Choosing an effective poison for cockroaches

As practice shows, there are situations when apartment tenants cannot get rid of cockroaches for months, and sometimes even years (!). So they live in the neighborhood with each other, and sluggish war does not give any tangible results. As a result, it may even seem that no poison is taking cockroaches, and that these pests today have become habitual to almost any insecticide.

In reality, this is not so: if you correctly approach the choice of poison from cockroaches, the desired result can be achieved in a very short time (even in advanced cases), and the effect will be long-term. It is only necessary to take into account a number of important nuances, which we will discuss in more detail later.

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“Just two years ago, we settled in a new building, and there was no life from cockroaches! These creatures just flooded the whole house, fat, red, shiny, as if wet.We already have all the wallpapers in their tracks, when you kill them, they remain, still on the furniture. And such arrogant, right on sleeping children crawling! Than they did not fight, they bought different sprays, syringes, and boric acid was poured. They even that. And on dichlorvos they simply run and ask for more ... "

Irina, Yekaterinburg

 

What types of poison are used today against cockroaches

Although it is customary to chant the unique ability of cockroaches to survive and resist various insecticidal agents, nevertheless, it should be recognized: the chemical industry today is fully capable of giving a fitting rebuff to the invasion of pests. Moreover, some modern drugs in the literal sense of the word mow cleaned populations of cockroaches in apartments, even when individuals have a pronounced resistance to a number of obsolete poisons.

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Doust and Dichlorvos, who are still well remembered by representatives of the older generation, are in the past - today, in order to poison cockroaches in your home, you do not need to tolerate a terrible smell and risk your health, because you can buy much more effective and safe products without , besides, so unpleasant smell.

It should be borne in mind that on sale and today you can find dusts from insects, as well as Dichlorvos of different brands (Dichlorvos Neo, Dichlorvos Varan, etc.), but by chemical composition these are completely different preparations. The outdated organochlorine pesticide DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and the organophosphorus dichlorvos (dimethyldichlorovinyl phosphate) are now replaced by safer and more convenient drugs, mainly based on synthetic pyrethroids.

According to the form of release and, consequently, according to the method of application of poison from cockroaches can be divided into the following groups:

1. Aerosol products are well-known and very popular insect cans (Raptor, Combat, Dichlorvos, etc.). Buy such a poison from cockroaches today can be almost any hardware store or on the market. The greatest effect of aerosols is given in cases when they are sprayed directly onto the shelters of cockroaches in an apartment. However, as you understand, in neglected cases, shelters of cockroaches can be found all over the room, and as a result, as practice shows, aerosol poisons in the hands of an untrained person simply do not give sufficient effect.In addition, aerosol preparations do not have a prolonged action and, therefore, do not provide preventive protection of the premises from insects;
2. Gels - a kind of poisoned bait, attracting cockroaches smell and poison them due to the insecticide included in the gel. The peculiarity of such drugs is that they do not kill cockroaches quickly - it will take 2-3 weeks before the effect of using the gel appears sufficiently. Nevertheless, some insecticidal gels work, albeit slowly, but very effectively, and can rightly be considered one of best poison for cockroaches. We will talk about these preparations below;
3. Traps for cockroaches with a poisoned bait inside (Raptor Double Strength, Combat, Clean House and some others). In terms of efficiency, they are comparable with gels, but they are more convenient to use, although at a price they will be more expensive;
4. Insecticidal pencils (crayons), as well as powders (dusts) are inexpensive poison, they kill cockroaches slowly and are best suited for preventing the breeding of cockroaches in the room;
5. Concentrates of insecticides for dilution and the subsequent dispersion in the form of spray - today some drugs of this group are considered as the most effective agents from cockroaches (individual brands of such poisons, due to economical consumption and high efficiency, use disinsection services in their work). Concentrates of a number of so-called microencapsulated preparations are adapted for domestic use: the solutions prepared from them are odorless and allow the mass destruction of cockroaches, even in the most difficult cases.

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Among the less popular means of poisoning cockroaches in the apartment are insecticidal smoke bombs. As a rule, mosquito checkers are used for these purposes (Quiet Evening, City and others with permethrin as the active ingredient). The drawback of smoke bombs when used in residential premises is a long-lasting burning smell and white permethrin bloom on furniture.

Various national poisoning from cockroaches, among which boric acid and borax mixed with egg yolk are the most popular, can also have a certain effect. However, the lack of poisoned bait with boric acid is, firstly, the inability to get rid of cockroaches with it quickly, and, secondly, if there are available water sources in the apartment, poisoned cockroaches oftensurvive as they “take a drink”, thereby significantly reducing the effectiveness of the action of boric acid, which is detrimental to them.

And finally, a very important point, which is often forgotten in the independent struggle against cockroaches: you should not initially focus on finding one, the “most effective” poison that would once and for all solve your problems with cockroaches. The greatest performance is achieved only with the right combination of different types of tools.

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“Such a nightmare was when we began to put the old mother's apartment in order. Peel off the wallpaper, and behind them hundreds of cockroaches! I almost fainted when I saw such healthy blacks among them. We decided to give them a total sweep. Two different gels were bought, I used dichlorfos to squeeze the furniture, and my husband additionally treated the whole apartment with some remedy for bedbugs, it also helps against cockroaches. The next day, dead cockroaches collected scoops. That's terrible. We talked with the neighbors, they are also swarming with cockroaches. And we are all calm now, three weeks have passed. ”

Tatyana, Moscow

 

Insecticide Concentrates

As noted above,concentrates of insecticidal preparations adapted for domestic use make it possible to poison cockroaches in a room very effectively, even at a considerable degree of its occupancy by these pests.

For home use in this group, the following drugs, for example, have proven themselves:

1. Xsulat Micro - the combined microencapsulated preparation for insects, almost odorless. Developed on the basis of three active substances, which dramatically reduces the chances of survival of the cockroach population, even if they are resistant to any insecticide;
2. Get - also quite effective poison from cockroaches on the basis of microencapsulated chlorpyrifos. Almost no unpleasant smell. The product is sold in small packaging (100 ml), one bottle of Gett is enough for processing 100 m² of surfaces;
3. Delta-Zone is a microencapsulated remedy for bugs and cockroaches based on the highly effective insecticide deltamethrin. Also odorless. To handle a two-room apartment of average size, it is usually enough to buy one 100 ml bottle;
4. Lambda Zone is a tool that is positioned primarily as a powerful poison for the destruction of bed bugs, however, its effectiveness against cockroaches is no lower.The drug has no unpleasant odor, it is based on a synthetic, highly effective insecticide lambda-cyhalothrin.

…And some others.

With proper use, these drugs are quite safe for humans and pets. They make it possible to poison cockroaches in an apartment without creating an unpleasant unpleasant smell in the room, as is often the case when using many aerosol insect repellents.

The advantage of using microencapsulated products is that poisoning of cockroaches occurs not only directly during the treatment of the apartment, but also within a few weeks thereafter. The fact is that the surviving individuals (including those that will continue to penetrate into the room from their neighbors), running over the treated surfaces, will cling insecticide particles to their chitinous integument. Due to the contact poisoning effect, the poison quite quickly enters the hemolymph of the pest, leading to its death.

 

Cockroach Gels

The main advantage of gels from cockroaches is the combination of ease of use, safety for humans and animals, and a fairly high efficiency.

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In some gels from cockroaches, so-called bitters are specially added. These substances are extremely unpleasant to taste, so pets and children will not want to eat a drop of poison, even if they find it. In this case, bitterness does not interfere with the cockroaches to feast on the gel.

However, not all unpleasant-tasting substances are added to all gels. And if the child has eaten poison from cockroaches, then usually the situation directly depends on the amount of insecticide eaten. As a rule, if it is just a matter of licking a cardboard with a gel or a finger stained with gel, then there is no visible change in the child’s condition. The situation when the child eats the gel, squeezing it out of the tube can be much worse - in this case, you should immediately (without waiting for the child's condition to deteriorate) call an ambulance and report the information from the product packaging.

As a rule, poison for cockroaches in the form of gels are sold in syringes or plastic tubes, which facilitates the application of funds on various surfaces.

The composition of the gels include substances that attract cockroaches. The cockroach who ate the insecticidal gel does not die immediately, but usually manages to return back to its shelter, where it dies.Often, other individuals devour the dead brother, also receiving a deadly dose of poison - this is how a kind of chain mechanism of poisoning works. That is why some gels are so effective in the fight against cockroaches.

Today the following gels from cockroaches are well proven and popular:

1. Dohlox;
2. Brownie;
3. Trap (Storm-gel-paste);
4. Absolute;
5. Exil (positioned as a complete analogue of the German gel from the cockroaches Globol, which since 2015 is no longer available in Russia).

Gels are applied to the surface with drops in the form of dotted lines. The distance between the drops is 1-2 cm. Quality gels do not leave marks on the furniture and retain their effectiveness until they dry out or are washed away during wet cleaning.

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“For the first time I used Globol in my mother’s apartment, back in 2001. After that, we haven’t seen a single cockroach for five years. And really a good remedy. ”

Olga, St. Petersburg

 

Poison in the form of aerosols

No matter how much an advertisement for an cockroach aerosol praises, most of them are practically the same in their effectiveness in practice. Moreover, in many of them even the active ingredients are used the same.

Poison cockroaches in an apartment with a small number of them can, for example, the following aerosol preparations:

1. Combat Superspray (there is also Combat Multispray, which is suitable for the destruction of not only crawling, but also flying insects);
2. Raptor from crawling insects;
3. Raid against cockroaches and ants;
4. Dichlorvos Neo (or Dichlorvos Eco, Varan Dichlorvos - the good old Dichlorvos is no longer available);
5. Aerosol Clean House.

It should be borne in mind that aerosol means effectively poison cockroaches only when sprayed in close proximity to them. Accordingly, if you spray the drug, for example, only on the stove, the cockroaches on the back of the refrigerator, in the microwave, in the ventilation box and in their other favorite places of shelter will survive.

It is also possible to use aerosol means when 10-20 cans are sprayed at once in the apartment at the same time. Then, indeed, it is possible to poison virtually the entire pest population at a time. However, the problem, again, is that after the weathering of the aerosol from the room, the residual protective effect will be almost zero.

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Among the non-standard aerosol means of combating cockroaches can be attributed, and the use of aqua-fumigator Raptor. The essence of the operation of an aqua-fumigator is that when a metal container is placed inside a can of water, the release of steam containing an insecticide begins. This steam fills the entire volume of the room, penetrating even into hard-to-reach places.

 

Insecticidal pencils and powders

Perhaps the most popular remedy from this group is the well-known crayon from Masha's cockroaches. Today you can also buy Chinese insecticidal pencils, which are not inferior in efficiency to domestic ones.

As for the most popular powder from cockroaches, it is, of course, boric acid, some of the shortcomings of the use of which have already been mentioned above.

When using tools of this kind it is useful to consider the following nuances:

• Insecticidal pencils and powders are well suited as an additional tool in the fight against cockroaches (as well as a preventive measure). That is, it is useful to combine these products with more effective drugs (gels and concentrates of microencapsulated insecticides);
• With a significant contamination of the premises with cockroaches, poisoning them only with pencils or powders is unlikely to work out;
• The use of insecticidal concentrates (and even powders) mixed with dough or egg yolk has a greater effect than the use of boric acid;
• If you doubt what poison from cockroaches is better to buy - in the form of a pencil or powder, then ceteris paribus, choose pencils, since they are more convenient to use and can be used on vertical surfaces.

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A pronounced poisoning effect on cockroaches (and bedbugs) is exerted by the so-called Pyrethrum powder, made from dried flowers of Dalmatian chamomile. All the organs of this plant, especially in flowers, contain the natural insecticide pyrethrin. It is in honor of this compound that a whole group of highly effective synthetic insecticides - pyrethroids - got its name.

It is possible to prepare poison from cockroaches from chamomile flowers on your own - just dry them thoroughly and grind them into a fine grinder in a coffee grinder.

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“We used to hunt cockroaches a couple of times with the help of karbhos, in general all insects were destroyed. But this year it is not clear from where the Prusaks reappeared.Surprisingly simple, a separate structure, people do not live, there is no particular food. But the darkness of the cockroaches divorced. We arrived, saw this case, we had to buy some Chinese poison at a local general store, a simple pencil. They painted all the plinths and bedside tables with them, and painted walls in the basement. Cockroaches obviously became less, we find a lot of dead ones. But they did not disappear completely. I do not know, maybe new ones come from somewhere ... "

Natalia, Samara

 

We combine drugs and get the maximum effect.

Pest control workers are well aware that the best effect in combating cockroaches is a combination of different types of toxic agents:

• The main damage to the population of pests in the house is done using a highly effective insecticide diluted according to the instructions (when killing cockroaches on its own, this could be Xulsat Micro, Get, Delta Zone, Lambda Zone, Agran, Kukaracha, etc.);
• As an additional agent with high efficiency and prolonged action, an insecticidal gel is used (again, if you fight on your own, then you can buy Dohlox, Brownie gel, Absolute, Exil or others.).

As a rule, this combination is already enough to in most cases completely and permanently solve the problem with cockroaches in the apartment. However, in order to increase the effectiveness of measures, it is also possible to place glue traps in the room and, in places of possible movement of insects, apply lines with insecticidal chalk.

Do not forget about the obvious things: if cockroaches crawl into your apartment from the neighbors, then first of all, you need to block the path of possible migration of pests. To do this, it is useful to put thin grids on the ventilation holes, close up cracks in the walls, ceiling and floor, as well as block the possibility of pests penetrating through the sockets in the walls.

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“Tell me, good people, what kind of poison from cockroaches is better? I have a complete darkness in my apartment, the whole house is already clumped up, the neighbors are completely drunkards. She called twice a service, complete persecution gave a break only for a month, and then again. I do not know how to keep the defense. Now I have processed bedside tables with gel, but this is clearly not enough, herds of cockroaches are walking along their own corpses. ”

Albina, Novorossiysk

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