Turd cockroaches - a clear indicator of the presence of pests in the room. Finding them is not so easy as they leave their pests on the run. But in places where they spend more time, feces accumulate. You need to look for them in the kitchen, in the bathroom, toilet, closet. Cockroaches in other rooms do not live or stay temporarily, do not leave noticeable traces. You can completely get rid of feces only by exterminating a family of pests in a house or apartment.
Appearance of excrement, sizes
It is impossible to consider one cockroach as a turd, since its size in most cases is comparable to a poppy seed. Feces often look like ink stains. Adults leave poop solid, cylindrical, black or brown. The cockroach droppings are ribbed, wide. At nymphs at the initial stage of development, loose stools. Photos of cockroach excrement are presented below.
Litter Clusters
Cockroaches have the ability to defecate on the go. Therefore, it is very difficult to see one poop. Since pests live in numerous colonies, stick together, the number of litter increases in places of their accumulation. The more feces, the higher the degree of infection of the premises.
Insects live in rooms with access to food and water. Settled in the bathroom, toilet, dark corridor, in the kitchen. Only in conditions of complete unsanitary conditions crawl in the bedroom, nursery, living room, throughout the apartment. Cockroaches activate their activities at dusk, so traces of feces are often found in the morning after a “lush” meal in the kitchen. In dark rooms, insects are active around the clock.
On a note!
Insect nooks - baseboards, places behind furniture, slots under the floor, rear panels of household appliances. It is in these places that traces of litter should be sought. It also reveals the pests themselves. With severe infection of the premises, a specific cockroach smell lives in the habitats of the pests.
Getting rid of cockroach feces
You need to arm yourself with soapy water, a rag, a broom, a scoop. Adult cockroaches poop with solid cylindrical feces, so you can collect them on a scoop with a broom, lower them into the toilet. Poop nymphs stick to the surface of the floor, furniture, so they need to be wiped with a cloth dipped in soapy water. In conclusion, you need to wash the floor, wipe the furniture with soapy water.
While there are cockroaches in the room, it is impossible to completely get rid of pest droppings. The main efforts are directed to extermination of insects, at the end of events carry out a general cleaning.
