How and how to poison cockroaches in an apartment

Cockroaches are parasitic pests that live in human housing and places of public catering. They settle where there is enough heat, water and food. As a result of their activities, they are able to contaminate food and household items in the house, provoke spread of infections and viruses. The choice of means of poisoning cockroaches is huge: insecticides in the form of dusts, gels, concentrates, and folk recipes.

Disposal Techniques - First Steps

Starting the fight against domestic insects, it is necessary first of all to exclude favorable conditions that contribute to their carefree life and reproduction. Causes of parasites in the apartment often hide in poor and unsanitary conditions. Therefore, before you begin to fight cockroaches in the apartment, you should eliminate the situation that contributes to their breeding:

• to put in order the perfect order in the kitchen and in the office premises (bathroom, toilet), having carried out a general cleaning;
• eliminate all insect access food and water sources in the apartment - wash dirty dishes in time, close taps, etc .;
• to eliminate the access of cockroaches to free movement and to limit the possibility of reproduction, for which it is necessary to check and cover all the cracks in the walls, between the baseboards, around the sewer pipes, the sink in the kitchen and the wash basin in the bathroom.

On a note!

Only after the preparatory measures have been taken should one proceed directly to the procedure for pickling cockroaches in an apartment, which includes the use of chemical insecticides and other methods of destruction.

Methods and means of struggle

There are many ways to deal with the Prussians who settled in the apartment, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages. Choosing the right method, one should proceed from the level of population with insects, the presence of children and pets in the house, and the possibility of leaving for a short time.

How to poison cockroaches in an apartment:

• Aerosols Dichlorvos, Raptor, Raid and others. - allow you to effectively destroy parasites, however, only with the exact hit of the jet. The disadvantages of the method are many - sprays have a sharp and toxic smell, which is dangerous for the health of children and animals, the sprayed product is not able to starve pests that are deep in the gap, the effect of the application is quite short. When spraying, wear protective equipment: a suit, a respirator and gloves. It is recommended to use aerosols mainly in places of large concentration of insects.
• Liquid products. The most modern: Avalon, Delta Zone, Xulat, AgranMedilis. They must be diluted in water and applied to the surface in a room where parasites can crawl, the effective etching of cockroaches continues for 2 months, while the applied film remains.
• Gel productsthat are sold in nozzle tubes or syringes: Raptor, Excil (Global), Absolute, Dohlox, allow you to poison yourself without much effort.The poisonous substance should be applied in the habitats and movements of cockroaches (inaccessible to children and pets). They have a prolonged action, thanks to which they allow to etch not only insects in contact with the gel, but also the residents of the colony, where the poisoned prusak. The action lasts several weeks.
• According to the principle of gels, insecticidal Kombat trapsin which the poisoned bait is placed in discs.
• Sticky traps with poison, which are covered with an adhesive composition that can smell a lure of a cockroach and keep parasites from running: Forssayt, Argus, Taiga, Obstruction. They are safe for children and animals, but ineffective in the case when the cockroaches managed to breed, because they do not affect the eggs and larvae.
• Crayons Masha, Clean House - used by drawing lines, upon contact with which insects become infected, and then bring the poison into the colony. The tool is effective, but it quickly disappears, the lines have to be updated weekly, toxic for children and pets.
• Dusty Fas Double, Clean house used as an adjunct to pest control.
• Aquafumigator Raptor - after collecting the structure, toxic smoke begins to be released, penetrating even the most inaccessible places, which ensures the death of adults, larvae.

On a note!

According to scientists, cockroaches can hold their breath and pretend to be dead for 30 to 40 minutes, so all the corpses of dead pests need to be disposed of with high reliability - flush into the toilet, and not throw in the trash.

The use of folk remedies

For those who prefer not to use chemical insecticides, it is recommended to use alternative recipes for the destruction of cockroaches, which use various substances and means available in any household:

• Boric acid It is a deadly poison for insects and a good tool for their destruction. When a parasite enters the body, it affects its central nervous system and paralyzes the respiratory system. It is better to use it in a powdered state by 2 methods: scatter cockroaches along the paths and near the places of access to water, or make tasty baits from acid and a mixture of products: mashed potatoes, boiled egg yolk, sugar, flour. The resulting balls must be decomposed in places of accumulation and movement of the Prussians.
• Ammonia It has a deterrent effect on insects due to the pungent smell, from which they flee. The ammonia can be used by adding to the water when washing floors, with a solution, treat the walls, shelves of cabinets and the back surfaces of furniture in the kitchen and in other rooms of the apartment.
• Trap making it is simple to make glass containers: from the inside, the jar must be greased with sunflower oil or petroleum jelly, the bait (bread, liver, etc.) should be thrown to the bottom, the cockroaches that run into the smell will climb inside, and they will not be able to get out due to the slippery surface.
• Pyrethrum Powder (dry crushed Dalmatian chamomile flowers) - used by scattering in the corners of the apartment or used to make baits. Poison can be made similarly to the method with boric acid. The method is safe for humans and animals.

Lack of application folk methods is low efficiency in comparison with chemical insecticides, it is recommended to use these methods of controlling the etching of cockroaches only when they are small in the apartment.

Interesting!

The largest domestic parasite is a palm cockroach, which is widespread in dwellings in southern countries. This large (about 3 cm) red-brown beetle can fly, and for life it chooses places with high humidity (basements, attics, bathrooms, sewers, etc.). Destroy the settlements of such pests is possible only by chemical means.

Professional means of persecution

The use of concentrated substances for pest control is the most effective way to control domestic pests. However, it requires knowledge and precise implementation of the instructions when preparing a solution for spraying, as well as the presence of spraying devices themselves and the ability to use them for processing a large area of ​​a room. Therefore, it is recommended that they be used by professionals, but if you have certain skills and follow the instructions of the pests, you can poison yourself. To carry out the chemical treatment of the apartment, personal protective equipment (suit, respirator, glasses and gloves) will be required.

Advantages of professional drugs:

• high efficiency, prolonged action and use for barrier protection;
• allow you to quickly poison all the parasites in the apartment, if you want, you can choose the funds with a delayed effect;
• low toxicity and safety for people and animals, which allows them to be used at home.

The disadvantage is the high cost, because such substances go on sale in bulk packages.

On a note!

One of the most effective means is solutions that are used by professional services for pest control.

The most popular and effective means by which professionals poison Prussians and other insects in apartments:

• Sinusan - available in the form of a concentrated solution. To prepare the treatment product, it should be diluted with water, and then sprayed indoors using a spray gun or spray gun. Work should be carried out in a protective suit, respirator, glasses and gloves. The advantage of the tool is the high mortality of parasites. The disadvantage of this method is the strong toxicity of the drug, which, if it enters the respiratory tract and on the skin, can cause allergic reactions, cough and intoxication of the body.
• Ksulat 25 (analogue of Empire 20) - contains highly concentrated chlorpyrifos, this poison from cockroaches is produced in large containers with a concentrated suspension of microcapsules, it is approved for use in child care facilities, public catering facilities, and grocery stores.
• Get - a reliable tool that goes on sale in the form of a concentrated emulsion consisting of prolonged-action microcapsules. Advantages - lack of smell, low toxicity for people and pets.
• Delta-Zone, Lambda-Zone - means based on the deltamethrin insecticide, which is harmless to humans and animals, acts detrimental to cockroaches and for a long time, leaving no traces on the treated surfaces.
• Agran - an emulsion consisting of 2 components (cypermethrin 5% and hdlpyrifos 50%), is intended for use in residential and industrial buildings, belongs to the 3rd class of toxicity, the solution with water is safe for humans and warm-blooded animals. When treating with this insecticide, it is best to poison the apartments by spraying the resulting solution in the places where cockroaches accumulate and live, especially carefully near baseboards, ventilation holes, water pipe joints, etc.). After a month, the procedure must be repeated, because the poison does not affect insect eggs.
• Tiuram - cable powder used in industrial enterprises. Contains fipronil (a contact action insecticide that causes paralysis) and pinerobutoxide, which increases the duration of the poison. It is recommended for use at low humidity in the room, sold in packages of 50 g, which are designed to process 30-40 square meters. m. It helps to poison cockroaches with a strong infection of the apartment. Disadvantages - a strong smell, the drug has high toxicity and is dangerous for humans and animals.
• Cypermethrin - goes on sale in the form of a powder, concentrated emulsion and tablets, refers to enteric-contact insecticides that cause central nervous system paralysis.After surface treatment, the action lasts another 20-30 days. It is used in agriculture to control pests and in indoor conditions - to kill crawling insects. Parasites do not produce immunity to it, the agent is highly toxic to humans and should be used correctly and strictly according to the instructions.

Proper use highly effective chemical insecticides will get rid of cockroaches once and for all.

Prevention methods

After it was possible to starve and get rid of the invasion of red-haired Prussians in the apartment, it is recommended to think about how to prevent the re-emergence of cockroaches, i.e., about preventive measures.

To prevent the penetration of parasites into the apartment, you should:

• tightly close all cracks, vents gratings, on top for reliability, treat them with boric acid;
• block the access of insects to food;
• carry out regular cleaning in the house, avoiding the appearance of food debris in the kitchen, an open bin, etc .;
• wash dishes in a timely manner and regularly clean the sink, block sources of water for parasites.

Choosing the optimal method of bullying cockroaches in an apartment, it is necessary to take into account your strengths and capabilities, to study various means and methods of struggle, and then use the information received correctly, applying it in practice.

Reviews

In the fight against home cockroaches already spent several years. After another persecution, they still come back from the basement after a while, from neighbors through slots, exhaust hoods or other means. For their complete destruction it is necessary to engage in struggle, having agreed with all the neighbors in the house.

Victor, Samara

We occasionally have individual individuals, but I derive them by the grandfather method using balls with boric acid. Also used dusts, aerosols, gels. The main task is to prevent their mass reproduction by any available means. In the matter of struggle, all methods (folk and chemical) can be applied alternately - only then will it be possible to defeat the enemy.

Nina, Voronezh