How to permanently get rid of black cockroaches in the house

Many people suffer from the appearance of black cockroaches in their home, apartment or country cottage. These insects look scary, spread an unpleasant odor, spoil food, and may well be carriers of infections. The question immediately arises: how to deal with the problem, how to deal with cockroaches? Today we will try to consider all the most effective methods, their features, distinctive features and level of effectiveness.

• How do they get into the house?
• Danger from insects
• Safe and effective folk remedies
• Insecticides
• Modern means
• Calling professional exterminators

How do they get into the house?

First, you need to identify several ways these pests can enter your home. Then you will need this information to make your preventive measures more effective. Here are the important points.

• Most often they come from neighbors. This happens especially easily when a variety of methods are used in another apartment to scare them away. To prevent this from happening, try to close all the cracks, do not forget to cover the sockets with plugs, and also block the ventilation holes with meshes.
• Through ventilation, as well as directly through the door, insects can enter from the basement or entrance.
• You can bring them into the house along with things and furniture. This happens especially often if people buy used furniture.

Take precautions!

Black beetle

What do black cockroaches prefer for lunch?

Generally speaking, the cockroach is an omnivore, and it would probably be easier to list what they don’t eat than what they do eat. Of course, if you often leave dirty dishes until the evening when you leave for work, then you make an excellent feeder for black cockroaches. They will not only eat themselves, but will also invite neighboring cockroaches from another apartment.

But don’t think that if you become clean, cockroaches will immediately leave your house. These insects don’t just give up; firstly, they can live without food for more than a month, and secondly, they can eat paper and even polyethylene. Cockroaches have such bacteria in their stomachs that they can digest anything. Therefore, in order to defeat them, you will have to be patient and be prepared for the fact that they may even damage some of your property.

Danger from insects

It should be understood that pests pose a certain danger to humans, so it is necessary to combat them. Here are just the main factors.

• They are carriers of various infections; they spread germs throughout the apartment and into food.
• May cause allergic reactions and irritation.
• They spoil food and leather goods.
• Large individuals are capable of making such rustling noises and loud sounds that they even interfere with sleep. In the silence of the night, the results of their movements are especially clearly audible.

In addition, many people try to get rid of pests as soon as possible because their appearance is very disgusting.

Preventive actions

Chemical treatment will be useless if you do not follow the basic rules:

• take out the trash every evening;
• clean sewer pipes (invite specialists for this);
• cover waste with a lid during the day;
• put all food products in bags, containers or the refrigerator (this also applies to vegetables and fruits);
• monitor the integrity of the water pipes and wipe the plumbing fixtures dry;
• cover the ventilation with a fine mesh.

Safe and effective folk remedies

Most people prefer to use folk remedies in the fight against cockroaches. They often turn out to be quite effective, since the methods are proven, and they have practically no side effects.

Cockroaches

Let us outline several advantages of such traditional folk methods.

• The recipes are elementary. The products are really easy to prepare and use.
• Typically, such options are the most profitable from an economic point of view.
• Safe to use in families with children.
• You can safely use it if there are animals, birds or fish in the room.
• Such folk techniques are optimally suited for people with hypersensitivity. They do not provoke irritation or allergic reactions.

There will be no problems when using folk recipes for elderly owners or people with various chronic diseases.

Several effective traditional methods

First of all, take care of the lack of water. It should not be accessible to pests, since with its help they will get rid of poisoning. Check for leaks, remove all water from the kitchen and bathroom, and keep it only in closed containers.

Let us dwell on several folk methods of combating parasites in a private home.

Boric acid

• Duct tape. It is sold ready-made. It is best to place the tapes in different places, in areas where insects are likely to pass: near food cabinets, baseboards and cracks, and ventilation holes. It's a good idea to use these types of tapes and baits at the same time.
• Freezing. At low temperatures, the insects themselves and the larvae die. It is enough to bring the temperature to a level of five degrees below zero and leave the apartment like that for three to four hours.
• Essential oils. When fighting black cockroaches using traditional methods, ethers are used. These pests cannot tolerate strong odors. And with essential oils diluted in warm water, you can successfully treat various surfaces.
• Acetic acid. A good remedy that also allows you to quickly scare away. Acetic acid is diluted with water, and then sprayed onto baseboards, perimeter rooms, spaces under furniture and behind cabinets. Particular attention is paid to the bathroom and kitchen. Unfortunately, the smell may irritate sensitive people. This method cannot be used if there are children or animals in the house.
• Boric acid. It needs to be mixed with yolk and potatoes to reduce the smell. This product is guaranteed to kill insects within a couple of days.
• Plants. Of the houseplants, geranium fights insects best. They cannot stand its smell, so they will leave the room.

Choose the appropriate methods, combine different means for a comprehensive effect.

general information

Tar-black cockroaches, unlike their red counterparts, are more impressive in size. Adults look huge. They reach a length of up to 8 centimeters, which does not prevent them from moving very quickly. They are able to reproduce all year round, laying 16 eggs per litter. At the same time, adults do not monitor their offspring; some of the eggs are eaten by other settlers.

The offspring hatch after 40 days, and cockroaches of this species live on average up to 8 months. In a city apartment, parasites can live up to 2 years, since they maintain a comfortable temperature all year round. If small insects appear in your apartment, then soon they will also begin to multiply, and parasites will be found throughout the home.

It is interesting that black insects cannot live next to red Prussians. Since they claim the same food, related insects wage a kind of war among themselves. Scientists have still not been able to figure out the reason why black and red parasites can alternately appear in one home.

Insecticides

Insecticides are considered more effective. They are available in different formats. Let's look at the main options.

• Gels. Such drugs should be selected in specialized or hardware stores. The product is usually sold in a large syringe, completely ready for use. For example, it does not have to be bred. It is recommended to apply the insecticide around the entire perimeter of the room, for example, on baseboards, near furniture. A step of approximately 10 cm is observed. It takes approximately 10 days for all the insects to die. “Raptor” has become the most famous; “Liquidator” and other drugs help well.
• Crayons. A good option if you use the product correctly, in full accordance with the instructions. Using crayons, you should be extremely careful and thoroughly treat all surfaces, baseboards, and cracks in a private home. This is done pointwise, along the perimeters. The desired effect can be achieved in a month.
• Aerosols. The most effective modern method for exterminating cockroaches. It is recommended to carefully treat all possible areas where insects may accumulate with aerosols. These are window frames with jambs, baseboards with cracks.
• Traps. A good tool, quite effective. The trap visually resembles a box, a matchbox. It has several holes for insects to enter, and the poison is placed inside. When insects are attracted to the poison, they then carry it to their nests and fatally infect other insects.

• Houses. An interesting technique against cockroaches involves luring and then destroying them. The boxes are made of cardboard and are shaped like houses. The walls inside are very sticky, and bait is also placed inside. The pests go after her, but they can’t get back.

A good solution is to combine different types of insecticides at the same time. This will guarantee a positive result in a short time and effectively poison cockroaches.

Preventing the appearance of longhorned beetles

Cockroaches are surprisingly tenacious creatures that love warmth. Their movement between areas usually occurs during the warm season. But no matter how they got into the house, the strategy for destroying them is the same. By following simple recommendations, you can protect your home from nasty neighbors.

1. It is worth planting such fragrant plants as peppermint, honeysuckle, tansy and red elderberry on the site. You can grow geraniums in pots at home. These plants have a strong odor that many insects, including cockroaches, cannot tolerate.
2. When purchasing household appliances or fruit, you should first inspect them for contamination. A sign of the presence of Prussians can be considered their excrement - small black dots, as well as chitinous shells remaining after the hatching of the larvae. Purchased equipment should be immediately treated with an insecticide.
3. Fruits must be selected carefully; it is better to inspect them one at a time and put them in a clean bag.
4. Old items in the moving area should also be treated with an insecticide before being brought into the new home.
5. You should eliminate all leaks in the house and train yourself to take out the trash every day.

Important! The rules are completely simple, but following them will help you get rid of the unwanted neighborhood forever.

Modern means

Nowadays, innovative means for effective control of insects are emerging. They allow you to carry out work very quickly, but at the same time achieve success. Typically, such effective methods and preparations are used by professional exterminators.

Such modern means have two features. First of all, it is worth noting that they are not widely available. Such drugs are obtained on an individual order from specialized companies. In addition, in order to use them competently, you must have certain skills. Special modern equipment will also be required.

Steam generators

This is a great method. A special device generates steam from an insecticide aimed at the pest. Cold and hot fog techniques are commonly used.

Why is this method so attractive? A huge advantage is the large penetrating power of steam. He will be able to easily get into the most inaccessible places that are difficult to reach mechanically. For example, surfaces behind furniture will be treated. This technique allows not only to effectively destroy existing insects, but also to provide protection for the future.

Another plus is fast complex processing. Covers a large area with one device generating steam that will be poisonous to cockroaches. At the same time, the quality of processing does not depend on the complexity of the layout, quantity and furniture and personal items.

Repellers, traps

Nowadays, the popularity of electronic traps, as well as devices that repel insects, is increasing. They act with magnetic and ultrasonic radiation, forcing cockroaches to immediately leave the contaminated premises.

Experts and numerous users note that these devices actually help solve the problem. They are durable, extremely easy to use, and at the same time have a very affordable cost. Manufacturers also claim that such devices are completely safe for plants and animals and harmless to human health.

All these advantages are noted in reviews by buyers of such devices.

Mechanical methods

As previously written, "P", "J" or "U" style traps are found under almost all sinks, including floor drains. The purpose of these traps is to retain water, which helps prevent sewer odors from entering the building and blocks cockroaches from getting into sewer drains and sink drains. Maintaining sewer drains is an important task. The first step is to conduct a drain audit. Know the location of all drains in your home. Pay special attention to restroom floor drains.

Additionally, prevent cockroaches from moving through sewer pipes and dry floor drains by ensuring the floor is drained every week.

You can make sure your drain pipes don't dry out using the following steps:

• Water: Pour a quart of cleaning solutions, bleach or other chemicals into all floor drains and less-used drains at least once a month. In hot, dry climates, you may need to do this weekly.
• Prepare mineral oil. Apply a thin layer of vegetable oil or mineral oil down the drain to keep the water from evaporating for several weeks, possibly months. Repeat this every six weeks or every two months.
• Drain trap control. You can install a controller on each water source. When the water evaporates, it releases a small amount of water down the drain to refill the drain.

These methods will not only keep drains and catch basins filled with water to help prevent cockroach incursions, but can also prevent sewer odors from entering restrooms and other areas of the facility. The release of sewer odors can be more than unpleasant, it can be dangerous if the odors contain toxic gases. Taking steps to maintain drains is another way you can stay healthy.

Professional pest control

Household parasites will go away forever after professional treatment. Just invite specialists from private services or SES. They will qualitatively and quickly process the apartment, basements, entrances, and garbage chutes. The validity period of professional products is one year. They are odorless and absolutely safe for humans and animals. After spraying they look like granules. During the year you will not be bothered by cockroaches, ants or bedbugs.

Black cockroaches will go away forever after professional treatment

Effective methods of self-control

If there are large cockroaches in your apartment, you won’t be able to cope alone. You should poison them together with your neighbors, otherwise the “tenants” will run back and forth.

The most popular means for getting rid of insects in an apartment:

• aerosols;
• crayons;
• gels.

Black cockroaches are afraid of special crayons

However, their effect lasts for a month, which means that treatment will have to be carried out monthly. At the same time, the chemistry is dangerous for both parasites and people, and over time, cockroaches can become addicted.

Anti-parasite crayons

Domestic cockroaches are afraid of special crayons. The remedies may have different names, but the method of action is the same. A line is simply drawn that the parasites cannot cross. The bands should be updated every 2 days. The method cannot be called the most effective, since insects will still enter the room through cracks.

We advise you to read the article in which we tell you how the “Mashenka” remedy for cockroaches works.

You can remove black cockroaches using gels

Insect repellent gels

You can remove parasites using gels. They are applied to the backs of cabinets, baseboards, and walls in closed stripes. The product is effective and protects against pests for 30 days. It is recommended to repeat the treatment monthly. You can understand how such products work and how they should be used by reading the article “Syringe for cockroaches: rules of use and evaluation of effectiveness.”

Aerosols for cockroaches

Pet cockroaches will go away if you use aerosols. Before starting processing, it is necessary to remove food, birds, and animals. Don't forget to wear a respirator. Walls and floors are treated. After work, close the apartment tightly and leave it for 2 hours. Then it is necessary to carry out ventilation.

Insect traps

Traps are placed in various parts of the room. Insects die by eating the poison. Then the parasite goes to its brothers and infects them, which allows the colony to emerge. Traps are effective, especially if they are combined with other means.

Cockroach traps are effective, especially if they are combined with other means