Tags for Forum Posts: cockroach, cockroaches, pests
CAN THIS THING ACTUALLY FLY???
i think I just died.
All good tips, plus I'd also recommend getting a pack of 10 cockroach traps, and then put them along the walls where you've seen them (they tend to stay close to the wall). That will not only catch some of them, but you can monitor them to ensure that the other approaches (gel, etc) are working. Also get some Raid spray -- use that to zap any you find rather than squashing them. You can then get rid of them with a dustpan and brush.
That's so weird, we found one under our living room window about two weeks ago, it was virtually dead but we've seen hide nor hair of any others since. Any idea what brings them out? Do we need to spray where we found it?
perhaps it was hibernating?
@John, this is the only one we have found too. We had a big problem when we lived on Seymour Road, and sprayed, all the usual stuff. And yes, they came from the bloody HMO we had next door. Vanished when the property was done up and sold. The ones we had there were orientals, incidentally the same sort i saw crawling under the bread shelves in Yasar Halim (alerted staff, they ignored me, ref Therese's story..), this f'er is so far the only one we have found though, and he seemed pretty limp when I found him on the floor. On his back. We have now put traps down, so I guess the truth will come out soon enough..
Looks like a cockroach to me so don't panic
It is definitely a cockroach. I found one (and only one!) in my kitchen about ten years ago which I squashed. I never saw one in the preceding 10 years, nor have I since. I met someone a couple of years ago who had lived on The Ladder and told me it was known for cockroaches! (a fact probably never mentioned by estate agents).
I have lived in New York where they can't get rid of them in the big apartment blocks, so they're always around, especially in the summer. I think The Ladder is probably quite tame in comparison! I read that they are one of the few creatures that can survive a nuclear disaster - treat them with respect, they'll outlive all of us! Susan
Oh dear, horrible things! Thankfully this type is relatively slow moving and fairly easy to catch compared to the greased lightening US variety, although I found them very flush resistant, so I wouldn't personally recommend that.
They will, unfortunately, make their way in occasionally. I had them coming in under the skirting board - I'm sure from next door HMO - two years ago. A line of Doff Ant Killer powder (easy to buy locally) all along the gap saw off mine, at least, very effectively. Roachs with the powder on them do indeed seem to carry it back to the nest.
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