. The minimum doses of the drug actively affect entire hordes of insects, this is practical in terms of economy. Powder from cockroaches is harmless to the inhabitants of the house. The agent is easily removed from the surface. The substance has a long duration of action, creates an obstacle to a new invasion of pests.
All potentially affected areas are treated with a solution of the agent, it is applied to door and window frames, the edges of ventilation ducts. The solution in the form of a slurry is placed with a syringe into hard-to-reach slots, sometimes it is mixed with raw egg yolk. Powder from cockroaches is poured in pinches on cardboard boxes and placed in wardrobes, poured along the baseboards in a dotted line. The agent is left on the surface without rinsing forthree weeks, after which the procedure is repeated. Preventive treatments are carried out every 1.5-2 years.
"Regent" - simultaneously from the Colorado potato beetle and cockroaches
Pesticides designed to poison the potato pest also effectively destroy the Prussians. A common commercial remedy, inexpensive and effective, "Regent" from cockroaches for a long time expels uninvited apartment residents. The drug has a viral distribution among cockroach relatives. Having received the portion of poison due to it, the insect does not die, but returns to its brethren and along the way infects several more individuals that had the imprudence to contact it.
Unlike the solution for the Colorado potato beetle (a bag or ampoule per 1 liter of water), the remedy for cockroaches is made more concentrated (by 250 gr.). It is very convenient to use a spray gun for spraying, but the treatment must be carried out with gloves and with a respirator. The product goes on sale in the form of a powder in sachets or ampoules with a concentrated solution.
The effectiveness of the drug can be assessed by the reviews of people who used it in everyday life. You can sometimes hear that after spraying the product in the bathroom, the disappearance of cockroaches in the kitchen is observed if it is located next door. The positive aspects include the absence of traces on the surface, the drug without an unpleasant odor cleans the apartment even with a strong infection.
The disadvantages include the fact that there is a need for self-preparation of the solution. In addition, the drug "Regent"from cockroaches does not have an instant effect, like an aerosol, but those consumers who are ready to wait for an effective result will be completely satisfied, since the cockroach colony will be destroyed without a trace. As for the preparation of the solution, the above proportions must be observed, otherwise the product will not work on domestic insects.
Clean House Series
In solving a serious sanitary problem with cockroaches, a series of well-known products produced under the Clean House brand will help. Drugs are produced in various forms to choose the best option. Aerosol "Clean House" from cockroaches is used in finished form, just shaking the can is enough. It contains two chemical components - cypermethrin and tetramethrin, which, when used together, doom insects to die from a nerve agent.
Easy spraying in narrow crevices is achieved by using special nozzles for the can, sold with it in the kit. Spraying is carried out necessarily in protective gloves and in respirators, before use they get acquainted with the instructions, since the drug is dangerous for humans and animals. The drug acts upon direct contact with cockroaches, therefore, they treat the places of their likely accumulation and habitat, baseboards, crevices and gaps in furniture, near door jambs, behind radiators, areas behind lagging wallpaper. Do not apply the product on expensive furniture, clothes and other surfaces, two hours after treatment, only those surfaces that will be in contact with a person are washed.
"Clean House" fromcockroaches are recommended for use in various forms to enhance the effect. For example, after treatment with an aerosol that has destroyed a significant part of the population, they continue to fight insects with a gel or powder. These substances will help in the fight against surviving pests and young growth emerging from surviving eggs. The powder, due to the dispersion of tiny particles in the air, is most dangerous for people and animals.
Pest Reject Cockroach Repeller
It is a generally accepted means for the final expulsion of insects from human dwellings. Almost all types of intruders do not risk appearing in the room where this original device is installed. The operation of the device is based on the use of electromagnetic waves.
The latest technology is designed so that they are transmitted through electrical wires in the walls of the house. The impulses reach the farthest corners, where cockroaches hide, on the nervous system of which pressure is exerted. Insects leaving the apartment.
To start the operation of the device, it only needs to be plugged in, and contamination of the house with cockroaches will be prevented. The pest control area is about 200 m2. There is no need to take care of the device and change the batteries, since they are not available as such. Scientists examined the device and found out that the repeller does not have a harmful effect on the he alth of the surrounding people. But for animals the size of a hamster or parrot, the device could backfire.
Boric acid aspoison
This well-tested and noteworthy substance has been successfully used by housewives for many years. It is sold in pharmacies at a low price, and the effectiveness, when used correctly, is compared with the latest developments of scientists. A professional cockroach remedy, as one can say with confidence about boric acid, brings death not to one insect that has come into contact with the substance, but to two or three other uninvited inhabitants of the apartment.
Another reason for the popularity of the drug is its safety for humans. The use of boric acid does not require special knowledge and skills. The substance crumbles in places where cockroaches pass, they cling to the powder on their mustaches and paws, subsequently experiencing severe itching. If acid enters the digestive tract, then the insect rushes to the liquid. In this case, you can not leave water in the kitchen, bath, even in the form of drops.
The second method of application, no less effective, is the preparation of food balls with the addition of boric acid to them. Potatoes, rice or egg yolk are taken as the basis. The bait is laid out in secluded places that are inaccessible to animals and small children. The disadvantage of this remedy is the fact that cockroaches do not disappear instantly, but only after a week or ten days.
In conclusion, it should be said that the choice of cockroach remedy depends on the owners of the house, but it is necessary to fight insects in any case. Too many troubles and troubles they bring to the tenants of the apartment. But in order for the drugs to give the righteffect, you should keep the kitchen area clean, remove grease and crumbs on the work surface and table, take out the trash regularly, and prevent water leaks in taps and other appliances.
