Cockroaches

[Suzi]

Hi,

We are currently having problems with cockroaches this year.They appear to be coming out of the air-con units!!!!

My husband has sealed around the units inside and put a pop-sock over the water hose that comes into the main bedroom but last night,one dropped

onto my leg-shock,horror!!

We have had the customary spray from the Beledesi but not sure if I want to get them in again as that encourages them out of the drains!!

Can anyone advise.many thanks.Sue of Lapta.

[crofter]

Same problem with us and neighbours.

Contact Frog Pest Control who will come and spray inside the house and outside in the main drains. More than happy with them and the result. Not a cockroach in sight now. The product that they use is far stronger than what the Belediyesi use.

[Suzi]

Hi Crofter,

Thanks for your response.

Can you give me a phone number or address.

Regards,

Sue. Lapta

[Keithcaley]

The forum does have a very useful search facility, which you may not be aware of...

If you simply enter the word ' frog ' into the search box at the top left hand corner of the page, you get this result: -

http://www.kibkomnorthcyprusforum.com/s ... words=frog

[Navek]

Try...
http://www.kibkom.com/listing.php?categ ... anguage=en
Navek

[Philoz]

You can borrow my cat (Derek)-he loves them and thinks they are the cat equivalent of pork scratchings.

[PapaBravo]

Keep.

[crofter]

0533 870 7086 - opposite CreditWest in Catalkoy above the car showroom.

[Suzi]

Hi Crofter

Thanks for info.
I will be contacting them tomorrow.
Just had another on top of the air-con unit.
I must sound like a fish wife screaming out for my husband when I see one.
We can't understand how they are getting in.He has sealed all round and spayed inside all our units
I hate them,they are vile looking but I don't like to see anything die.I have managed to put 2 out when he wasn't home but My sister says it's probably the same one coming back!!
I have 7 cats of my own but thank you,Philos for the offer of Derek !! Hopefully he has a strong constitution.
Thanks to everyone.
regards Sue of Lapta.

[£eagle]

This is what Wikipedia has to say about controlling these hardy insects and, as importantly, their hidden eggs:

Many remedies have been tried in the search for control of the major pest species of cockroaches, which are resilient and fast-breeding. Household chemicals like sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) have been suggested, without evidence for their effectiveness. Garden herbs including bay, catnip, mint, cucumber, and garlic have been proposed as repellents. Poisoned bait containing hydramethylnon or fipronil, and boric acid powder is effective on adults. Baits with egg killers are also quite effective at reducing the cockroach population. Alternatively, insecticides containing deltamethrin or pyrethrin are very effective.In Singapore and Malaysia, taxi drivers use pandan leaves to repel cockroaches in their vehicles.

Few parasites and predators are effective for biological control of cockroaches. Parasitoidal wasps such as Ampulex wasps sting nerve ganglia in the cockroach's thorax, temporarily paralyzing the victim, allowing the wasp to deliver a second sting into the cockroach's brain. The wasp clips the antennae with its mandibles and drinks some hemolymph before dragging the prey to a burrow, where an egg is laid on it. The wasp larva feeds on the subdued living cockroach.

Cockroaches can be trapped in a deep, smooth-walled jar baited with food inside, placed so that cockroaches can reach the opening, for example with a ramp of card or twigs on the outside. An inch or so of water or stale beer (by itself a cockroach attractant) in the jar can be used to drown any insects thus captured. The method works well with the American cockroach, but less so with the German cockroach.