Cockroaches in the apartment - a problem that many people know firsthand. These insects are the most common pests in apartments, homes and business premises. And although cockroaches do not harm humans directly, they are highly undesirable insects in the house, contributing to the spread of diseases and generally worsening the sanitary condition of the home.
Let's see where they come from in the apartment at all ...
How and from where cockroaches get into the room
The owners of the house, who discovered unpleasant insects in their kitchen or in the bathroom, first think: where did they come from? In fact, there are many ways of penetration of these parasites into the house. Select the main ones:
- From the neighbors. Cockroaches can massively leave their old home after being bullied. or accidentally get into a new apartment through ventilation passages, garbage disposal, through the cracks in the walls.If they are satisfied with the amount of food and drink, as well as the ambient temperature, the cockroaches will willingly settle in a new place.
- With shopping. A cockroach may well get into a bag or a shopping bag on the market or in a store. It happens that the insect "moves to a new place of residence" directly into the purchased thing: household appliances (computer system unit, microwave), furniture or clothing. Of course, a cockroach can get into such products only by chance, because they do not represent the nutritional value for it. But in the food warehouses it can be found very often.
- In things. Things brought from a business trip or being used by someone can become a temporary shelter for a cockroach female, which will give life to a whole population of parasites.
- With parcels. Now purchases via the Internet, which are delivered by postal parcels, are very popular. These parcels, especially from abroad, can become a “transport” for cockroaches and other insects. By the way, it was the development of communication lines between different countries and even continents that became the main reason for the settlement of cockroaches around the world. Now, in our latitudes, you can find not only the red kitchen cockroach "Prusak"but also black and also huge american cockroach.
A little more about the causes of the appearance of cockroaches in the house
If everything is more or less clear with where the cockroaches come from in the apartment, these are the reasons for their successful “consolidation” and reproduction in the room are not so obvious to most of us.
Cockroaches are insects that require a certain area to settle the population. If there are already too many cockroaches in an infected apartment and there is not enough food at all, some of them go to the neighboring premises in order to master the new territory. This is the reason that after a while the whole staircase or house suffers from cockroaches.
If cockroaches appeared in an apartment, another option is possible: the neighbors are trying with all their might to get rid of parasites, creating unsuitable conditions for life. Naturally, cockroaches are trying to urgently leave the apartment and move to a new, safer place of residence. In such cases, cockroaches usually migrate en masse, immediately populating a neighbor's apartment with the entire surviving population.
Sometimes cockroaches occupy a room from a female or a pair of cockroaches accidentally brought in earlier.Most often, this problem occurs in people who travel a lot or go on business trips, stopping at various hotels and inns. Sometimes cockroaches get into the house with food bought in a supermarket.
An example of an apartment teeming with cockroaches
Cockroaches in the house - a sign of unsanitary conditions
Regardless of the cause of the appearance of cockroaches, the preservation and increase of their population is possible only if there are a number of favorable factors:
- Free access to food. Cockroaches are very unpretentious creatures. They can eat not only fresh high-quality products, but also rotten garbage, paper, skin. A cockroach can go without food for quite a long time - up to several weeks. But even if you leave an unmade table, stove, dirty garbage can in the kitchen - this will be enough for normal nutrition of a whole colony of pests. Therefore, to resist the insects need to achieve in the literal sense of the ideal order, hide all food at night and take out the garbage every day. Cockroaches are mostly nocturnal, so it is important to hide all food sources before going to bed.
- Availability of water to drink. The most important thing without which cockroaches can not live long is water. In modern apartments and houses of its sources very much. It may be a small puddle on a table or stove, a wet sink, a leaking tap or water condensation on a tile. If all sources of water are carefully overlapped, cockroaches can drink water from flower ground. Therefore, in the period of struggle with parasites, it is necessary to water the flowers only in the morning or in the afternoon so that the liquid is thoroughly absorbed. It is recommended to clean the sink in the kitchen and bathroom with a dry cloth for the night.
- Comfortable room temperature and the presence of nooks. Ideal conditions for life - these are the reasons for the appearance of cockroaches in the apartment. Human habitation is perfectly adapted to the needs of these insects: it maintains relative humidity and warmth comfortable for them, there are many corners where cockroaches can hide during the daytime hours. In addition, neighboring apartments are not isolated from each other, but connected by communications, through which insects can move freely.
If there are cockroaches at home, you need to carefully study the possible ways of their penetration.It is necessary to close up all the cracks in the walls and floor, to equip the ventilation holes with special nets that will not allow other insects to enter the apartment.
It often remains unclear where cockroaches come from, because there can be many options. However, these insects can continue to live and breed only in favorable conditions.
Typically, infection with cockroaches begins with a few individuals, which become the ancestors of the whole population that occurs in just a few weeks. Unsanitary conditions in the apartment - the main factor in the comfortable life of cockroaches.
By the way, after a pest control, cockroaches can return only if the owners do not care too much about the cleanliness of their home.
What to do if cockroaches are in the house
Every person living in a multi-unit or private home, it is important to know where cockroaches come from. This will remind of the need for preventive measures: maintaining order, eliminating gaps in the walls and closing ventilation ducts.
But if cockroaches have already appeared in the house, an urgent need to start fighting them:
- Clean up the apartment in order. The appearance of cockroaches may even be the reason for a small repair, but if there is no such possibility, then general cleaning is obligatory. Elimination of deposits of old garbage and the elimination of openly lying food will make the struggle much more successful and will speed up the results.
- Use special tools and traps. The industry offers many chemicals for killing cockroaches: insecticide crayons, aerosols, powders and gels. In addition, you can use the popular recipes or put cockroach traps (although it works if there are not very many cockroaches in the house).
- Prevention of re-penetration. A prerequisite for prevention is to maintain cleanliness, especially in the kitchen, bathroom and toilet. You can also use prophylactic gels from cockroaches, traps and crayons.
On a note
Cockroaches can appear in almost any home. However, for later life and breeding, they choose only apartments that do not shine with cleanliness. Therefore, in addition to combating with chemicals, it is important to maintain hygiene and maintain a good sanitary condition of your home.
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Phew. How to get rid of them ...
Buy a remedy for cockroaches, helped us.
Alas, no funds help. Only money down the drain.
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From neighbors who have food in the kitchen for ever, the food is not cleaned and, no matter how I walk in, then crumbs, then something else. They seem to get over to us, today I saw one and the day before yesterday I have nailed one. Phew But just a repair has passed. I have not seen these vile since the 90s. Nightmare.
How disgusting ... I recently moved to a student dormitory, a new, renovated, sterile looking. The room is always in full order, and then, out of nowhere, I saw this creature, you can see a present from a neighbor. Already two killed ... What to do, so disgusting. I can not sleep at night.
Pipe deal, I myself have been fighting with them for two months.
We killed 1 cockroach in our house, everything is clean at home. Kapets, I can not sleep at night ((Shaking from them, disgusting and afraid ((
What are you afraid of them? This is cutie just 🙂
You think so?
This is an abomination, how do you like them, Max ?!
Cockroaches are carriers of dangerous pathogens: parasite eggs, pathogens of dysentery, pneumonia, and others. They travel by sewer, garbage disposal, etc. These innocuous creatures represent a serious biological hazard to humans.
We have been living in the house for a long time, and as soon as the announcement about the disinfection of cockroaches appeared, cockroaches appeared. And yesterday evening saw 2 mice, and the announcement again, about disinfection from mice.
(These cockroaches and mice are an abomination).
Fu, I killed 3 of them, and at night it's impossible to sleep at all.
Rent an apartment a week. And now I found this creature crawling along the wall near the bed ... I'm afraid to sleep now (
You do not like cockroaches? You just do not know how to cook them)) What are they snacks here in the pictures.
You are sick?
Cockroaches they are so nasty and vile. I saw them in the toilet. I killed one, and my grandmother killed another cockroach. But how to kill all these vile creatures!
I will advise you on how to control cockroaches. 🙂 Take well-boiled egg yolk, the same amount in equal proportions of well-boiled potatoes and the same amount of boric acid. Roll into a ball and scatter where the cockroaches are. A day later, take a broom and collect dead cockroaches.
Let me send you my
There are comments, and what no one writes. I also found myself a couple of times cockroaches. So unpleasant! Today I will go to my neighbors to find out - whose is it? They bought the apartment, immediately made repairs - it wasn’t enough to see these “guests”. And so on you. Brr ...
Crayon "Masha" well helps. I have withdrawn from a 2-room apartment for a month, now they don’t bother me
I also had these creatures in the kitchen, what to do with them?
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I sprinkle them with toilet water and set fire to them))
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And what kind of gel? Write the name, please)
These vile creatures, how to get rid of them?
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Horrible. And I have the first floor, it seems, from the basement climb. And what kind of gel?
Gels do not help, it is checked. They give only a temporary effect.
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Hahaha ...
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How can neighbors be homeless?
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What means well help get rid of cockroaches?
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All felled by the neighbors, the typical fence itself. Or maybe you yourself are dirty, or brought from ...
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Damn, today a friend went to the kitchen to drink water and nailed him right in the sink - he wanted to swim, freak! Generally insolent.
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They are inhabited by freaks from organizations that then advertise: to kill cockroaches and bedbugs, inexpensively.
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