Cockroaches are one of the most ancient animals on the planet. Vitality and adaptability make them the scourge of human civilization. Particularly affected by the invasion of these insects are apartment buildings with garbage chutes, where complete extermination is almost impossible. Nevertheless, it is quite possible to control the appearance of parasites within the same apartment. What is the most effective cockroach remedy to date, is analyzed in the proposed material.
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How to get rid of cockroaches in an apartment
For life and breeding, cockroaches need food, water and a favorable temperature. All this they find in abundance in the human home.
Insects get into the apartment in different ways:
- through ventilation vents;
- through pipes of communications;
- through small cracks in the walls, windows, doors;
- with purchases, parcels, things in bags and school bags.
Getting rid of cockroaches in an apartment without blocking their access from the outside will fail.
Therefore, the fight against them must begin with the following actions:
- close the ventilation with a fine mesh;
- move all the furniture from the walls, close the cracks behind the skirting boards, under the windowsills and at the joints of the plates, glue the wallpaper;
- install plugs in sinks and bathtub drains and do not open them unnecessarily;
- check the tightness of the windows, install mosquito nets on them.
The next stage is the extermination of cockroaches that are already in the apartment. And here it is important to choose the right tool.
The most effective professional means of struggle
Professional cockroach control is based on the toxic effect of insecticides - substances that get on the chitinous integument or in the digestive tract of insects and cause their death. Modern insecticides are available in different forms, which allows you to combine drugs, increasing their effectiveness:
| Release form | Drug name | Active substance | Mode of application |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosols | Delicia Contra Insect Wagon | Bioalletrin, permethrin | Move the safety valve and spray evenly at the cockroach shelter. |
| Combat Superspray | Imiprotrin, cifenotrin | Spray in places of cockroach accumulation on the surface, after 2 weeks repeat the treatment. | |
| "Raid" | Abamectin | Spray the skirting boards in the kitchen, under the bathroom, near the bin. | |
| "Cobra" | Cifenotrin, tetramethrin | Spray cockroaches in possible places of refuge. | |
| Gels | "Combat Supergel" | Hydramethylnon | Using the applicator, apply gel droplets in the habitats of cockroaches. |
| Absolut-Gel | Chlorpyrifos | With a syringe, distribute droplets of gel in the places of refuge of cockroaches. | |
| Dohlox | Fipronil | Using a syringe, apply the gel on all horizontal and vertical surfaces in the habitats of cockroaches. | |
| Pencils (crayons) | "Clean house" | Alpha cypermethrin | Outline the room, ventilation ducts, windows and doors. |
| "Masha" | Delta cypermethrin and zeta cypermethrin | Outline the room, ventilation ducts, windows and doors. | |
| "Titanic" | Cypermethrin and fipronil | Outline the room, ventilation ducts, windows and doors. | |
| Powders | Ecociller | Diatomite | Sprinkle with narrow paths in the habitats of cockroaches, process all the cracks and back walls of the furniture. |
| Front Line M | Fipronil, metoprene | Sprinkle with narrow paths in the habitats of cockroaches, process all the cracks and back walls of the furniture. |
The use of insecticides has one important nuance: cockroaches quickly develop resistance to poisons. If the population was etched by some means, but some individuals survived, in the next generations immunity to this substance can be observed.
Therefore, it is advisable to observe three rules:
- poison the population until it is completely exterminated, conducting repeated treatments according to the instructions;
- combine several means - for example, aerosol and gel;
- rotate drugs, changing the active substance.
Also, precautions should not be forgotten. Many insecticides are toxic to humans and pets.
Traps, devices, repellers from stores
The chemical effect on cockroaches can be supplemented by mechanical action.
Today's stores have a wide variety of traps:
- "Raid Max" - a poisonous trap with a substance that kills and sterilizes insects;
- "Argus" - glue trap-trap in the form of a house, mechanically catching parasites;
- "Ecosniper GH-180" - an electric trap with a bait that kills insects by a discharge of current;
- "Raptor Double Strength" - a poisonous trap with contact and intestinal insecticide.
In addition to traps and electrical devices, ultrasonic repellers are offered against cockroaches - for example, Typhoon LS-500. All these insect control products have different efficiencies and their own set of advantages and disadvantages:
| Type of facility | Advantages | disadvantages |
|---|---|---|
| Glue traps | • lack of toxic effect on humans and domestic animals; • the ability to install in places where there is no close outlet; •low price. | • low efficiency against a large cockroach population; • lack of action on eggs; • unaesthetic. |
| Electrical traps | • lack of toxic effect on humans and domestic animals; •durability. | • the need to purchase bait; • low efficiency against a large population; • lack of action on eggs; • the need for a close location of the outlet; • the need for continuous cleaning; •high price. |
| Ultrasonic Repellers | • esthetic appearance. | •high price; • unproven effectiveness; • negative effects on the nervous system of sensitive people and pets. |
Judging by the reviews, attempts to drive cockroaches out of the house using ultrasound are practically unsuccessful. This is due to the fact that the Prussians living next to a person have no organs of perception of ultrasonic waves.
As for the glue, poisonous and electrical traps, they can be placed after pickling cockroaches with insecticides. As a control, they show good efficacy.
Folk remedies for the elimination of cockroaches
Folk remedies are less effective than chemical ones, but in the absence of an alternative they can help out.
To combat cockroaches, you can use the following recipes:
- Poisonous bait with boric acid. Boil 1 potato and one chicken egg. Mash a half of mashed potatoes, mix with boiled yolk. You can add a little vanilla sugar to the mixture. Stir in a bait 1 sachet of boric acid in powder (10 grams). Roll small balls from the mass with fingers and lay out pests in habitats.
- Powder from dried flowers of Dalmatian pyrethrum chamomile (maiden tansy). It is good to dry the flowers and grind into a fine powder. Powder them with cockroaches, rear walls of furniture, cracks in the walls and floor. In the absence of its own plant materials, you can buy ready-made pyrethrum powder.
- A detergent made of ammonia. Dissolve a bottle of pharmacy ammonia in a bucket of water and thoroughly wash all the baseboards, floors, secluded places where cockroaches can hide.
Folk remedies will not help completely get rid of insects in the house if the population is too large. But under the condition of completely blocked access from the outside, a small number of cockroaches can be destroyed. The main thing is not to hope for a single treatment, but to repeat it several times.
TOP best parasite control products
Based on the monitoring of reviews, a list of the most effective anti-cockroach agents to date has been compiled:
- "Raid", an aerosol of instant action;
- "Raid Max", a poisonous trap for cockroaches;
- "Dohlox" gel against cockroaches;
- "Global", insecticidal paste from cockroaches and ants;
- "Combat Super Bait", a poison trap;
- "Raptor Double Power," a poison trap;
- "Raptor", gel for cockroaches and ants;
- "Delicia Contra Insect Universal", insecticidal aerosol;
- "Delicia", an ant powder that has proven effective against cockroaches;
- "Ecociller" powder against cockroaches.
Insecticidal crayons are also bought, but reviews about them are ambiguous, and the relevance of these funds is falling. Pencils and crayons are replaced by microencapsulated products - for example, Vergus.
Modern prevention of the appearance of cockroaches
The best remedy for cockroaches is prevention.
After the complete expulsion of insects from the apartment, you must constantly observe the following rules:
- Maintain cleanliness in rooms, especially in the kitchen. Crumbs, grease marks, leftover food, unwashed dishes and unsealed garbage bags attract cockroaches from neighboring apartments.
- Monitor the condition of the water pipes, prevent them from fogging. Timely change dripping taps, ventilate the bathroom. Cockroaches love high humidity.
- Change the bar soap to a liquid product. Soaked fragrant pieces in soap dishes attract insects.
- Do not leave sinks and bathtubs moist to deprive pests of water. Wipe them dry after use and close the drains with stoppers. Without water, poisoned cockroaches die faster.
Even the most modern insect repellents do not always cope with the invasion of the Prussians if disinfestation is not carried out in neighboring apartments or basements.Therefore, with severe infection of the house, you should agree with the residents and call a special service team that will save the house from parasites quickly and effectively.
