How do I exterminate cockroaches?
Actually the best way to remove cockroaches seems to have been taken off the market, it least in S. Fl. There was a product I used to buy that didn’t kill all the roaches, but would cause theirs eggs to hatch as sterile. In only a few weeks, the number of roaches declined significantly, and even neighbors at the other end of the building were commenting on it. This was in a small 12 unit, single floor apartment building, so if I had roaches, so did everyone else. I think it was called Roach Ender. I Googled it and found: http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef614.asp However, further research shows that this seems to be the product I was using, but under a different name: http://www.killfireants.com/roach-products.htm#igregulator This was great stuff.
Cockroaches are harder to kill than people. Anything you use to kill them could cause health problems for you and your family. you can trap them, but that doesn’t work very well. The best is to completely clean everything. If there is no food, they will not stay. You have to remember that a cockroach needs about 3 crumbs a day to eat and a few drops of water. It doesn’t take much of a mess to bring them in huge numbers.
