When cockroaches appear in an apartment, you need to pay attention to the areas that are usually their favorite habitat. And oddly enough, such places include household appliances. Here insects feel warm and reliably protected. The equipment is equipped with “stuffing”, but it also has voids where you can reliably hide from the owner’s eyes. How to bring out and destroy red invaders?
How do cockroaches affect the operation of a coffee machine?
First, let's find out where cockroaches most like to live.
According to research by entomologists, the favorite and comfortable habitat of cockroaches is warmth and moisture. Of course, we all know that a coffee machine has a heating element - a thermoblock - and naturally water, without which we cannot get such a drink as coffee. I would like to immediately give you the correct understanding that cockroaches do not start in a coffee machine by themselves! Cockroaches come from outside. If there are cockroaches in your home or office or cafe, then you can be 100% sure that there are cockroaches in the coffee machine. If a female comes there, she will definitely lay eggs, since the environment is favorable for this.
If cockroaches are not found at the place where the coffee machine is located, you can breathe easy, they are not there either. Some people think that cockroaches grow in waste coffee (cake). We want to console you, but to upset some people, cockroaches do not like cake. But midges breed very quickly in damp, moldy waste coffee. Most often this affects offices, which really do not like to clean the inside of the coffee machine.
Reasons for appearance
Cockroaches settle in the microwave because in winter it is warm in such equipment and the presence of ubiquitous crumbs also attracts them. If careless owners have a microwave that is constantly dirty and is washed very rarely, food debris and grease accumulate inside the device, then these are optimal conditions for cockroaches.
If it is warm, dark and there is food, then such parasites do not need anything else for normal life and reproduction.
What is the harm from cockroaches in a coffee machine?
From our many years of experience in repairing coffee machines, we have found out that cockroaches, pardon the expression, crap a lot. When you open the coffee machine and these insects were or are there, it is all accompanied by a very unpleasant, pungent odor. Sometimes there are a lot of them there, they crawl everywhere, including on electronic logic boards and power boards. All these parts that we have listed are completely covered in excrement. It has been proven that cockroach excrement is a conductor of current. There is no need to explain to you that a short circuit on the board sometimes leads to the most lethal consequences. Up to replacement of all boards.
Why are cockroaches so tenacious?
Red cockroaches owe their species resilience to a number of biological features that nature has endowed them with.
Omnivores
The main reason why cockroaches love to live in people's homes is that we have the same food preferences. The products we eat suit the Prussians 100%.
But unlike us, cockroaches are much less picky. They will happily snack on old cookies that have fallen under the sofa or the remains of dinner from dirty dishes. Rotten, rotten, moldy - they do not disdain anything. In extreme cases, cockroaches can chew on a bar of soap, dry glue under old wallpaper, or even a fallen human hair.
Everyone seems to know this, but few people realize that getting rid of cockroaches directly depends on maintaining sterile cleanliness, especially in the kitchen.
Can go without food for up to a month
Even if you imagine that cockroaches will somehow be completely cut off from food, they will be able to withstand this for 3-4 weeks.
Resistance to hunger and unpretentiousness in food allows cockroaches to travel long distances in search of suitable conditions. During the warm season, they reach not only neighboring apartments, but even neighboring buildings, including in the private sector. If you don’t know how to get rid of cockroaches in a private home, this article is for you too.
Able to adapt to insecticides
The body of cockroaches is able to resist the aggressive effects of toxic chemicals. In response to poisoning, their defense mechanism activates special detoxification proteins that neutralize the poison in the insect's body.
Having received a non-lethal dose of the toxin, the cockroach acquires stable immunity to it, and it also passes it on to new generations. That is why today there are entire populations of red cockroaches that are insensitive to one or several classes of insecticides.
Other consequences of cockroaches in a coffee machine
In addition to short circuits on the electronic circuit boards of the coffee machine, there are other problems caused by these insects. If a cockroach gets into the coffee dispenser, it will make it difficult for the coffee to pass through. Most often this happens in Jura, Krups, AEG coffee machines. If you know that there are cockroaches and at the same time you find that the coffee has begun to flow poorly. It either flows from one spout or flows out from anywhere other than the spouts. The probability of cockroaches getting into the coffee plant is very high. Experience has shown that cleaning with coffee oil tablets will no longer help. What to do then?
Cockroaches are not in the apartment: where else can these insects be found in the city?
It is logical to assume that if in some place outside the immediate human habitation conditions suitable for the life of cockroaches are maintained, then the insects will be able to live there too. Let's just remember the cockroaches in the entrance and in heating mains throughout the city.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, cockroaches hide in a huge number of places in the city.
- Warehouses for food products and imported products. Here, by the way, among the bunches of bananas and boxes of oranges you can even find representatives of exotic species that have sailed to us from overseas.
- Supermarkets and their warehouses. Despite the certificates received from the SES, almost every such premises provides shelter for a huge number of cockroaches. And in some places insects even manage to seep into trading floors and frighten customers with their appearance.
- Metro. Indeed, the climatic conditions here more or less meet the requirements of cockroaches, especially at stations. In the subway, garbage accumulates in abundance, which can become a source of food for picky insects. It is not surprising that cockroaches in the subway are, in general, not uncommon.
- Kitchens of restaurants and cafes. Yes, yes, absolute cleanliness in such establishments is observed only in the guest rooms. What happens in the kitchen and who is hiding there among the pots is hidden behind well-closed doors.
- Greenhouses in which cockroaches simply bliss out in warmth, high humidity and an abundance of normal, natural food for them.
This list can be continued for a long time: attics and basements, markets, small-scale apartment buildings, greenhouses, food industry enterprises, canteens of schools and universities - wherever there is food and is kept warm, sooner or later cockroaches can appear. And talk that cockroaches have left cities recently seems to be as much a myth as the belief that these insects will survive a nuclear winter.
So don’t be alarmed if you suddenly meet a red-haired, mustachioed acquaintance in your favorite supermarket or in a cozy cafe. Even with a careful approach to maintaining order, the owners of the establishment do not always manage to prevent insects from entering it.
Ordinary citizens should remember that cockroaches most often get into the house from neighbors or from the entrance, and hide here in the most unexpected places. And if encounters with these pests become too frequent, then you need to contact pest control services, or start an independent fight.
Interesting video: another hot news about “mutant cockroaches”...
It is difficult to find a person whose parents in childhood would not frighten them with stories about how, due to special carelessness, some individuals have scary and evil cockroaches crawling into their ears at night.
Oh, and it was scary, especially when mentioning their ability to gnaw through flesh and get into the brain!
Can cockroaches get into your ear? Perhaps the stories of mothers, fathers and grandmothers are just naive fiction, designed to “restrain” particularly zealous dirty people? Let's figure it out now!
Let’s say right away that these are not inventions - insidious Prussians
really
capable of crawling into the ears
of sleeping people.
By nature, these insects have a very flexible and elongated body
, allowing them to get into the narrowest crevices.
Considering that the diameter of an adult’s ear hole sometimes reaches a whole centimeter, such a walk is a common thing for a Prussian. As for children, their ears, of course, are incomparably smaller, but cockroaches are also small, so no one can feel safe.
A “maneuverable” cockroach will not be able to climb into the brain. The reason is in the anatomical features of the ear - it is designed in such a way that no pest can penetrate further than the eardrum, with the exception, perhaps, of very exotic centipedes.
But if a cockroach climbed in
He will not be able to go
there or .
The fact is that nature has not endowed
These insects
have the ability to move in reverse
.
He won’t be able to
turn around
in the ear - it’s too
narrow
, there won’t be enough room for maneuver, so it turns out that the Prussian will sit there as if in a trap, unable to return “to his own people” again.
Reference.
The people most at risk are those who sleep in dirty places, such as shady hostels or old village houses.
What to do if there are cockroaches in the coffee machine?
First you need to call an insect extermination service. Because without these services, repairing and cleaning the coffee machine is only a temporary phenomenon. In this case, we can do repairs and also cleaning, but without any guarantee for our work. If you have poisoned your coffee machine and want to do preventive maintenance, we will carry out the necessary cleaning with a guarantee. But if you contact us again with the same problem and we discover the presence of cockroaches in the coffee machine, then I’m sorry, but the warranty is canceled in this case.
How much does it cost to clean a coffee machine from cockroaches?
Since this is not the main type of our activity and is very unpleasant, and many masters do not even take up this matter. Those who still dare to do this charge dearly for it. Due to the fact that the coffee machines are all completely different when disassembled, the price will also vary from 8,000 to 15,000 rubles.
If you are not bothered by the presence of cockroaches in the coffee machine, and you simply want to restore the functionality of the coffee machine, then repairs are carried out according to the usual price list. Whether it’s cleaning the coffee maker from 4,000 rubles or repairing electronic boards from 5,000 rubles. This cleans only those components that need repair.
Weak points of cockroaches
But cockroaches also have vulnerabilities. Here are the main ones.
Critically dependent on water
Cockroaches cannot live for long without water - a week at most. Therefore, they like to live close to the sink, behind the refrigerator and along cold water pipes, where condensation collects. For the same reason, in houses with a damp basement, residents of the lower floors often suffer from cockroaches.
So, water is extremely important for cockroaches - let’s note this fact. Below we will discuss how to use this wisely.
Afraid of the light
Cockroaches are predominantly nocturnal and hide during the day, as light serves as a danger signal for them. Therefore, an important factor for their favorable existence is the presence of shelters in which they can hide during the daytime.
These could be gaps in baseboards and ceilings, loose edges of wallpaper, narrow spaces where door frames do not fit tightly or behind the back wall of hanging cabinets. The more such places in the apartment, the more comfortable cockroaches feel. And in a dilapidated housing stock with dry plank floors and cracked plaster, it’s a paradise for them.
But even with a fresh renovation, if the finishing elements have access to spaces under various panels, cockroaches can find shelter.
Not resistant to inorganic compounds
This is great news for those who are thinking about how to get rid of cockroaches using folk remedies. Borax and boric acid are substances to which they never learned to adapt. Meanwhile, boron compounds, accumulating in the body of Prussians, gradually kill them and also undermine their ability to reproduce. These tools are definitely worth using in your combat arsenal. Later I will tell you about effective ways to use them.
How do you fight cockroaches in coffee pots?
Post by mip07 » 30 Nov 2014, 00:08
How do you fight cockroaches in coffee pots?
There is a device that is located in an office, an office in a residential building. As a result, cockroaches were found in the mixer funnel twice.
Very unpleasant. How do you fight cockroaches in coffee pots?
We set traps, before there were big houses, now we have set two tablets Kombat and Raptor
Post by mip07 » 30 Nov 2014, 00:09
Post by SAKO » 30 Nov 2014, 01:14
Post by SAKO » 30 Nov 2014, 01:19
Post by mip07 » 30 Nov 2014, 01:55
Post by mip07 » 30 Nov 2014, 01:56
Post by mip07 » 02 Dec 2014, 15:24
OK! Thanks for the advice. Although I still have a hard time imagining the design. Especially where 2 ingredients go into one mixer ;(
But thanks again for the suggestion.
Post by Pravitel » 02 Dec 2014, 20:25
Post by mip07 » 05 Dec 2014, 01:47
Post by urist555 » 05 Dec 2014, 08:07
Buy powdered boric acid at the pharmacy and sprinkle a thin layer inside. Boric acid is a terrible poison for cockroaches, but it is safe for humans and animals. In a week you won’t see a single cockroach.
Pay attention to moisture. Cockroaches may not eat for a month, but they must drink every day. So the approaches to the watering hole need to be sprinkled thoroughly.
The solution is also relevant for apartments in multi-storey buildings. Very effective. I checked it myself. I haven’t seen anyone in the apartment for about 4 months.
Post by mip07 » 05 Dec 2014, 11:27
urist555 wrote: Buy powdered boric acid at the pharmacy and sprinkle a thin layer inside. Boric acid is a terrible poison for cockroaches, but it is safe for humans and animals. In a week you won’t see a single cockroach.
Pay attention to moisture. Cockroaches may not eat for a month, but they must drink every day. So the approaches to the watering hole need to be sprinkled thoroughly.
The solution is also relevant for apartments in multi-storey buildings. Very effective. I checked it myself. I haven’t seen anyone in the apartment for about 4 months.
Post by KonstVP » 07 Dec 2014, 14:21
Post by mip07 » 07 Dec 2014, 22:15
:o :o :o :o :o We transported one device to a new location, moved the payment terminal a meter away, and put a coffee pot in its place. There was a whole colony there under the terminal. And we, following the previous advice, already poured a pack of this acid powder under the machine) We told the cleaning lady not to touch it for 5 days. They also smeared gel around the terminal and the device.
Why is it really so poisonous? We wanted to sprinkle it into the device altogether, but changed our minds.
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How to get cockroaches out of the house - the best means
Modern manufacturers offer a fairly large selection of drugs designed to effectively combat cockroaches. Below we will talk about the products that are especially popular among consumers.
GET
One of the best microcapsule preparations. Immediately before use, dilute with water according to the instructions, spray on surfaces and habitats of cockroaches from a spray bottle. The active ingredient is chlorpyrifos, which has a detrimental effect on insects.
Reviews about the effectiveness of the drug Get against cockroaches -
It is odorless and does not cause allergic reactions. Non-toxic for animals and humans. After treating the apartment, it is necessary to ventilate the room well. When purchasing, you should be careful - you can purchase counterfeit products.
The cost of one bottle is about 700 rubles.
Delta Zone
Also refers to microencapsulated products. The drug Delta Zone is effective against bedbugs, cockroaches and other insects. New generation drug. The prolonged action lasts for two months.
After use, the apartment must be ventilated. The product does not leave streaks or stains on furniture and surfaces.
Price – about 650 rubles.
GEL GLOBOL
A highly toxic drug made in Germany. Has a pleasant smell. When processing, make sure that the product does not get on the skin of your hands; you must work with gloves. According to reviews, it is an extremely effective drug.
Reviews of Globol paste against cockroaches —
At first, dead cockroaches may appear simply by chance, but then they disappear altogether.
The manufacturer's validity period is one month.
The price of one tube is up to 300 rubles.
Important . All microencapsulated preparations are much more expensive than the aerosols and other insect control products we are used to. But the result is worth the money spent. Removing cockroaches using microencapsulated products is a real pleasure, if I can say so in this case.
Maxforce ultragel
A strong insecticidal agent against cockroaches of all types - red, black, garden. Intended for use in residential premises, children's and medical institutions. After two days, complete death of the insects occurs.
Magic drops
It is a colorless, odorless gel. Apply to the substrate at the rate of one drop per linear meter. For a large number of insects - two drops per linear meter. Substrates are placed in places where cockroaches move or gather. One package is designed for a standard one-room apartment.
The cost of one package is about 130 rubles.
Traps Kombat
Non-toxic and absolutely safe product. They are placed throughout the apartment in places where insects are most likely to settle. Not effective for large numbers of cockroaches. Used as an auxiliary or prophylactic against insects.
How to get rid of cockroaches using technology
When cockroaches appear in an apartment, you need to pay attention to the areas that are usually their favorite habitat. And oddly enough, such places include household appliances. Here insects feel warm and reliably protected. The equipment is equipped with “stuffing”, but it also has voids where you can reliably hide from the owner’s eyes. How to bring out and destroy red invaders?
Preventive measures
If cockroaches once appeared in the microwave and the owners successfully removed them, then in the future, to prevent them from appearing again, you need to adhere to the following preventive measures:
It is necessary to constantly monitor the plumbing so that the taps do not leak and water does not stagnate in sinks, bathtubs, and washing machines.
Excessive indoor humidity and dampness attract cockroaches. It is important to ensure that there are no cracks in the living space where cockroaches could hide, reproduce and raise new offspring. Keep the kitchen clean. Do not put dirty dishes in the sink, do not leave crumbs and leftover food on the dining table
Clean your microwave oven regularly. Be sure to ventilate your living space several times a day. Especially on frosty days in the kitchen, you need to leave the window open for 10-15 minutes. Such measures will not only get rid of parasites, but will also have a beneficial effect on the general well-being of household members.
Removing Prussians from the microwave
What to do if, after taking out food heated in the microwave, the housewife discovers cockroaches scurrying around it? This not only discourages your appetite, but also any desire to subsequently use the oven. To make the microwave sterile, you must first rinse it thoroughly using detergents and wipe dry. The Prussians will not die from this, but they will also have nothing to eat.
Note: The presence of cockroaches can cause a fire in the stove if they are present inside or if the wiring is damaged or the internal mechanisms malfunction.
You can eradicate red-haired “guests” using:
- Boric acid powder, which is prepared as bait by rolling into balls mixed with yolk and bread (boiled potatoes). The delicacy is left in the oven for a week, after which the insect corpses are removed not only in the container itself, but also behind the back cover, removing it and checking the internal contents.
Important! You cannot use boric acid in the form of an alcohol infusion, the smell of which cockroaches cannot tolerate. An aqueous solution will also not lead to the desired effect.
Aerosols are sometimes used for microwave use. But they are poisonous and have a temporary effect, causing the death of the individuals that catch the eye. Using aerosols to expel cockroaches from the “insides” of equipment is problematic.
Advice! When treating insects, there should be no source of water nearby. Check for containers with liquid, eliminate leaks on the walls and in the bathtub, and fix a dripping faucet. Otherwise, the individuals will “rise from the dead” and continue their life path.
Particularly difficult cases
We have already said a few words about what to do if the breeding ground for insects is in the entrance or basement.
Getting rid of cockroaches in an apartment that is literally infested with insects is much more difficult than in standard cases. There is no need to say that this cannot happen to me. Maybe. And everything. Whether such an apartment was inherited, the neighbors are alcoholics or elderly people who are already having difficulty caring for themselves. Or you had to rent an apartment, and it was such a disgrace.
If you really understand that you won’t be able to cope on your own, it is better to call special services that will treat your premises. At the same time, you will still receive a guarantee. In case of problems with neighbors, you will have to write a statement to the SES, since only this organization has the right to issue an order to treat other people's apartments. Quite often you have to contact the local police.
Special attention should be paid to places with large crowds of people: dormitories and hostels. At times the situation can approach critical, especially when it comes to dormitories. It is impossible to cope without calling the special services.
Removing cockroaches with the help of professionals in a few hours is a very real task, even taking into account the treatment of basements and attics.
How to remove cockroaches from household appliances?
The back wall of the refrigerator, processors, microwave ovens, stereos, and televisions are also habitats for insects. Heat comes from the switched on appliances, and you can always find food in the kitchen if desired.
Uncleaned crumbs on the table, greasy stains on the stove, splashes in the microwave - the cockroach does not disdain anything.
If the insects are not removed from there in time, then there is a possibility of their voluntary movement, for example, to the dacha - for this you just need to transport the TV.
To quickly remove cockroaches from household appliances, you can use insecticidal chalk (draw lines directly on the back of the body) or ammonia. To do this, just wet a cotton pad with ammonia and place it next to the inlet holes. After some time, the cockroaches will leave there.
Getting rid of cockroaches in the refrigerator
The appearance of arthropods in a refrigeration unit can lead to its breakdown if nosy Prussians infest the refrigeration unit. Their presence in the grocery department is also not a source of joy: crawling through food, they carry various infections on their paws. Even in the cool conditions of the refrigerator, they live and are in no hurry to die. It’s quite possible to get them out.
To prepare the refrigerator for disinfection, it is necessary to remove all products, rinse it thoroughly, clean and treat all surfaces. Cockroaches will not live in the refrigerator if you take the following steps:
- Place the balls with boric acid powder and egg yolk.
- Dilute ammonia (10-15 drops per liter of water) and thoroughly treat the surfaces of the refrigeration chamber with it. This will help protect the unit from the invasion of longhorned beetles, since they do not tolerate the smell of ammonia.
- Treat the internal contents with gels that are safe for humans and have a long-lasting effect.
- Destroy parasites using freezing. The refrigerator is taken out into the cold in winter and kept open for some time (the duration depends on the temperature outside). This is a safe and effective method.
Note: The basic rule when processing machines that are associated with preparing or storing food, washing dishes, is the use of safe products. Cockroaches are afraid of “chemistry”, but it is also toxic to humans.
If, after treatment in a microwave oven, refrigerator or dishwasher, cockroaches do not die within the allotted time, then emergency control measures or re-treatment with safe means are needed.
A few words about folk remedies
Effective removal of cockroaches using folk remedies is almost impossible! Insects can be repelled with ammonia; the smell of ammonia forces them to leave the room. One ampoule of the drug is dissolved in a bucket of water and the floors throughout the apartment are wiped with this solution. But you need to use this method regularly, at least once a week.
The favorite option of some housewives is a mixture of boric acid or borax with egg yolk. Here we need to take into account this point. Not only is science advancing, but cockroaches are also adapting to new poisons. Perhaps this method helps someone, but such cases are becoming less and less common.
Having placed balls from the resulting mixtures in their habitats, you must carefully ensure that the cockroaches do not have access to water. In addition, the insecticide must be kept away from children and animals.
Fans of fragrant herbs should know that wormwood works well on fleas, but not on cockroaches. Just like tansy, yarrow or mint.
