Anyone here work in pest control?

[Ducatiboy stu]

Best thing I do for roaches is to get some Confidor ( Imidacloprid ) saches and make your own bates

Make strong brew of confidor then mix with flour to make a nice dough. Put about a marble size ball onto some foil/jar lids/plastic...anything really and spread them around

They cant resist it due to it being starchy. Knocks them out pretty quick to and will last a few weeks in dark spots.

Much better than those crap bate stations from the Sat morning sausage sandwich stall shed place

 

[Lionman]

This stuff is a pretty good roach bait.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/roachkill-cockroach-gel-bait_p2961674

You just apply it to a surface near where roaches lurk and where pets cannot reach. Behind draws, under the fridge/dishwasher, back corner of pantry etc.

It uses Imidacloprid like Confidor but is super concentrated. You dont need to use a lot at each location.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Not as good as making little dough balls

 

[wynnum1]

Know someone who used to have a bad roach problem and they used to get in the computer keyboard there are over a hundred keys and i think each key had many roaches and if you turn the lights out they came out.
Have been told that if you clean house out with disinfectant the roaches do not like the smell and that can cut down on the numbers.

 

[pcmfisher]

From my experience in public housing maintenance if you have big cockroaches you only have a few, but if you have small ones you've got thousands.

 

[wynnum1]

If living in public housing they probably have painted over the cockroaches .

 

[Bribie G]

I haven't seen a cockroach for yonks and I have a few geckos. We serenade each other regularly. Gekekekekek.