Egor Buranov/ article author
Disinfection, pest control, disinfestation, knowledge of drugs, SanPiN. Conducting laboratory and field tests of repellent, insecticidal, rodenticidal agents.

The most effective means and methods of cockroaches at home

In private houses and apartments willingly settle black cockroaches and red-haired prussians. Despite the small external differences, they equally annoy the person, tolerate infections. A step-by-step algorithm on how to get rid of cockroaches at home consists of several stages: elimination of favorable conditions for pests, preparation of the premises, use of an insecticide or folk remedies.

The process of getting rid of cockroaches

Black, red cockroaches are thermophilic, almost omnivorous - they are ready to eat any kind of food waste, nibble book covers, soap.

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Able to live without food for about 40 days, without water only 9, headless exist about a day. At temperatures below minus 5 ° C begin to die.

Cockroach fight
Cockroach fight

Based on the physiological needs of insects, control methods are selected and a strategy to get rid of them is built:

  1. To deprive cockroaches food and water.
  2. Prepare the apartment for processing.
  3. Use insecticides or folk remedies.
  4. Repeated disinsection is carried out according to entomological indicators.

Creating adverse conditions

It is necessary to eliminate the feed base and moisture sources for cockroaches.

  1. The first step is a general cleaning in the kitchen and in the premises where the food is stored. If possible, they move the tables aside, remove all the remains of the products: randomly rolled sweets, bagels, crumbs, flour, etc. Put things in order in cabinets and other pieces of furniture, eliminating spilled cereals and saccharines.
  2. During the war with cockroaches, relocate all confectionery, sweets, fruits from vases to airtight containers.
  3. Dispose of garbage in a timely manner, if the waste bin is in the apartment - equip it with a lid.
  4. Any condensate on glasses, pipes, tiles is able to fill the need of pests for moisture, not to mention puddles in sinks. Therefore, it is necessary to dry plumbing every night. If the dishwasher is equipped with a tray, make sure it is dry. If there are leaks in the communications, eliminate them.
Cockroach Prevention
Prevention

If you ignore these points, then the fight against cockroaches will be protracted, and even if you defeat the Prussians, it will be short-lived. Whenever possible, insects will appear in the apartment again and quickly restore the population.

Penetration prevention

The most common way for cockroaches to enter an apartment is migration from neighbors. It is necessary to close up all the wall cracks, in the baseboards, on the ventilation do mesh protection.

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Rarer are the options when the Prussians are brought or brought in bags after staying in a heavily infected room. If this is the winter period, it is possible to protect the apartment from the intervention of traveling individuals, if you take the bag out in the cold - onto the balcony.

Cockroach migration
Migration

How to use insecticides on your own

You can quickly get rid of cockroaches only through chemicals that are presented in the form of:

Cockroach Processing Places
Processing Places

Before disinsection, it is necessary to do wet cleaning, isolate pets, households, if concentrates or aerosols are used. Carefully read the instructions. It is possible that you will need protective clothing, a respirator, rubberized gloves, and it will also be impossible to stay in the apartment for some time. The agent is applied to favorite habitats of cockroaches:

  • near the garbage bin;
  • behind a gas stove, refrigerator;
  • areas near washbasins, sinks, showers;
  • on baseboards;
  • sewer and water pipes;
  • on the back surfaces of furniture.

If there are a lot of cockroaches, the treatment is carried out in all adjacent rooms with a kitchen.

Important!

When choosing insecticides, it is necessary to pay attention to the active substance. It is always indicated in the description of the product. If attempts to etch cockroaches have already been made, then a drug based on another active component should be purchased, since insects quickly develop resistance.

Insecticides can be used comprehensively. But manufacturers do not recommend combining aerosol with gel, since the aroma of the first will prevent cockroaches from finding a gel remedy. Gels are well combined with traps that are convenient to set in places where it is difficult to remove gel residues.

Effective schemes for the use of household remedies for cockroaches, depending on the degree of infection:

  • with a small number - chalk or pencil, glue trapsgel or aerosol alone;
  • moderate infection - traps, gel or concentrate;
  • a high degree of infection of the apartment - a concentrate, an emulsion in the kitchen, in adjacent rooms you can use gel.

Pros and cons of self-harassment

Compared to professional pest control, fight with the Prussians on their own is much cheaper. The procedure can be performed at a convenient time for yourself. Most often, the need to leave the room does not arise, which is a prerequisite for high-quality baiting during processing hot or cold fog.

Of the minuses, only a search can be noted effective remedies for cockroachesdue to their rapid adaptation to chemicals.

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The effectiveness of home pest control depends on the correct application, location of the insecticide, folk remedies, as well as the quality of the preliminary preparatory procedures.

How to poison the Prussians

With mild infection, many will help crayon Mashenka. Active ingredients - zetacipermethrin, deltamethrin, price from 40 r. With a pencil, they outline the perimeter of the room, at night “paint” the floor, zones near plumbing profusely. In the morning, dead individuals are swept out.

To take cockroaches out of the apartment, apply cable powder Tiuram. The principle of operation is like dusts. Poison penetrates the insect chitinous cover, destroys the nervous system, which inevitably leads to death. The lack of funds - toxicity, unpresentable appearance of the applied powder in the apartment, difficulties with the acquisition. You can buy only in online stores. The price is about 100 p. per package 15 g.

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When there are a lot of cockroaches or you want to simplify the process, more modern methods are used: gels and insecticidal traps. They are easy to use, give a good result. And what's important - you do not need to leave the apartment after the procedure and inhale toxic fumes. It is important to remove the gel and traps after killing insects.

Cockroach Remedies
Cockroach Remedies

The most effective remedies for cockroaches include the following:

  • Gel Excil (former global) The paste is applied pointwise, drip, or substrates are used to make it easier to remove the gel later.Insects eat the bait, the poison enters their body, after 15-24 hours the individual dies. During this time, the infected pest manages to bring poison to the den and, according to the domino principle, the entire colony is destroyed. Gels are safe for living in an apartment. Also effective Dohlox, Foresight, Chopping, Raptor.
  • According to the principle of gels insecticidal traps Combat, the active substance in which hydromethylnon acts. Efficiency persists for 3 months. You can exterminate all cockroaches in 2 weeks. They promise the same result. Raptor traps, Brownie Proshka.
  • Aerosol Dichlorvos - A good tool known since the Soviet era. The composition has been modernized. Spray and leave the apartment for several hours. It is convenient to kill insects if their nests are found.
  • Spray Clean House with the aroma of chamomile used from all types of synanthropic insects. Spray the product and leave the room closed for several hours. As with aerosols, additional treatment may be necessary to overcome all cockroaches.
  • Delicia Capsules. The agent against cockroaches is a granular lens bait. Absolutely safe drug for all households.
  • Cypermethrin Liquid Concentrate - a powerful tool, but you can use it only if you have a respirator, a cotton-gauze dressing. Diluted in accordance with the instructions with water and sprayed using a spray gun.
  • Aquafumigator Raptor - The best tool for high-quality pest control at home. The structures are installed in the center of the room, after activation insecticidal smoke begins to be released, penetrating into all inaccessible places.
  • Smoke Bomb Quiet evening when set on fire produces toxic smoke that kills cockroaches. However use smoke installations the apartment is fraught with fire.

Important!

All these drugs will help to quickly destroy annoying pests. But in order to permanently get rid of cockroaches in the apartment, it is necessary to seal the room, not to create comfortable conditions for parasites, periodically use drugs for barrier protection.

Folk remedies

The main advantage of folk recipes is their low cost, in some cases, effectiveness and safety for people, pets. However, you must immediately be prepared for the fact that it will take a long time to fight cockroaches in the apartment, the process is time-consuming. Strongly smelling substances should be used with caution in order to avoid the manifestation of allergic reactions, headaches.

Folk remedies for cockroaches
Folk remedies

Overview of folk remedies:

  • Tops the rating of home remedies boric acid, which is sold in pharmacies in bags and is a powder. The tool can be an alternative to dust. An effective way is the formation of balls of acid, yolk, potatoes and placing them in the kitchen. Boron powder is able to poison a cockroach, but you will have to constantly update the bait.
  • Ammonia, vinegar, essential oil lavenders have the same effect on the Prussians. They cannot kill insects, but completely drive them out of their hatched territories for a short time.
  • Repellent geranium. Suitable as a pot with a plant, and fresh branches.
  • DIY traps help significantly reduce the number of cockroaches. As filling, old structures must be removed.
  • Freezing A temperature below minus 5 ° C is detrimental to cockroaches. In private houses in the winter, you can turn off the heating and affect the Prussians with cold. But when you consider that insects are hiding in crevices, under baseboards, death temperature must be at least -10 ° C. In apartments, cockroach freezing is not used, there is a risk of damage to the central heating system, water supply.

Important!

To quickly deal with the invasion of cockroaches in the apartment, it is better to combine different folk remedies. However, do not use aromatic mixtures in combination with industrial gels. This disorients the insects and they cannot find the bait.

Preventative measures

Protecting the apartment from the penetration of pests will help timely removal of garbage, wiping dry surfaces, removing food debris from tables, troubleshooting water supply, sewage, eliminating wall cracks. As barrier protection use crayons, gels.

Everyone can get rid of cockroaches, you just need to make a little effort, visit the department of household chemicals and not create favorable conditions in your apartment for synanthropic pests.

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  1. Olesya

    After our neighbors moved out, cockroaches abruptly appeared. There were a whole horde of them. I put in the most careful order in the kitchen so that these parasites would not get a single sugar, crumbs. In tables, drawers on shelves around the perimeter, stripes of powder of boric acid were poured. I bought 2 bottles of the Hangman - I processed everything. Only after complex measures was I able to get rid of cockroaches.

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