Do you have insects problem?my store is full of cockcroaches!
By dave_lie
@dave_lie (1474)
Indonesia
February 8, 2007 10:22pm CST
Although the building management has carried over insect management last month, i still found so many cockcroaches. Cockroaches from small to big one crawl everywhere in my store. They nest and change skin there. I think the fact that cockcroaches evolute rapidly is true. Every time we try to get rid of them with insecticide, they become immune if they managed to survive. That makes them the oldest species on earth. Eventhough every humans and living beings die in the future, they will still exist.
3 responses
@chertsy (3798)
• United States
9 Feb 07
I don't have roaches in my new house, but I used to have them when I lived on base. Not fun having them take flight and fly at you.
But I did a search, if you can find Boric acid, get some. Sprinkle it around your place where water is located. Under your fridge. Make sure anything in paper is thrown away then the new stuff put up in plastic containers. Roaches will eat paper. If you can't find Boric acid. Get Baking Soda.
The baking soda's properties is that it's a fine powder that sticks to there feet and antennae. The chemical properties of baking soda is salty (sodium biocarbonate) and it's fizzy in acid. This will make them dirsty and have intestional gas. So that's why you need to make sure there is no water for them to drink. Clog your sink drains, sprinkle the powder everywhere you have seen them.
Good Luck.
@chertsy (3798)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I wouldn't say I know a lot about them. Just from one here and there popping up right after it rained. I knew about boric acid and paper bags from the bug people. I read about the baking soda from a site online. That's how I learned how the stuff kills roaches. Again good luck with killing those nasty things.
@beautifulceiling (1300)
• United States
9 Feb 07
Try diatomaceous earth. It's also called simply D.E. You can get it in hardware stores. It works on any bug with an exoskeleton and it's non-toxic. All it is is finely ground seashells basically. It makes little scratches the insect's exoskeleton which causes it to dehydrate. They can't take in enough water to stay alive. So they can't become immune to it because it's purely mechanical. You can get it at the hardware store.
@beautifulceiling (1300)
• United States
9 Feb 07
Oops, didn't mean to repeat myself. But if you didn't catch it, you can get it at the hardware store! ;)
@thebestmom (1104)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
keep your kitchen dry. cockroaches are one of the fastest multipying insects and they thrive on moist environment. and dont leave anything edible on sight. if im not mistaken, they can even eat paper??