The red-haired Prussians, their black counterparts, often “feast” in the kitchens, sneak into the pantries and drink water in the bathroom. The ideal and most effective remedy for cockroaches is one that acts quickly, less toxic to humans. It’s a great luck to choose such a preparation or method, because insects quickly adapt to attacks.

Harm and danger from the presence of the Prussians

Karl Linney in the 18th century made a description of the species and gave the scientific name Blattella germanica. In Germany, red cockroaches are called “Russians”, in Russia - “Prusaks”, in the USA - “Germans”. These nicknames like a mirror reflect the processes of migration of harmful insects. Cockroaches run across the floor, sometimes climb walls and plan down with the help of developed or rudimentary wings. Such activity is characteristic of a too prolific colony.

The danger of the Prusaks:

  1. They live in garbage chutes and sewers, in basements, easily find access to apartments in a residential building.
  2. Bring droplets of wastewater, particles of litter of mice and rats to living rooms and kitchens.
  3. One female gives large offspring for her life.
  4. Leave excrement in the habitat.
  5. They smell bad.
  6. Spoil the products.

Paws, antennae and intestines of cockroaches are habitats for up to 50 species of pathogenic microorganisms, including staphylococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, mold fungi.

Particles of chitin, excrement of cockroaches entering the body cause a runny nose, cough, asthma.In the absence of water for drinking, insects can gnaw eyelashes, skin flakes on the eyelids, ears, lips. If the cockroach bites the eardrum, blood appears from the ear.

Harm of cockroaches for human health:

  • mechanically spread pathogens, eggs, worms, spores of parasites;
  • cause physical and psychological discomfort;
  • bite, crawl into the mouth, the ears of a sleeping person;
  • are the cause of allergies.

Microbes carried by cockroaches are causative agents of infectious diseases of the skin, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, and urogenital system. The most dangerous pathologies: tuberculosis, cholera, meningitis, ascariasis, hepatitis, poliomyelitis.

How to deal with cockroaches in the apartment?

Insects living next to humans in houses and apartments are called synanthropes. Get rid of pests by mechanical means, poison with chemicals. The effect of physical extermination of cockroaches is usually low, the colony reproduces very quickly. The use of a vacuum cleaner gives certain results, if applied in places of accumulation of insects. Various contact baits attract insects to places of extermination.

Arsenal of chemicals for cockroaches:

  • Solutions in aerosol packaging: Raptor, Kombat, Dichlorvos, Raid, Fufanon, Executioner.
  • Powders and tablets: Fas, Super Fas, Fas-double, Buff, Borax (with borax).
  • Gels: Fas, Global, Kombat, Clean House, Kaput, Raptor.
  • Crayon Masha.

Aerosols can cause the death of adult insects within a few minutes or hours. Gels and crayons are applied to the migration of cockroaches. Such barriers minimize the penetration of intruders.

Powdered products combine three qualities: efficiency, safety for humans, ease of use. Chitin cover protects the body of the cockroach from toxic substances. Particles of powder linger on the scratches of the shell, the poison gradually dissolves and penetrates inside.

The drug is applied in a thin layer behind a stove in the kitchen, on skirting boards, behind heating radiators. After 2-3 days, the powder is collected with a wet rag. If the product has low toxicity to humans, for example, it is not based on pyrethroids, then it can be left for 2-3 weeks. They will act on young individuals emerging from eggs and past several molts.

The most effective professional tools

The difference between such drugs is higher concentrations of active substances. In addition, effectiveness is enhanced by a combination of two or more active ingredients. The population can buy professional drugs in specialized stores. All work should be carried out with these poisons in a respirator, gloves and glasses.

Fas drugs

Active ingredients are synthetic pyrethroid zeta-cypermethrin, neonicotinoid thiamethoxam. The first component - intestinal, contact and systemic insecticide, causes disruption of the nervous system of adult insects, does not affect eggs. The addiction of cockroaches to this poison does not develop. The hazard class for humans is II – IV.

Thiamethoxam is a systemic insecticide, a highly toxic compound for cockroaches, causing paralysis and insect death. For humans and pets, the toxicity is moderate. In the European Union, the use of neonicotinoids in agriculture is prohibited due to the high mortality of bees.

On the packages of most types of Fas products there is an inscription “for professional services” or “for professionals”. It also contains proportions for dissolution in water. Pest controllers carry out processing using special equipment and use personal protective equipment.

Other professional tools

Gel Magic drops and Kaput gel contain zeta cypermethrin. Buff powder is made from a mixture of alpha-cypermethrin, boric acid and fenthion. A similar tool Bifentrin differs in only one component (instead of alpha-cypermethrin - deltamethrin).

Traps, appliances, scared out of stores

Velcro, placed in special houses, spread smells "tasty" for insects. Cockroaches stick to the tape tightly. After use, Velcro is destroyed along with insects. The tool is absolutely safe for humans, suitable for rooms where cockroaches appear occasionally.

Lures are traps that use poisons. The advantage of this method over Velcro is that the poisoned insect creates a “chain reaction”. The cockroach, who tasted the bait, becomes easy prey. Kindred eat it and die too. The method is not suitable for the quick and complete destruction of a large colony in a house or apartment, but allows you to control the penetration of insects from neighbors.

Cockroach repellent devices are widely represented in specialized stores. Manufacturers claim that the emitted waves cause insects to leave the room. More powerful devices are more expensive, but also do not destroy cockroaches, only scare away. The most famous devices: Eco-Sniper, Pest Reject, Typhoon LS-500.

Electrical devices help out when it is impossible to use chemicals. However, ultrasonic repellers, according to customer reviews, negatively affect pets, cause headaches in people. Professionals consider ultrasound a dubious, ineffective way to deal with cockroaches. There are many non-toxic for humans and pets insecticides in the form of gels and powders, giving a more noticeable result.

Folk remedies for the elimination of cockroaches

Self-disinfection with the help of "grandmother's" recipes - this is the path chosen by those who are afraid to use chemicals in the apartment. An old method of getting rid of cockroaches is freezing the room. Heat-loving insects die at temperatures below 0 ° C. Cool the room by opening the windows on a winter day for several hours, or turn off the heating.

Boric acid and bleach are antiseptics that professionals have not used in their pure form in recent years to destroy synanthropic insects. Boric acid in powder form can be purchased at the pharmacy. Mix with egg yolks and boiled potatoes, prepare the bait. In the same way use borax.

Way of struggle:

  1. Mix the ingredients.
  2. Roll balls from a dense mass.
  3. They lay out the bait in the places of the cluster of six-legged.
  4. A protective suit and respirator are not required during handling.

Pungent odors prevent cockroaches from navigating indoors and finding food. You can use a solution of chlorine 1-2%, used for disinfection of rooms. After treatment, cockroaches usually go away, but the effect is temporary. When bleach disappears, insects return. Powder and mortar can change color or destroy the surface of metal, plastic. Less bleaching powder - a negative effect on the respiratory tract, eyes and skin.

Less risk to human health when using essential oils. They treat places under heating radiators, baseboards, sills, ventilation grilles. Cockroaches are unpleasant with essential oils of Caucasian chamomile, lavender, fir.

Any folk remedies for cockroaches have been used for a long time, cockroaches are less susceptible to them, compared with chemical preparations. Insects gradually, from generation to generation, develop immunity to any poison. Therefore, hundreds of new insecticides appear on the market every year.

Top 5 best parasite control products

It is difficult to choose one drug from a large number of items. It is recommended to pay attention to the composition, safety of the product, reviews about it. Less toxic are insecticides of hazard class III – IV. Another important selection criterion is the reliability of the harmful effects on pests, both during processing and in the future.

Top 5 best means to fight cockroaches in the apartment:

  1. Powder Fas Double.
  2. Borax Powder.
  3. Gel Global.
  4. Solution Get.
  5. Gel Fas.

The gel cockroach remedy in the form of a gel and Get's liquid preparation contain the same active substance - chlorpyrifos. This is a modern contact insecticide with a wide spectrum of action. A 75 g Globol gel tube is enough for a single room treatment of 60 m2. The drug is convenient to apply in the habitats of cockroaches, make bait in the form of strips of thick paper.

Gels are available in tubes with a narrowed end, which facilitates the application of funds on any surface. The drugs are in the middle price category. Powder products and gels can be used in the apartment without removing its inhabitants. With proper use of the insecticide, pests die in the infected room after 1-3 weeks.

Get— a cockroach remedy in a bottle of 100 ml is dissolved in 1.5 liters of water and sprayed indoors. Most insects die in the first 3-4 hours after treatment. The disadvantages of using an aerosol or solution are the need for people and pets to leave the room for several hours, high prices for drugs.

Specialized pest control services

Destruction of cockroaches and other measures to clean the premises from parasites are carried out by trained specialists. Disinfestation services - public and private - are in every city. Professionals conduct processing using generators that create high pressure. The insecticide is sprayed in the form of hot and cold fog.

The use of the latest pesticides of various hazard classes, fumigation equipment, a combination of disinfection and disinfection of premises are the advantages of the work of specialists. Professional extermination of pests provides a performance level of 90-100%. Pest controllers use approved drugs that are certified and recommended for use against certain groups of parasites.

Consumers of services should carefully choose their company. For this, you need to have a general understanding of the activities of the sanitary service. Previously, a specialist leaves the site to determine the front and scope of work. A processing agreement must be concluded. One of the points is the guarantee of the quality of processing.

Timely prevention of cockroaches

Favorable places for breeding of the Prusaks: garbage bins, storage rooms, storehouses, basements and basements. Insects get into “clean” rooms from infected apartments through ventilation grills, cracks and cracks in the walls, floor. Sometimes cockroaches are brought with things from vacation, brought with purchases made at the market or in the store.

Prevention is promoted by:

  • lack of food and water for cockroaches;
  • the addition of an antiseptic to the water for cleaning the premises;
  • storage of products and waste in tightly closed containers;
  • wiping dry the sink, bathtub, pipes, on which condensate accumulates.

Sanitation of garbage collection and storage sites should be carried out more often. In addition, ventilation grills are tightened with a fine mesh. Thoroughly close the cracks, glue the lagged pieces of wallpaper. Cleanliness and order - the best prevention of the appearance of cockroaches.

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