How to deal with cockroaches in apartment buildings

The struggle with colonies of cockroaches lasts more than onedecade. And every time cockroaches win. With the advent of the first cell phones, these unpleasant insects disappeared from the field of view. However, a dozen years passed and they returned to their favorite habitats - warm apartments, houses, shops and offices. How to deal with cockroaches with such vitality?

An adult can live a month without food, 10days without water, calmly live without oxygen for 45 minutes. The fertility of these nasty creatures can be envied. The female, being fertilized once in a lifetime, can reproduce its own kind to the end of its life. In addition, cockroaches are able to adapt to any adverse conditions. Yet there are several ways of how to deal with domestic cockroaches.

Where to begin?

There are cases when the owners have tried everythingpossible methods, but there is no sense. This may be due to the fact that cockroaches creep from neighbors through ventilation, cracks in the floor and plinths, holes in the ceiling for electrical wiring. Before you deal with cockroaches, you need to find the source of origin, or, more precisely, the penetration of insects into the apartment.

All cracks should be immediately closed. The usual mounting foam will help, we carefully foam all the holes and start fighting with those who stayed in the apartment.

How to deal with cockroaches effectively?

To help come a variety of ways - from chemical drugs to improvised funds.

• The simplest and most effective method -use of insecticides. These are gels, ointments, poisoned baits and crayons that kill the cockroach. The most famous and proven over the years: "Dohloks", "Raptor", "Global", "Reid". These funds are applied to places where most oftenyou can see insects - baseboards, walls behind kitchen furniture, near the cracks. The principle of the action of contact chemicals, that is, the infected cockroach transmits poison when meeting with relatives and the whole colony dies out. These tools should be treated with caution, especially if the house has small children and pets.
• Effective method of how to deal with cockroachesApplication of boric acid. If you have boric acid, it's boric alcohol (sold in pharmacies), then you can cook the poisoned paste yourself. Take 1 tsp. boric acid and the same amount of starch, it is mixed and 100 ml of hot water is added. The paste needs to be cooled with the help of a cotton wool disc, and put on the habitats of cockroaches. The effect will not appear immediately, but after 5 to 7 days the number of domestic insects will be significantly reduced.
• The most common species are red and blackcockroaches. There is an opinion that redheads are more adapted, and therefore to withdraw them more difficult. But there are plenty of effective ways to deal with black cockroaches. One of them is boric acid powder. It is scattered in small amounts on the floor in the corners and secluded places, or mixed with any edible bait.
• Aerosols, in particular "Dichlophos", still exist.They are used less often due to high toxicity for humans. But you need to have such a tool at hand when you see a single cockroach. It is much easier to deal with the cockroach immediately, and not to lay baits and not wait for the effect for several days.