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I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would
call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? TIA Lewis. ***** |
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On Jul 9, 9:03*am, Mortimer Schnerd
wrote: wrote: I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? 3/4" and "big" don't belong in the same sentence. *I've tripped over roaches walking their dogs down in Georgia. But that being said, the traditional fix is to spread boric acid, a white powder available at any drug store, onto the places you think they'll travel: *on water pipes, at the junction of the floor and cabinets, etc. They walk through it and then take it with them back to the nest. *Then they all die. *Cheap, effective. *And unless you've got the most inquisitive of pets, it's fairly safe. *It's never bothered either my cat or my dog. Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerd at carolina.rr.com I am in FL and we have Palmetto bugs - sounds like the same thing. They are found in kitchen and bathroom. I have no idea how they get in the house but suspect they may come in under the kitchen door from the garage. I chase them around with Raid and hope I hit them ... I also get spray and spray around the outside of the house, especially around doorways. The house has central air so unless they are coming in under the door they must have found a way along water pipes but cannot figure out how. |
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On Jul 9, 8:27*am, " wrote:
I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? TIA Lewis. ***** I used to work in a pharmacy in NYC that had a damp basement. We had water bugs that were measured in inches, not fractions of inches. I was wearing hiking boots one day and I smashed a big one with my heel. The cracking sound echoed across the basement. When I lifted my foot the d*mn thing scurried away and crawled under a pallet. Freaked me out! |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jul 9, 8:27 am, " wrote: I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? TIA Lewis. ***** I used to work in a pharmacy in NYC that had a damp basement. We had water bugs that were measured in inches, not fractions of inches. I was wearing hiking boots one day and I smashed a big one with my heel. The cracking sound echoed across the basement. When I lifted my foot the d*mn thing scurried away and crawled under a pallet. Freaked me out! I had one travel on a suitcase from Parris Island, SC, to Indiana. Must have been a Marine recruit ![]() |
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 05:27:38 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? TIA Lewis. ***** Sounds like German Cockroaches (sometimes called water bugs)? Boric Acid is safe around the house. A local here discovered that used coffee grounds in a glass jar will catch them. Use a glass mayo jar, place two tablespoons of coffee in it and fill 1/3 with water. Tilt the jar against the wall, cabinet, etc. The roaches climb into the jar and cannot climb out, so they drown. Empty the dead one out and make a fresh batch. I was skeptical at first. I put a couple of jars outside around the house and was surprised at the dead roaches. No roaches in the house. It works and is cheap!! |
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 05:27:38 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? TIA Lewis. ***** Call them what they are, cockroaches. Get yourself a can of Roach Prufe. It contains a fine blue boric acid powder. Make a "duster" from a cotton ball and wire. Dust the powder around all the baseboards, threashholds, crevices, etc. Clean up your bathroom/kitchen area first. |
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" wrote in news:5efa3c13-345a-
: I'm in Ft Worth TX and have just recently been getting what I would call 'water bugs' (dark brown, about 3/4" long, look like BIG roaches) in my kitchen and bathroom. Do you have a favorite way of getting rid of these pests without having to call an exterminator? TIA Lewis. ***** We get em in NC too. Larger than 3/4" On hot, humid nights they really come out running around the driveway like Times Square on 12/31. The steps I've done in multiple houses I've had he - Bomb the house with Raid ® Flea Killer Plus Fogger available at WalMart. http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_fkpf.asp The reason I use this is because I have pets even though they are protected monthly with Advantage/Frontline. The residual killer left in the carpet really does kill them for months. - Be sure door weatherstripping is good. They're attracted to light at night, cooler air and water. - Caulk all areas where devices such as CATV & phone cables, pipes enter the house. - Get yourself a gallon of like Ortho Home Defense. The bifenthrin and others such as Pyrethrins in these does them in even long after it dries. Once they cross it they croak afterward. Spray all interior perimeters (carpet/hard floor). Doors sills, jambs, window tracks. Spray exterior of these as well. Seems to work for me very well. A more scientific document from the Univ of FL at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG082 |
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