My home was invaded!

[Guest]

Long story short, trimmed a bunch of stuff close to the house 'cause skeeters were hidin' in the bushes. Has some big ol' palm thingies that had some crazy looking roaches in 'em. Never seen anything like 'em before. I figure once I cut everything they'd be gone. Well, I was right, they moved into my house. They ate the spine outta an old book like you used a chain saw. I tried sticky traps but that didn't work. Had to use boric acid and man does that stuff work good, no more creepy critters.

 

[martx-5]

Without pictures it didn't happen...

BTW, how do you do the boric acid trick? Just sprinkle it around?

 

[BustedKnuckles]

deleted... missed the reference to roaches

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Without pictures it didn't happen...

BTW, how do you do the boric acid trick? Just sprinkle it around?

Cockroach elimination using boric acid https://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef614.asp

 

[TR3driver]

Sounds like maybe palmetto bugs (aka Florida woods cockroach)
https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/florida_woods_cockroach.htm

Boric acid works good, and best of all is non-toxic to other animals (humans). But it does make a mess, especially if it gets damp. Better that than some of the more nasty chemicals.

 

[martx-5]

Cockroach elimination using boric acid https://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef614.asp

Thanks. Great info on how to apply it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. Great info on how to apply it.

I make it rain. I do some puffs but if it's a place they gotta cross, I put it down good. That stuff is the bomb.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

That stuff is the bomb.

Yeah, to the bugs, it sure is!

 

[Guest]

Yeah, to the bugs, it sure is!

Na man, I snorted a few lines and WOW!

 

[Guest]

Sounds like maybe palmetto bugs (aka Florida woods cockroach)
https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/florida_woods_cockroach.htm

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They look different than those, lighter color and different shape but BIG. I lived in the south mostly all of my life and I've never seen anything like these before. The plants supposedly came from an old plantation so no tellin' where they came from originally.

 

[70herald]

Get Advion gel bait if you want to get rid of them for good. You put it down in very tiny drops near where they live. It is slow acting so they take it back to the nest to take care of the rest of their friends. (cockroaches eat their dying friends and pass the poison on, that is why the "slow acting" bit is important they have to go back to the nest to kill the colony)

My current apartment was REALLY infested when we bought it. Turning on the light at night was like something out of a horror film watching swarms of them running everywhere. After we took care of a few leaky pipes (very important they need moisture far more than food) a few drops around the house took care of them in a few days and we haven't seen a single one for a few years now.

 

[Guest]

Get Advion gel bait if you want to get rid of them for good. .

This stuff lasts forever and is slow acting as well. The only ones I see now are dead.