Where do cockroaches come from?

Cockroaches ... Invasions of these unpleasant insects cause a lot of concern to the owners of apartments and houses. They can appear suddenly and then disappear, but if they have already chosen a particular place, they remain there for a long time. And then there is only one way to get rid of them - chemicals. The sources and reasons for the appearance of cockroaches are not always clear, but in most cases they can be easily explained.

Cockroaches are creatures that amaze with their survivability and unpretentiousness. According to their physiology, in situations where typical food is absent, they can be satisfied with gusto with banal dust, pieces of dirt, sweat residues on clothes, glue traces in the bindings of books, hair, remnants of braiding from wires, and so on. However, being in apartment buildings, where there is a large abundance of food, cockroaches still prefer to feast on the leftovers and crumbs of ordinary food. Moreover, recent studies by entomologists have noted that cockroaches have begun to follow a balanced diet. It is for this reason that products that use ordinary syrup as bait no longer work. Basically, foreign manufacturers are beginning to solve this problem, but there are also several Russian companies. For example, the company GEKTOR, which produces a gel with a combined bait, which provides excellent palatability and, accordingly, efficiency.

If you tear off the head of a cockroach, then without it it will exist for several days, since it breathes with its entire body. High levels of radiation are not a hindrance to them, they continue to live and reproduce successfully.

We will be unfair if we focus only on their shortcomings in the article. These nimble creatures bring relative benefits to nature and man.

• Without cockroaches, our settlements will quickly turn into a trash heap in the event of the termination of the work of the garbage collection services. Cockroaches are the same sanitary services that use various bio-waste, because more than 99% of 4500 cockroach species live in nature and destroy various sewage, rotting residues of fruits, food and feces. Without them, waste products would take much longer to decompose and stimulate the spread of harmful bacteria. This applies not only to nature, but also to urban objects where various organic matter is stored for a long time. Only 55 of all cockroach species live in the CIS, and only 4 of them can appear in your apartment. The rest of the species have their ranges in forests, underground, in caves, swamps and meadows. Although in living quarters, beetles are sources of dirt and infectious diseases.
• Rotting organic matter processed by cockroaches releases nitrogen, which enriches the soil with valuable natural fertilizers. The complete death of cockroaches would lead to disruptions of the natural nitrogen cycle, which would have an extremely negative effect on the growth of forests, and this would also lead to the death of animals inhabiting them, in the form of a cascade reaction. What's more, cockroaches are food for reptiles, birds and small animals.
• According to British scientists, cockroaches perfectly adapt to living in unsanitary conditions, where they encounter different types of bacteria, that is they have various methods of counteracting dangerous microorganisms... Scientists have discovered that insects have potent antibiotic properties, which has led to the development of new and productive treatments for infections. So, it was revealed that the cockroach brain is able to kill up to 90% of Staphylococcus aureus, as well as pathogenic E. coli, without harming human cells.
• Cockroaches, possessing an amazing design of the musculoskeletal system, are extremely move fast and maneuverable, faster than cheetahs and dolphins... Therefore, both in biomechanics and in robotics, they are the objects of the most intense study.

Usually cockroaches appear in such places, where the most favorable conditions exist for them. For habitats, they select dark, cluttered and damp corners, not far from food places. Kitchens in the area of ​​sinks and trash cans have become favorite places.

They hate the cold, they often live behind the battery rows, near the plates. They do not settle near the bedding of domestic animals. They love to wade into electrical appliances - television transmitters, computers, microwave ovens, toasters, and often disable equipment. It is in such places that they lay their eggs.

Free access to food is one of the basic conditions for a comfortable cockroach life. They eat both fresh food and rot, paper and leather. Therefore, an untidy table, stove, and an unclean bin will provide them with a completely comfortable existence and fruitful reproduction. Cockroaches love sweets, meat and starchy foods. But they eat almost everything. Their finickyness is directly proportional to the degree of availability of food. With a poor menu, they even eat hair, soap, glue. Scavengers by origin, they feed on rotting wood and even dead relatives.

Water for cockroaches is extremely relevantwhether it's a small puddle, a dripping faucet in a sink, or water in a flower. During the fight against them, you should water the flowers in the morning or afternoon so that the moisture is completely absorbed into the soil. We recommend that you wipe the kitchen sink thoroughly at night.

Comfortable temperature conditions, moisture and nooks and crannies in the room are the main reasons for the penetration of insects into apartments and houses. In most cases, neighbors' apartments are not completely isolated from each other, they are connected by communications through which cockroaches move freely. As a rule, the spread of cockroaches begins with the penetration of several specimens, which give rise to a whole population that arises very soon, in a few weeks.

In addition to the kitchen, bathrooms and toilets are also sources of moisture. And if pipes are leaking in an apartment or in a house, dampness is constantly present, then these conditions are extremely favorable for the formation of cockroach colonies. Such unsanitary conditions often lead to infections, which is especially dangerous when it comes to restaurants, cafes or canteens.

Often, even in tidy apartments, cockroach infestations occur, which means that these are aliens from other places. If the conditions do not suit them, then they will not stay for a long time or, in general, they will not start. Domestic cockroaches migrate continuously, and their reproduction continues around the clock. Therefore, new cockroaches need territory that they are looking for over and over again.

In some cases, after the implementation of preventive measures with the use of poisonous agents, cockroaches leave, but then appear again. Where they come from is not entirely clear. Usually, in such cases, we blame an allegedly low-quality product or poor work of specialists. But the reasons may be different. After all, not all poisons affect cockroach eggs.... Mature individuals die, but the clutches are preserved, since the embryos are located in solid larvae, protecting the offspring from damage. It is difficult for poisons to penetrate inside the larva. And now another generation of insects travels through your kitchen, bathroom and toilet, but these are not the same old individuals.

Aliens from neighbors - there are two ways. The first is that insects flee, because the conditions of the neighbors did not suit them, or they do not have enough space. Another option is that the neighbors constantly carry out preventive measures, and the cockroaches are busy looking for other, more convenient shelters.

If the neighbors do not want to destroy insects, then you still have the risk of their appearance.... Neighbors can be forced to implement prevention through the courts. First, we get documents proving the unsanitary condition of the neighbor's apartment. Documents are issued in management organizations or in sanitary and housing inspections. If the neighbors agree with the implementation of preventive measures, then it is worth negotiating with them about the simultaneous holding of events, which will be extremely productive.

The most attractive dwellings for cockroaches are garbage chutes, where there is a real expanse for them - an abundance of food and water, a comfortable shelter. The desire to move to apartments from such a "paradise" is unlikely to arise, but it is possible in cases of excessive reproduction. And it won't be difficult for them to get into the apartment from there. And if the representative of the cockroach, having examined the room, finds it attractive, then wait for the appearance of several dozen copies at once - you will have to make room. But neatness, neatness, lack of dampness and food may, fortunately, not please unwanted guests.

The appearance of insects is quite likely during the move from the old apartment to a new one. Then you will celebrate your housewarming with cockroaches, since it is not so difficult to capture cockroaches along with things. It is enough to take a clutch of cockroach eggs with you, and your life in a new place will be overshadowed. Cockroaches love to stay in upholstered furniture and mattresses. A lot of them live in closets, boxes, on bookshelves.

In some cases, guests who come to you with their items also bring cockroaches. Of course, it turns out unintentionally, because insects sneak into bags in search of food, they are constantly looking for food, which leads them to the most unexpected nooks, for example, in our wearable things. And they get out of them already in their dwellings.

Cockroaches can easily find their way into bags or shopping bags brought in by guests who have visited markets or shops. Often, cockroaches arrive at a new place of residence in purchased (donated) things: electrical appliances, technical devices, pieces of furniture, clothing.

When purchasing used technical devices, and new things, you should be more careful. Insects or their eggs can remain in them. It's not entirely clear what they are attracted to electronics, but they adore it. TVs, different units, microwave ovens and more. These are all nooks and crannies for them.

It is important to understand that to eliminate insects from technology, it is not recommended to use household chemicals, as well as folk recipes - devices may fail... We recommend taking suspicious devices out into the cold, disassembling, checking and cleaning. The microwave should be run at maximum power - the mustachioed robbers will scatter.

You can also bring cockroaches home from business trips and travels. The female of the individual may well get into the bags or trunks, and there to lay the clutch. There are no guarantees that there are no cockroaches in hotels, train stations, airports. They are present wherever food is available.

Nowadays, purchases received via the Internet and by mail are very popular. Such a delivery may well accommodate mustachioed guests in the house. Perhaps they have settled down all over the world. For example, in our country there are unusual black cockroaches from the American continent.

You can get mustachioed robbers with purchases from shops, markets. Without any problems, they can quietly penetrate the package, wait for the right moment to exit. It is difficult to see them, they are superbly hiding in cracks and cracks. One female penetrated can give rise to a large colony of cockroaches.

When buying various non-food items, insects end up in bags by accident. Cockroaches are more likely to enter the grocery section, as is the case in poorly controlled markets.

In private wooden houses, longhorns can appear from neighboring plots. This option works more slowly than in city apartments. But in summer cottages, when there is not enough food, and the colony has grown greatly, cockroach transitions from site to site are by no means uncommon. So they increase their habitats.

Cockroaches can penetrate into houses with various purchases, as well as into apartments.... In the warehouses of large trade enterprises, they are frequent inhabitants. Insects settle in the back walls of electric stoves, microwave ovens, refrigerators and other secluded places. It is quite possible, when replacing equipment, to get several cockroach individuals in your home.