Features and nuances of professional pest control against cockroaches

The easiest way to get rid of cockroaches is to contact the sanitation service. However, the cost of professional treatment of an apartment does not seem justified for everyone. In addition, it is quite difficult to choose a good one over scammers. An alternative option to hiring exterminators would be to purchase a powerful insecticide and treat the apartment yourself. A professional cockroach repellent can be purchased in online stores or on sanitary service websites, and the review below will help you choose the most effective product.

Advantages and disadvantages of professional pest control for cockroaches

You will need to involve professional exterminators if all the methods you used turned out to be ineffective and you do not have the strength to fight cockroaches. Professional processing has a number of advantages:

• high efficiency of the method;
• additional guarantees in the form of re-processing when new individuals appear;
• fights both adults and larvae;
• no harm to family members and pets;
• use of professional more aggressive drugs.

However, calling a SES officer also has negative sides:

• disinfecting the area will cost much more than folk remedies or household chemical insecticides;
• it is necessary to invite only verified services, since scammers may pose as exterminators;
• the choice of truly high-quality processing is a little difficult, since all companies promise a 100% result, but in reality do not provide it;
• To carry out disinfestation, preliminary preparation of the apartment is required.

Before calling a pest control service employee, consult with friends or read reviews on the Internet about a particular company.

Synanthropic cockroaches (order Blattoptera)

5.6. Synanthropic cockroaches (order Blattoptera)

5.6.1. Features of biology, epidemiological significance

Synanthropic cockroaches living in Russia are of imported origin and inhabit mainly heated premises. They are mostly polyphagous. About 60 species in different countries are associated to one degree or another with human habitation. The dominant species is the red cockroach - Blattella germanica (L.). The second place in number and prevalence is occupied by the black cockroach - Blatta orientalis L. Currently, American cockroaches - Periplaneta americana (L.), South Asian - Periplaneta australasiae (F.) and furniture cockroaches - Supella longipalpa (F) live in populated areas of Russia .). Ash cockroaches - Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliv.) were recorded in greenhouses and as single specimens in residential premises. Cockroaches of the genera Blaberus and Panchlora are sometimes imported with tropical fruits; There have been cases of importation of cockroaches of the genus Leucophaea, but these cockroaches do not take root in the temperate climate zone.

In a building infested with cockroaches, there is a local population of insects, consisting of separate groups and occupying a common area that satisfies their biological needs. When the population is high, cockroaches spread throughout the building; when the population is low, they live only in some rooms. The uneven distribution of insects in a building is associated with the presence or absence of favorable conditions for them: optimal temperature, moisture, food, shelter.

In multi-storey buildings, cockroaches form stable populations with a tendency to constantly expand the boundaries of the occupied territory due to the formation of new intra-population groups. The habitats of insects in each building and room are relatively constant. Cockroaches mark their shelters with odorous substances - pheromones (aggregation, sex), which attract these insects. The more suitable shelters for cockroaches, the higher the number of insects in each room and building. As the number of cockroaches increases and the shelters become overcrowded, some of the insects move into neighboring rooms and buildings. Cockroaches move at night or in the evening, leaving dispersal pheromone, as well as sex and aggregation pheromones on their paths, sometimes in large groups of several dozen or more individuals; in the warm season - along the street or along the outer wall of the house, and in cold times - along communication devices. First of all, cockroaches inhabit premises with optimal conditions for them: in hospitals - catering units, pantry-dispensing rooms, staff rooms, nurses' rooms, toilets; in children's institutions - catering units; in hotels there are catering facilities and bathrooms in the rooms. In food objects they can live in most rooms, because... they find all the conditions they need there.

The main part of the population (80 - 90%) consists of larvae. They hide in the narrowest crevices corresponding to their size, where they cannot be detected, and where insecticides do not penetrate during treatments. Therefore, during processing, mainly adult insects die - adults and large larvae of 5-6 instars. Small larvae of 1 - 4 instars that did not die during processing turn into adults and are capable of producing offspring in 2 - 3 months. In those rooms inhabited by cockroaches that were not treated, imagoes are also preserved. They continue to reproduce, and after 2 - 4 weeks. cockroaches are resettled from untreated premises to the territory freed from them.

The main difficulty in controlling cockroaches is that they multiply quickly and have an aggregated distribution indoors.

Due to the presence of “scout” cockroaches in the population, cockroaches actively explore new territories, choosing new territories to form secondary centers of settlement, bypassing “transit” zones, in which they do not linger due to unsuitable living conditions.

Information about the structure of specific populations of synanthropic cockroaches allows us to purposefully and effectively influence it in order to control and maintain its numbers at a safe level.

The red cockroach (Prusak) - Blattella germanica (L.) (family Blattellidae) is cosmopolitan. This species is native to northeastern Africa.

The ootheca appears in the fertilized female within several days, depending on the temperature, and usually develops completely within 24 - 48 hours. The period of development of larvae in the formed ootheca lasts 2 - 4 weeks. and may be longer depending on temperature. At an air temperature of 27 °C and a humidity of 45%, females shed ootheca after 22 days, and at 70% - after 21 days. Ootecae typically contain 37 to 44 eggs, and approximately 90% hatch into larvae. The female usually produces 3 - 8 ootheca (maximum - up to 10) during her life (6 - 8 months). The development of one generation of the red cockroach lasts 3–4 months, during which time the population size increases hundreds of times.

The larvae molt 5–7 times over a period of 30–60 days, depending on the temperature and amount of food. Nutrition and especially water play an important role in regulating the reproduction of cockroaches.

Adults usually live more than 100 days, but under favorable conditions this period can be much longer. A temperature of 30 °C is optimal for the existence of the species.

The species is usually found in kitchens, adjacent food storage areas, bathrooms, food processing plants, hospitals, ships and other places.

Red cockroaches can be found outdoors in natural habitats. In temperate climates in mid-winter, in outdoor garbage heaps. In summer, they can crawl along the outside of building walls. There is also a report of red cockroaches being found in refrigerators.

Red cockroaches are mechanical carriers of pathogens of intestinal infections. Eggs of whipworm, pinworms, roundworms and tapeworms were found in the rectum of the red cockroach. The bacteria Shigella boydii, Sh. dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, Streptococcus faecalis, Vibrio sp. etc. Entamoeba histolitica cysts were found in the intestinal contents. The red cockroach is capable of crawling into the external auditory canal, causing severe irritation to the eardrum, and medical intervention is required to remove it. At night, while people sleep, cockroaches can partially or completely bite off the epidermis on the lips, elbows, neck, fingers, eyelids and other places (mainly in children and untidy people).

Red cockroaches, their excrement, and dry skins after molting can cause an allergic reaction in the form of dermatitis, bronchial asthma and rhinitis.

When they penetrate electrical appliances, cockroaches can cause damage to computers, televisions and other equipment, closing circuit board contacts and exposed wires with their bodies. There have been cases of damage to the plastic insulation of wires and the resulting short circuit.

Black cockroach - Blatta orientalis L. (family Blattidae). A relatively long-living species of cockroaches, under unfavorable nutritional conditions and temperatures, its development cycle can take more than two years, usually 5 - 13 months. Under optimal conditions 6 months. and less may be sufficient to complete the entire cycle. The lifespan of adults ranges from 3 to 8 months. Temperature optimum - 20 - 29 °C. The preferred habitat is the premises of the lower level of buildings: basements, cellars, sewers, cracks near drainpipes, space behind cabinets, inside walls, under floor coverings and in other places.

In Russia, during the warm season, black cockroaches can be found outside heated rooms: in garbage, under the bark of trees, under stones and leaves. In the southern regions, the larvae stop developing in winter when the temperature drops sharply, which explains the long larval period. Black cockroaches are polyphagous, but prefer foods rich in carbohydrates. Infection of black cockroaches with roundworm eggs has been noted. The bacteria Escherichia coli, Shigella boydii, Sh. flexneri, Sh. sonnei, Staphylococcus sp., Streptococcus sp., Micrococcus sp., Vibrio sp., Mycobacterium leprae and M. tuberculosis. Larvae of black cockroaches are noted as passive carriers of pathogens of avian tuberculosis and paratuberculosis.

The furniture (brown-bordered) cockroach - Supella longipalpa (F.) (family Blattellidae) is an almost cosmopolitan species. The distribution of the species in the temperate zone was noted in the 20th century.

Cockroaches of this species are capable of widespread distribution, similar to B. germanica, being inferior to red cockroaches in the rate of expansion in temperate latitudes due to their greater requirement for heat. The first information about the presence of S. longipalpa in Russia (Moscow) appeared in 1983.

The life cycle of the species is relatively short. Adults live from 90 to 115 days at 30 °C. Females are capable of laying 10–20 oothecae.

Furniture cockroaches live in the same places as red cockroaches. However, unlike the Prusak, they are not limited to the kitchen, but form clusters in bedrooms, where they hide in beds, chests of drawers, tables, linen closets, behind paintings, under wallpaper, etc.

Supella longipalpa prefers starchy foods, such as glue in books and under wallpaper. This ensures his successful settlement of buildings where food is not prepared. In the warmest parts of its range, S. longipalpa is a free-living species and can be found in almost any type of structure; it is also a mechanical carrier of pathogens of infectious diseases.

The American cockroach - Periplaneta americana (L.) (family Blattidae) is cosmopolitan. However, it is not distributed as far north as the Prussian. Large cockroaches, the adult of which reaches 35 - 40 mm in length. Under unfavorable conditions, cockroaches can live for about 100 days. Under favorable conditions, the life expectancy of the imago is 2 - 3 years. The female produces an ooteca every 4 - 10 days. One female is capable of laying 10 - 90 (on average - 21 - 59) ootheca containing 16 eggs. The incubation period of eggs lasts 35 - 40 days (sometimes 24 - 100 days). The larvae molt 7–13 times over 5–15 months. Their preferred temperature is about 28 °C, but they are active at 21 - 33 °C.

They live in food factories, warehouses, bakeries and other places with accessible food. They are sometimes found in residential kitchens, toilets and sewage systems. In temperate climates during the summer they can live in garbage and landfills. The bacteria Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium avium, M. gordonae, Salmonella (3 serotypes), Shigella boydii, Sh. dysenteriae; Giardia cysts, Toxoplasma, etc. Mutagenic and carcinogenic compounds (tryptophan derivatives, xanthurenic and kynurenic acids, etc.) were found in the excrement of cockroaches. American cockroaches can cause an allergic reaction in the form of dermatitis, bronchial asthma and rhinitis.

The South Asian cockroach - Periplaneta australasiae (F.) (family Blattidae) is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

The life span of the imago is probably 4 - 6 months. The female can produce about 20 - 30 ootheca with an interval of about 10 days. The incubation period of eggs is about 40 days. Each ootheca contains 20 - 24 eggs. The period of development of larvae lasts 4 - 12 months. depending on conditions. The number of molts is from 9 to 12. The species prefers warm and humid places and lives in houses and other buildings similar to those of P. americana. Able to live in greenhouses, where it feeds on plants.

The bacteria Salmonella antis, Mycobacterium leprae, etc. were isolated from the body of South Asian cockroaches.

Ashy cockroach (cancer cockroach) - Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliv.) (family Blaberidae) is a tropical insect, a free-living species.

One female is capable of producing more than 20 ootheca, each ootheca containing 26 - 40 eggs (average 33). The larvae have 7 - 8 molts over 87 - 94 days at a temperature of 30 - 36 °C. A characteristic feature of the behavior of newly hatched larvae is that they remain under the female for an hour, after which they move on to independent life.

These insects are recorded in ports, warehouses, and external extensions of houses. Greenhouses are ideal habitats in temperate zones. The bacteria Salmonella typhimurium, S. paratyphi, etc. have been isolated from the body of ashen cockroaches. Ash cockroaches can also cause an allergic reaction in the form of dermatitis.

5.6.2. Disinsection measures

5.6.2.1. Sanitary and preventive measures

Aimed at reducing the number of places suitable for cockroaches to live and breed, i.e. to localize the “hotbed” in a limited area, as well as to prevent the introduction of these insects into the building.

It is necessary to systematically carry out sanitary and educational work at contract sites and among the population to comply with measures to prevent the infestation of premises by cockroaches, to train the population in the proper organization of insect control and methods of using insecticides.

5.6.2.2. To increase the effectiveness of the fight against cockroaches, it is necessary to carry out minor repairs in the premises in a timely manner, sealing gaps and cracks, especially in walls covered with tiles; During daily cleaning, eliminate clutter in all rooms. Thoroughly rinse or clean areas where clusters of cockroaches have been found. Do not cover the walls with decorative paneling and do not install suspended ceilings in rooms where cockroaches can breed.

5.6.2.3. Food waste should be collected in specially designed containers (tanks, buckets, etc. with closing lids) and emptied daily. Water taps must be kept closed, especially at night; Bathrooms and washbasins are dry. Do not leave food and food scraps overnight in residential and office premises, in playrooms of children's institutions, in residents' and nurses' rooms in hospitals, etc. In hospitals, patients' personal food products should be stored in refrigerators. In those wards where cockroaches have been found for a long time, it is recommended to use open tables instead of closed bedside tables.

5.6.2.4. In food production, the surfaces of technological equipment and tools that come into contact with products should be mechanically cleaned daily and washed with hot water as necessary.

5.6.2.5. It is necessary to carefully inspect the cardboard, plywood and wooden packaging of products and property coming from stores, warehouses, and bases. If cockroaches are detected, containers with non-food products are treated with an aerosol can or other fast-acting preparation, containers for food products are treated with hot water. The supplier must be notified of the contents of the package.

5.6.2.6. Regular control surveys must be carried out by organizations that have business agreements for the maintenance of these facilities. They are an obligatory element in the system of fighting cockroaches both in the cleared area and in the area inhabited by cockroaches. The purpose of control surveys is: timely detection of cockroaches in premises, identification of their habitats, organization of extermination measures when the population is low to prevent the spread of insects, prompt assessment of the effectiveness of the measures taken. Scheduled inspections in each building are carried out at least once a month. If extermination measures are also carried out in the same month, then it is necessary to inspect the structure the next day after treatment to fully identify the habitats of insects. Buildings that have been infested with cockroaches for a long time are inspected by disinfection instructors, disinfection doctors or biologists.

5.6.2.7. It is recommended that the results of control be registered by specialists of organizations carrying out processing, recording all activities carried out during the year. In multi-storey facilities (hospitals, hotels, etc.) serviced under a contract, there must be special notebooks in which the appearance of cockroaches in the premises is recorded. These records are additional information when organizing extermination activities.

5.6.2.8. To identify the habitats of cockroaches, means are used that provoke the insects to come out of their shelters (aerosols from aerosol packages). Monitoring and examinations carried out in the evening are more effective; survey of persons present in the premises, especially in the evening and at night; placement of glue traps in the form of cardboard houses with food attractants and (or) pheromones. To count the number of cockroaches before and after treatment with insecticides, glue traps should be installed throughout the room at different heights in different places (on the floor, on shelves, in cabinets, in desk drawers) at a rate of 3 - 5 pieces. for 10 sq. m area. Counts of caught cockroaches are carried out every 1 - 2 days. More cockroaches will be caught in traps located closer to the localization sites or routes of movement and penetration of insects into the room. For censuses, you can use 0.5-liter glass (plastic) containers with food bait. A small piece of bread soaked in beer or sunflower oil is used as bait. The top of the jar from the inside is smeared with a thin layer of Vaseline to prevent cockroaches that get into the jar from crawling out. Traps are placed close to possible habitats of cockroaches.

5.6.2.9. Places to be examined during the inspection: cracks and cracks in constantly heated places, near sources of moisture, around sinks, in facing tiles, electric motors, behind electrical panels, electrical wiring, refrigerators (in motors and rubber gaskets), gas stoves, cabinets, shelves, behind radiators heating (in winter), under digesters and behind their casing, dishwashers, bathtubs and other equipment; hollow legs of cutting tables, bedside tables in hospital rooms, table drawers, door frames, wardrobes, etc.

5.6.3. Extermination activities

Extermination measures are the destruction of insects at a facility or a sustainable reduction in their numbers to the level of single insects through systematic disinfestation.

5.6.3.1. Extermination measures must be targeted, i.e. carried out only in those premises in which cockroaches were found in the current or previous month. It is not advisable to apply the drug to the walls and baseboards around the perimeter of each room. It is necessary to actively identify and treat habitats and accumulations of insects, both during selective and complete treatment of all premises of the building.

5.6.3.2. All rooms infested with cockroaches in one building are treated simultaneously (in one day) or for 2 to 4 days in a row. At longer intervals, disinsection is ineffective.

5.6.3.3. Treatment with contact insecticides of all rooms or floors in a multi-story building should be carried out if at least 30 - 50% of the rooms (depending on the characteristics of the facility) are inhabited by cockroaches. Such an event is permissible only during a sanitary day, repairs, or in cases where it is possible to ensure that there are no people in the treated premises for 24 hours after treatment (in hospitals, hotels). The purpose of continuous treatment is to sharply reduce the high number of cockroaches, after which regular targeted exterminatory selective treatments are required.

5.6.3.4. With a low number of cockroaches, regular extermination measures ensure effectiveness after 1 - 2 months, and with a high number and widespread distribution of insects, especially in multi-storey buildings, only after monthly treatments for 3 - 6 months.

5.6.3.5. The frequency of extermination measures depends on the category of the building and the degree of cockroach infestation. In food facilities, in the catering departments of institutions, where in most premises there are favorable conditions for the habitation and reproduction of cockroaches, as well as in “built-in” facilities, if there is a possibility of insects migrating into them from neighboring premises, treatments are carried out once a month, regardless of the degree of their infestation by cockroaches. In children's institutions, medical institutions, hotels, etc. The frequency of treatments in all premises, except for catering units, can be from 12 to 4 times a year, depending on the degree of cockroach infestation.

5.6.3.6. Extermination measures are necessarily accompanied by control, in which the persons who carried out the treatment identify the inhabited premises and habitats of insects, note which premises were treated, and the degree of their infestation with insects. Particular attention is paid to premises where cockroaches have been repeatedly found. Depending on the degree of population, the approximate period of subsequent processing is determined.

5.6.3.7. Treatments based on one-time requests are only advisable when the number of cockroaches is low. When the population is high in multi-storey buildings, one-time treatments based on one-time applications are ineffective; in these cases, it is rational to carry out regular control and extermination measures.

5.6.3.8. The most effective are combined treatments with liquid agents and dusts (powders) with a long residual effect. Powders are used to treat spaces behind decorative wall cladding, hidden dry places, electrical wiring, and electric motors (when not working). Liquid preparations or gel-like pastes and gels - bottlenecks, cracks, crevices behind baseboards, in facing tiles, etc. The effectiveness of treatments increases if within 10 - 15 minutes. Before using contact preparations, provoke cockroaches to come out of their hiding places using aerosol products.

5.6.3.9. Currently, populations of synanthropic cockroaches and, first of all, red cockroaches, resistant to the contact insecticides used, are widespread. To destroy such populations, as well as in cases where it is undesirable to treat surfaces with insecticides, poisoned food baits are used in the form of gel-like pastes and bait stations that have an intestinal-contact effect. The use of baits is especially effective in combating cockroaches in areas where food products are not available. It is advisable to place bait stations and glue traps only near the cockroach habitat. In a crowded, cluttered room, the use of these products is ineffective.

5.6.3.10. As a means of reducing the number of cockroaches, it is necessary to use drugs that influence the spatial structure of the population, help reduce physical activity, localize groups and prevent the expansion of the boundaries of their habitat: bait stations with insect development regulators (ISH, AYUG), avermectins, disk- fumigator with AYUG, hydroprene, etc.

5.6.3.11. In trenches of underground technical communications, incl. city ​​sewerage, in case of large numbers, contact-acting preparations are used.

5.6.3.12. To kill cockroaches, contact and intestinal insecticides are used: organophosphorus compounds, carbamates, pyrethrins, pyrethroids, inorganic acids (boric acid), inorganic salts (borax), amidohydrazones (hydramethylnon), neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid), sulforamides, phenylpyrazoles ( fipronil), avermectins (avermectin C, abamectin (avermectin B)), etc.

5.6.3.13. It is necessary to periodically determine the level of sensitivity of cockroaches to the insecticides used in order to promptly rotate drugs and change the tactics of extermination measures (section 6.4).

5.6.4. Evaluating the effectiveness of activities

5.6.4.1. The effectiveness of measures to combat cockroaches depends not only on the quality of the disinfestation carried out, but also on the implementation by the administration of the serviced facility of regulations aimed at increasing the efficiency of disinsection.

5.6.4.2. During a monthly control inspection, buildings or “built-in” objects are considered free from cockroaches if insects are not detected within a month by any of the control methods in any of the premises.

5.6.4.3. If one or more live cockroaches are detected, the occupied premises are treated. The structure is transferred to the “inhabited” category if living insects are discovered again in the next month.

5.6.4.4. Additional indicators of the effectiveness of disinsection in long-term or periodically occupied buildings are the number of premises infested with cockroaches and the presence of detected clusters or individual insects. These indicators characterize the degree of population of a building by cockroaches and affect the frequency of extermination measures carried out in them.

5.6.4.5. The cockroach infestation of a building (or “built-in” facility) is considered high if individual insects and their clusters are found in more than 20% of the premises. A cockroach infestation is considered low if single insects are found in less than 20% of the premises of a building (or “built-in” facility).

5.6.4.6. Buildings newly received for service must be free of cockroaches within two months. The exception is multi-storey buildings and “built-in” objects, where systematic extermination measures must be carried out over a longer period.

5.6.4.7. The absence of cockroaches in all areas of the building is one of the indicators that determines the assessment of the sanitary condition of the institution.

Table of contents

1 area of ​​use

2. Regulatory and methodological documents

3. Conventions

4. Terms and definitions

5. Characteristics of individual orders and the most common species of arthropods in the Russian Federation (main features of biology, ecology, epidemiological significance, control measures, assessment of the effectiveness of measures)

5.1. Lice (order Anoplura, family Pediculidae and Phthiridae). Pediculosis

5.2. Fleas (order Siphonaptera)

5.3. Blood-sucking dipterous insects (mosquitoes, midges, midges, horse flies, mosquitoes)

5.4. Bed bugs (order Hemiptera, family Cimicidae)

5.5. Synanthropic flies (order Diptera, suborder Brachycera Cyclorrhapha - short-whiskered-round-stitched)

5.6. Synanthropic cockroaches (order Blattoptera)

5.7. Ants (order Hymenoptera - hymenoptera, family Formicidae)

5.8. Wasps (order Hymenoptera - hymenoptera, family Vespidae - folded-winged wasps)

5.9. Order Parasitiformes

5.9.1. Ixodid ticks (family Ixodidae)

5.9.2. Argasid mites (family Argasidae)

5.9.3. Rat ticks (family Macronyssidae)

5.10. Order Acariformes

5.10.1. Scabies mites (family Sarcoptidae)

5.10.2. House dust mites (family Pyroglyphidae)

5.10.3. Red mites (family Trombiculidae)

6. Disinsection measures

6.1. Preventive actions

6.2. Extermination activities

6.3. Individual protection of people from attacks by blood-sucking insects and ticks

7. Resistance of arthropods to insecticides (criteria that determine the tactics of disinfestation work)

8. Organizing, planning and carrying out pest control activities

9. Disinsection measures in objects of various categories

9.1. Institutions, organizations, enterprises and facilities where preventive and exterminatory measures should be carried out

9.2. Disinsection activities carried out in open areas

9.3. Rules of behavior for people when staying in an area dangerous with regard to tick-borne encephalitis and other infections caused by ixodid ticks

9.4. Disinsection measures in foci of vector-borne infections

10. Safety measures during disinfestation

11. First aid measures for insecticide poisoning

12. Criteria for assessing the safe use of pest control agents

13. Equipment used when carrying out pest control work

Annex 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

Appendix 7

Appendix 8

Appendix 9

Appendix 10

Appendix 11

Appendix 12

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Professional fighting methods

Modern processing is classified into several types. The preparations used are odorless and colorless and harmless to humans.

Hot fog

A special gaseous glycerin-based product is sprayed onto surfaces at a temperature of about 60 degrees with a strong and thin stream of steam, which is able to reach the most inaccessible places. The composition used destroys both adult insects and their larvae.

Cold fog

Using a special device, an effective poison against cockroaches is sprayed into the room. Destroys insects not only during spraying, but also after it. The poison remains on the upper layers of surfaces and affects new individuals.

Barrier protection

Intended as an addition to the main method of control for disinfecting cracks, outlets or ventilation. Works as a repellent barrier for new cockroaches that want to get to you from neighbors or basements.

Sinuzan

The product is produced in Denmark. It is a highly concentrated caramel-colored emulsion with a pronounced aroma. Includes:

• chlorpyrifos 48%;
• solvents;
• emulsifiers.

Sinuzan is packaged in plastic canisters of 5 or 20 liters. In a closed, sealed container, the shelf life is 3 years. It is used not only to kill cockroaches, but also other synanthropic insects: bed bugs, fleas, flies, mosquitoes, ants that have developed resistance to pyrethroids. It is used for disinfestation of residential premises, preschools, schools, medical institutions, basements in the absence of people. Belongs to class 3 of moderately dangerous drugs. Neglecting safety rules can cause poisoning. You can order cockroach repellent from the online store. Many websites offer 1 liter containers for sale. The price varies in the range of 1700-2000 rubles.

Sinusan product Benefits of Sinuzan:

• high efficiency - most of the insect population dies in the first hours after treatment;
• prolonged action up to 1 month;
• affects imago, larvae;
• moderate price in comparison with analogues;
• the smell disappears after 3 hours of airing.

Choosing a room treatment method

Each of the listed methods used by exterminators must be selected depending on the following factors:

1. Large population. To determine the degree of infestation, check how visible the signs of cockroaches are in your apartment. If pests:

• They come into view only at night and one at a time, while you do not notice traces of their vital activity, which means the degree of infection is low, disinfection occurs with the help of cold fog.
• You notice that as soon as you turn on the light in the room, a flock of cockroaches scatters. At the same time, you find their traces every morning. The degree of infection is medium, the room must be treated with hot fog in combination with barrier protection.
• They crawl on surfaces in the apartment even during the day - the degree of infestation is high and requires immediate action in several ways simultaneously.

1. Room area.
2. Presence of children and pets. If children, people prone to allergies or pets live in the apartment, a highly effective safe product is used.
3. What methods have already been tried and did not bring results. Based on the analysis of the unsuccessful fight, a more aggressive substance is selected.

Taking into account all the factors, specialists independently conduct an assessment and offer the most suitable option.

Why is it necessary to exterminate cockroaches?

It is a misconception to think that insects appear only in unscrupulous owners. They can come crawling from neighbors, appear with new furniture from the store, or arrive in a suitcase from vacation. The danger of their arrival is that one female can produce up to 300 cockroaches in a month. Insects require water to exist, but they can eat anything, including paper and garbage.

Why is it necessary to exterminate cockroaches? It’s unpleasant when they crawl around the apartment, leaving black dots everywhere with a nasty smell. The main reasons for exterminating parasites are their capabilities:

• carry infectious diseases;
• spoil food;
• provoke skin pathologies;
• spread harmful bacteria, worm eggs;
• disrupt the operation of household appliances;
• endanger small children;
• provoke allergies.

Cockroach repellents for professional pest control

Professional exterminators work with aerosol insecticides, which are sprayed indoors using a professional sprayer or generator. Basically, special concentrated agents are used for disinsection, from which disinfecting solutions are prepared. These include:

• Sinuzan;

• Avicin;

• Averfos;

• Xulat;

• Tetrix;

• Solfak;

• Forssyth.

Most of the concentrates are sold in large quantities and are available only to companies involved in baiting insects in residential premises.

How does disinfestation work?

Before inviting specialists, you need to prepare properly. Keep in mind that you will not be able to stay in the apartment during treatment, or after it for at least 1.5-2 hours. You will also need to prepare the room for disinfestation and clean it afterwards.

How to prepare an apartment for pest control against cockroaches

When ordering disinfestation, you will be contacted about the arrival time of the specialist and given recommendations for the preliminary preparation of the premises. Proper preparation of an apartment for processing includes the following instructions:

• remove small kitchen utensils from open surfaces;
• place all food in the refrigerator, in containers or plastic;
• remove pets from the home;
• turn off the taps tightly and wipe the sink dry;
• pack clothes and children's things in bags and put them in the chest of drawers;
• Remove all personal hygiene items from the bathroom;
• Cover large equipment with plastic.

Make sure that the insecticide does not get on other household items.

Insect extermination process

When a pest control specialist comes to you, he must perform the following actions:

1. Conduct an analysis of the premises and determine the degree of contamination.
2. Check if there are any other parasites in the room.
3. Find the main habitats and ways of penetration of cockroaches into your home.
4. Choose an insecticide suitable for your case.
5. Conclude an agreement by providing certificates of conformity of the poison and attaching a receipt for payment.

During sanitization, the exterminator:

• first of all, it treats the bathroom and all pipes of water supply and sewerage systems;
• sprays the kitchen, paying special attention to areas under the sink, behind furniture and household appliances;
• in the remaining rooms she processes baseboards, floors and cornices.

The treatment itself takes no more than 40 minutes, and the product begins to act immediately. At the same time, you should not appear in the apartment earlier than 2 hours later.

Cleaning the premises

There is no need to wash the floors immediately after disinfestation. In order for the entire population to be affected by the poison, the solution needs to remain on the floor for 2-3 days. Wash the remaining surfaces that were exposed during treatment thoroughly with a soda solution, paying special attention to baseboards, cornices and door handles. Sweep up any insect corpses that appear and flush them down the toilet. Try to wash your hands as often as possible at first.

When can you ventilate?

In order for the insecticide to work, you should not rush to ventilate. Make sure that you and your household have somewhere to spend 2-3 hours after disinfestation. When you return to your apartment, feel free to open all the windows.

What needs to be washed and washed

To prevent the poison from causing negative consequences, be sure to wash bedspreads, curtains and window curtains, as well as clothes in very hot water at least 80 degrees.

What to do with toys, shoes and outerwear after treatment?

If children's clothes or outerwear have been in contact with poison, they must be exposed to high temperatures. Wash toys in a washing machine or wash them in a soda solution. Steam your fur coat or coat with a steam generator or simply hold it over a large container of hot water. Be sure to air dry all items.

Kill the cockroaches. How to kill cockroaches in an apartment.

Cockroaches are the ancient creatures of the planet. They can even survive a nuclear war. Their life lasts for a year. At this time, the female can bring about 400 small cockroaches. There are different types of them, but the domestic ones include red and black ones and they can settle next to you. There are even legends about them. They say that a cockroach can live without a head, since it has brains not only in the head, but also near the rectum. Dies from dehydration. They don’t go to visible places during the day, out of fear of people. And to all this, it should be added that they are carriers of many diseases. People and pets can be infected. Living under the same roof with them is not only disgusting, but also dangerous.

Before you start killing cockroaches yourself, you definitely need to prepare.

— Pull out all the dishes from the cabinets. All furniture should be moved a little away from the wall.

— Clear out the shelves in the pantry.

— Make all baseboards and habitats of red cockroaches in the apartment accessible to humans.

— All living beings must leave the room before treatment with the product.

— Then apply the drug using the instructions.

— Treat all surfaces where cockroaches are found.

— Then leave the apartment for a couple of hours. When you return, ventilate the apartment and do wet cleaning.

The drugs are all different. Some act immediately, others gradually. You choose how to poison cockroaches yourself, but you just need to know that not all products can be washed off. Otherwise it won't work. These are safe drugs that will not harm your health.

How long after disinfestation will cockroaches disappear?

Many people mistakenly believe that cockroaches will disappear immediately after baiting. Actually this is not true. The poison begins to act on the Prussians immediately, disrupting their life cycle. The remedy disorients them, they crawl out of their habitats even during the daytime, so you see more individuals and think that the population has increased. Every day you will see fewer and fewer insects and soon you will not see them at all. The average period during which the entire population is exterminated is approximately 2–3 weeks.

Distinctive features of professional pest control

It happens that disinfestation does not bring the desired result, even if the treatment was carried out by a trusted company using a high-quality insecticide. In some cases, the result depends on where exactly the treatment is carried out.

In the apartment

If you ordered pest control for your apartment, but the cockroaches returned within a certain period, then the pests live nearby, for example, in the basement or garbage mine. When the insecticide has disappeared, the insects return to you again. In this case, you will either need to use the services of pest control companies from time to time, or resolve the issue with all residents or the management company.

In a private house

It happens that after treatment in a private home, cockroaches return after some time. This happens if you haven’t bothered to carry out disinfestation in non-residential premises, for example, in a barn, pantry or basement. Be careful and carry out treatment in all buildings, because cockroaches can hide anywhere.

In an apartment building

If cockroaches are running towards you from common areas of the house, such as basements, stairwells or garbage chutes, contact the management company. According to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, the management company is responsible for the sanitary and epidemiological conditions in the house. It is she who must ensure regular disinsection of common areas from cockroaches, mice and rats. When housing and communal services representatives carry out disinfestation of utility rooms and entrances, agree with your neighbors and treat all apartments, this way you will get rid of cockroaches forever.

Crayons

An alternative to gels are specialized crayons, which are used to draw thick lines in places favored by cockroaches, for example, behind furniture. If a cockroach crosses such a line, it will contain an insecticide that will kill the insect in a few hours.

It is recommended to use crayons once every couple of months, remembering to erase old lines first. When working with them, you must follow safety rules and use protective equipment: masks and gloves. Cockroach crayons are also toxic to humans. Therefore, this product should not be used if there are small children or pets in the house.

Where to go for professional pest control?

One of the most difficult moments is choosing a trusted company that deals with the disinfestation of premises. To avoid falling for the services of scammers, follow these recommendations:

1. Contact large sanitary treatment networks that have long been known in the market and have branches in other cities. Most often, the prices of such companies are not the most expensive.
2. Take an interest in reviews on the forums about the chosen company.
3. Ask your representative about the appropriate licenses for the insecticide being used.
4. Check whether the contract is signed between you and the company and whether it is certified by a seal.
5. To identify a fake company, ask if they have a “cold fog” processing method; small, unserious companies do not have the funds for such expensive equipment.
6. If a company representative assures that there may be people in the room during treatment, disinfestation will not live up to expectations.
7. Pay for pest control services only upon completion of the work.
8. When the specialist arrives, check the presence of all the described documents, as well as the compliance of the license with the label of the product used.
9. Reliable companies provide a free second visit if the first treatment does not bring results.
10. Wearing protective equipment, personally monitor the progress of processing.

If all points are met and the documents are in perfect order, you can be sure that disinfestation will bring a positive result.

Cost of the destruction procedure

The cost of disinfestation primarily depends on the area of ​​the apartment that needs to be treated. For example, in Moscow pest control:

• A 1-room apartment, depending on the degree of infection and the treatment method used, will cost from 1,500 to 7,100 rubles;
• A 2-room apartment will cost from 1800 to 7500 rubles;
• A 3-room apartment will cost from 2100 to 8100 rubles;
• A 4-room apartment varies from 2500 to 8500 rubles.

It is also possible to treat only the bathroom, corridor and kitchen for 1500-2500 rubles, however, the company will not guarantee complete disposal of cockroaches, since not all rooms in the apartment will be treated.

Causes and signs of cockroaches

If harmful, unpleasant-looking insects appear at home out of nowhere, you should immediately sound the alarm. The person himself can bring them - in a bag, with personal belongings and even in clothing pockets. Cockroaches can be found in hospitals and clinics, with relatives and friends, in schools and even kindergartens. Insects can also enter an apartment from neighbors - through doors or ventilation.

Factors contributing to the rapid colonization of all human housing by pests:

• Rare apartment cleaning
• Greasy tables, unwashed dishes
• Crumbs on the tables and floor
• Improper food storage
• Infrequent sink cleaning and trash removal

The damage caused by the presence of cockroaches is significant. They spoil food and electrical equipment, contaminate tables and dishes with excrement, and sometimes provoke various infectious diseases. Only cleanliness and regular cleaning can resist insects, but if their numbers are large, even such measures will not cope with the scourge.

Attention: If you notice one or a couple of insects, it is better to poison the cockroaches immediately. In 14-30 days they will lay many eggs and give birth to dozens of individuals, especially if human housing seems suitable to them.

What to do if there are more cockroaches after disinsection

After disinfestation, you may think that there are more pests. Indeed, sometimes it happens that processing does not bring the desired result. There may be several reasons for such consequences.

Only adults were destroyed

Females hide their eggs in strong protective capsules, the hard shell of which cannot be affected by certain means. Moreover, cockroaches lay them in the most reliable and inaccessible places. If during disinfestation substances were used that were not capable of destroying insect eggs or the specialist paid insufficient attention to hard-to-reach places, the pest will soon appear in your apartment again. Always ask a representative of the company conducting the treatment what product they are using and whether it destroys eggs.

Came out of the ambush

This happens because the insects have begun to be affected by the poison. They become disoriented and crawl out of their nests even during the daytime. If you notice that the Prussians are lethargic or inhibited, do not worry, soon the entire population will die.

Primitive traps

You probably noticed that almost all of the above methods have restrictions for use in apartments where there are children or animals. For those who have exactly this situation, ordinary glue traps are perfect. Once caught in such a trap, the cockroach will no longer be able to get out.

At the same time, I want to note that we are talking about the simplest traps, which do not contain insecticides or anything else capable of destroying the insect. Of course, such a remedy can hardly be called highly effective. However, planned reduction of the cockroach population works almost flawlessly in the long term.

Note! If you have large black cockroaches, then select traps based on their size. Cockroaches simply cannot get into some of them.

To summarize, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that cockroaches primarily settle in places where there is dampness, food sources, for example, unwashed dishes, and many hidden places. Therefore, before you run to the store for one of the above products, do a thorough cleaning of your house and get rid of the excess. It is quite possible that this will be enough.