If black cockroaches started in the apartment ...

If black cockroaches in the neighbors' apartment feel like full owners, if they are firmly established in the garbage disposal, then very soon they will put the whole house and your home on their ears as well.

Is it possible to hope that your cleanliness will prevent insects from settling down on your living space? Yes, impeccable cleanliness in the house, lack of access to food and maintaining sanitary ware in perfect condition are serious “negative” arguments for black cockroach. It is unlikely that he wants to settle down in such a room for a long time, but he will definitely look inquiring if there is any dirty dishes in the kitchen.

It is worth the tenants only once let slip, insects will return in their wake and bring fellows. That is why it is necessary to meet them fully armed.

And first, let's take a closer look at black cockroaches, and then see how we can get rid of them if they come to the house.

 

Who is more dangerous: black cockroach or red?

In Russian apartments, two types are most common. domestic cockroaches: black and red. But they rarely get along with each other. They are heated by the same walls, they claim the same power source. All this creates competition.

And it seems that the winner in the interspecific struggle is prusak.

The slightly careless attitude of black cockroach females to their offspring leads to the fact that some of the eggs left unattended turn out to be eaten by representatives of any kind of cockroaches (both red and black). For these insects, cannibalism is a completely natural phenomenon.

In addition, until the black cockroach reaches puberty, during this time more than one generation of Prusacks grow and breed. Therefore, the number of black cockroaches is growing more slowly than red.

So, maybe you should not be afraid of their appearance? However, large, three centimeters long, black cockroaches, slightly shining with a chitinous shell, exuding an unpleasant odor and capable of developing an incredible speed, are still unnatural for a modern apartment.

Finding such a reluctant giant, who implements in the kitchen,exploring a bath or (oh, horror!) getting into bed, involuntarily shudder and remember Chukovsky's "Cockroach".

There is a quality that equalizes a black cockroach with a red one: the neighborhood with any of them is extremely undesirable for humans, this animal contaminates human dwellings with waste products, disrupts electrical wiring and household appliances.

The presence in the apartment of black cockroaches that came from sewers, basements, garbage containers and carrying an incredible amount of pathogens on their bodies is a sign of the low sanitary condition of the room and a real threat to health. Inquisitive children are especially vulnerable to infection.

 

Methods of dealing with black cockroaches

People are not used to risk the most expensive. Since it became known to man that these synanthropic insects are not only unsympathetic, but also extremely harmful, he with particular zeal began to get rid of black cockroaches. And he succeeded.

It is safe to say that getting rid of insects is quite a feasible task.

Consider the basic methods of dealing with black cockroaches, which are improving day by day.

• Mechanical extermination. The first weapon against cockroaches, perhaps, is sneakers. He is able to destroy one gaping individual, but is completely ineffective with a massive invasion of cockroaches.
• Thermal effects - a way to get rid of black domestic cockroaches, come down to us from time immemorial. It consists in freezing the building. For residents of modern high-rise buildings with central heating, this method is technically not feasible.
• Repellents - not killing means, but only cockroach repellent. Someone noticed that black cockroaches do not tolerate some strong odors. Virtually every housewife with experience in dealing with insect pests has his favorite remedy in the arsenal, eliminating the invasion of black cockroaches: bay leaves, rye collected during the flowering period, elderberry flowers or fragrant pyrethrum.
  The use of drugs of natural origin impresses with its safety. Unfortunately, whether cockroaches eventually forgot how to distinguish odors, or simply got used to them, but you can often find them crawling along the bouquets prepared for them.
• Traps.Kohl to drive a cockroach out of the house is a complicated matter, then it was decided to defeat him with cunning. To attract cockroach attention, of course, food products are used. The insect will never refuse a treat lying in a prominent place.
  This is where his misfortune overtakes. Human fantasy knows no bounds. Putting a treat in a glass jar and smearing its walls with oil, you can be sure that black cockroaches will not get out after such a nice meal. The same effect is achieved if, on the way to the bait, spread a sticky mass to which the insect adheres firmly.
  Modern devices for catching insects are even more intricate. If a cockroach is tempted to bait, it will be killed by electrical discharge and even be disinfected with the same electricity. And this method fighting black cockroaches There is a disadvantage: first you need to trap the insect
• Insecticides are products of the chemical industry that act on the organism of an insect, destroying it. This huge group of substances, different in structure and mechanism of action. It is these drugs can help get rid of cockroaches, when all of the above powerless.However, insects amaze everyone with their vitality and ability to survive even after eating poison.
  In some cases, this phenomenon has an explanation: if poisoned cockroach will find even a drop of water, get drunk, then the effect of many insecticides is neutralized or weakened. Manufacturers offer a means to get rid of black and red cockroaches in various forms - gels, crayons, aerosols, powders. When using many insecticides should be especially careful, as they are toxic to humans and domestic animals.
  But there is a tool that has won the particular sympathy of the population. This boric acid is a long-used, cheap, relatively safe for humans and an insecticide effective against black cockroaches to date.

 

Strike a blow

The active resistance of people, be it old-fashioned traps or ultramodern insecticides, had their effect, but we managed to get rid of big black cockroaches. No one rustles in the bin, no one hides in the cracks when the lights come on in the kitchen.

Can this be considered a final victory? I think no.As practice shows, tenants of multi-storey buildings, often not knowing each other either by name or in person, make a fatal mistake, trying to bring black cockroaches without the support of neighbors. Insects tend to migrate from apartment to apartment, the appearance in the kitchen of previously absent cockroaches, can only mean one thing: someone from the neighbors declared them another war.

It will be right to combine efforts, making the processing of all apartments at the same time and deliver a control blow to the main shelters of black cockroaches - the raw cellars and garbage lines. Such an event is wiser to entrust experts in matters of disinsection. Only then can we hope that black cockroaches will not appear in the apartment for a very long time, or maybe never.

 

Video: see what a black cockroach looks like.