Just killed a cockroach

[Devo37]

I just killed a cockroach in my apartment. first time in 5+ years of living here that i've seen a bug, aside from the occasional housefly.

it better be a one-time-only event, or i'm gonna be super pissed and set off 50 bugs-bombs to nuke every creature within 500 feet of my place!!!! god, those things are absolutely hideous!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/cockroach.jpg

[Marc with a c]

lleeder

[drjoek]

1=1000000 more

[Snoogans]

I just killed a cockroach in my apartment. first time in 5+ years of living here that i've seen a bug, aside from the occasional housefly.

it better be a one-time-only event, or i'm gonna be super pissed and set off 50 bugs-bombs to nuke every creature within 500 feet of my place!!!! god, those things are absolutely hideous!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/cockroach.jpg



There is no such thing as having 1 cock roach. You better call the Orkin man fast

[PapaBear]

it better be a one-time-only event, or i'm gonna be super pissed and set off 50 bugs-bombs to nuke every creature within 500 feet of my place!!!!

I'll kill every one of those stinking cock-a-roaches!
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/11/scarface_million.jpg

[Devo37]

There is no such thing as having 1 cock roach. You better call the Orkin man fast

1=1000000 more

this is exactly what i fear! f#ck it, i'm staying up all night tonight with night-vision goggles. or maybe i'll sleep in my car. i can't sleep in this contaminated sh!tbox anymore!!!

[ChrisTheCop]

Now you have to worry about the ghost of that cockroach you killed,
coming back to visit you tonight.

Surely you didnt think there were cockroaches in heaven.

[TooLowBrow]

i can just imagine how many climb into your mouth when you're asleep

[PapaBear]

i can just imagine how many climb into your mouth when you're asleep
I'm sure the spiders will kill them.

[ChrisTheCop]

Who would win in a fight?
A Spider? or the ghost of a cockroach?

[jauble]

Yeah Devo I'd get that Orkin fella to come by. What you saw was an advanced scout sent out from the walls to see what your cabinets and other stuff might have and if its cool for the rest to move.

[TheMojoPin]

2-3 times a year, I'll cach a glimpse of a house centipede (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_centipede)scurrying across the floor and dashing for cover.

Yeah, they're creepy looking bastards, but after looking them up online, I'm glad to see them. They're superbugs that basically devour and destroy every other kind of bug out there! So long as they're around, you're likely to never see any other bugs, or ever really have an infestation problem. I'll happily take a few scattered moments of being creeped out if it means I have a bunch of free, badass exterminators holding things down.

[ChrisTheCop]

Yeah Devo I'd get that Orkin fella to come by. What you saw was an advanced scout sent out from the walls to see what your cabinets and other stuff might have and if its cool for the rest to move.

Is that how Indianapolizanoidites do it?

NYC-- take cover!!!!!!!!!

[Devo37]

i can just imagine how many climb into your mouth when you're asleep

I'm sure the spiders will kill them.

Who would win in a fight?
A Spider? or the ghost of a cockroach?

god, i hate you all only slightly less than i hate hideous roaches!!!

i would say, "screw you guys, i'm going home", but i'm already home, and it's a roach-infested hellhole, with spider vs. ghost-roach matches going on as we speak!

maybe JerryTaker is right: sweet, sweet suicide is the only way to make everything right...

[Friday]

I'm sure the spiders will kill them.

haha

i have baby spiders this year... they keep dropping from the ceiling and landing on my computer. i try really hard not to kill spiders because they help keep the summer bug population down... and admittedly, i feel a little bad killing these babies but i can't have them just hanging out with me in my bedroom.

that being said... i am resigned to the fact that they probably have parties while i am sleeping.
but hey, they were here first, technically....

[ChrisTheCop]

You could learn to live with them...
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[TheMojoPin]

You could learn to live with them...
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Endless Mike Hellstrom at the end in the diner FTW!!!

[jauble]

Is that how Indianapolizanoidites do it?

NYC-- take cover!!!!!!!!!

South of where I live you might be seeing people trying to use this:

http://www.rirwin.com/images/shotgun-no5.JPG

but where I live its usually just ants and some cinnamon along the wall usually does the trick until we can get someone out to spray.

[Friday]

South of where I live you might be seeing people trying to use this:

http://www.rirwin.com/images/shotgun-no5.JPG

but where I live its usually just ants and some cinnamon along the wall usually does the trick until we can get someone out to spray.

cinnamon... really?
where do you put it and how do you get it to stick?
i have never heard of that....

[ChrisTheCop]

HEY! What are you doin with Snoogans' gun!!??

[ChrisTheCop]

cinnamon... really?
where do you put it and how do you get it to stick?
i have never heard of that....

Ive heard that you have to lick it before....

[Devo37]

but where I live its usually just ants and some cinnamon along the wall usually does the trick until we can get someone out to spray.

maybe if i sprinkle some garlic along the walls, it will at least keep the ghost-roaches at bay. or does that only work for vampire-roaches? man, i hope i don't have any of those!

what i wouldn't do for some house-centipedes right about now...

[TheMojoPin]

HEY! What are you doin with Snoogans' gun!!??

The closest Snoogans will ever come to owning a gun:

http://www.strata.com/gallery_images/2006115223521_large.jpg

He just walks around the streets of LA going "ZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAP!!!"

[jauble]

cinnamon... really?
where do you put it and how do you get it to stick?
i have never heard of that....

It works the best with carpet and just along side the walls.

[Coach]

this is exactly what i fear! f#ck it, i'm staying up all night tonight with night-vision goggles. or maybe i'll sleep in my car. i can't sleep in this contaminated sh!tbox anymore!!!

Yup..you're infested..just think..15 run over your body's skin as you sleep.

[nukinfuts]

What sucks about living in an apartment is that you can be the cleanest person in the world and the ass living next to you is a nasty slob so you get all of their bugs. I would call the exterminator...I agree with everyone else that said there is no such thing as 1 cockroach.

[Coach]

cinnamon... really?
where do you put it and how do you get it to stick?
i have never heard of that....Salt for ants too.
Aspirin and mothballs ground up keeps mice and rats away.
Cockroaches..Mothball flakes and Cyanne pepper.....they go and lick their legs and don't like the cyanne..and mothballs are poisonous to them.

[Friday]

Salt for ants too.
Aspirin and mothballs ground up keeps mice and rats away.
Cockroaches..Mothball flakes and Cyanne pepper.....they go and lick their legs and don't like the cyanne..and mothballs are poisonous to them.

this is all very interesting.

i get a small amount of ants this year.... after 5 years of nothing. yucky!
i spray and put out traps but i may try these as an added precaution.

and i have a built in mouse killer.... the two times i have gotten a poor stray mouse seeking warmth, my kitten (more like a mountain lion) has turned them into his personal chew toy... hehe.

[ChrisTheCop]

Salt for ants too.
Aspirin and mothballs ground up keeps mice and rats away.
Cockroaches..Mothball flakes and Cyanne pepper.....they go and lick their legs and don't like the cyanne..and mothballs are poisonous to them.

Dont trust this advice.
It's coming from someone whose very name is just a shortened form of CockrOACH.

He's trying to save his race!!!!

[Coach]

this is all very interesting.

i get a small amount of ants this year.... after 5 years of nothing. yucky!
i spray and put out traps but i may try these as an added precaution.

and i have a built in mouse killer.... the two times i have gotten a poor stray mouse seeking warmth, my kitten (more like a mountain lion) has turned them into his personal chew toy... hehe.

All of those were from the 1800's I first heard about them at Sturbridge Village. (My house is from the same time..and was wondering why I was finding so many old bottles of aspirin in my floors.)
Around the baseboards on your floor..

[Devo37]

Dont trust this advice.
It's coming from someone whose very name is just a shortened form of CockrOACH.

He's trying to save his race!!!!

yeah, i'm suspicious of the coach/roach connection myself, but maybe i'll just empty my whole spice rack all over the floor and hope that each of the millions of various bugs that apparently live in my apartment without paying rent will walk through something they don't like.

do any insects dislike Emeril's Essence spice mix? i have a whole thing of it that i only used once and wasn't too impressed with.

[Coach]

yeah, i'm suspicious of the coach/roach connection myself, but maybe i'll just empty my whole spice rack all over the floor and hope that each of the millions of various bugs that apparently live in my apartment without paying rent will walk through something they don't like.

do any insects dislike Emeril's Essence spice mix? i have a whole thing of it that i only used once and wasn't too impressed with.

Only the brand reading homo ones.
Try this:
Boric Acid Powder

Nature's proven insecticide..! Borid Boric Acid Powder (99% - Orthoboric Acid, 1% - Inert Ingredients) is light blue, odorless, and nonstaining. Delivers long lasting results against cockroaches, ants (excluding carpenter ants), silverfish and termites. Boric Acid may also be used for preventive treatment of cockroaches and drywood termites. Squeeze bottle with pointed applicator tip provides easy application; see also the Pest Pistol Mini Duster. 16 oz. squeeze bottle treats up to 1,000 sq. ft.

Note: Boric Acid, a white powder, is mined from the Mojave Desert in California. It works very well against insects, but is less toxic to humans and pets than table salt.

Directions for use:
Apply directly on carpets where pets frequently traffic or sleep at the rate of 1.5 pounds per 150 square feet. Work powder deep into fibers and mat. Any powder visible after application must be brushed into carpet fibers or vacuumed. Allow to remain for a period of three weeks to achieve maximum flea control in carpets. Sprinkle around baseboards, under and behind refrigerator, stove, sink, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer. Also, sprinkle into openings around drain pipes and electrical conduits, and in cracks and crevices along baseboards and corners of cabinets, cupboards and closets. Insects walk through the dust, ingest it, and die within hours.

website:
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/kb/cockroach-control.html


Boric acid
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Boric acid


IUPAC name boric acid
trihydroxidoboron
Other names Orthoboric acid,
Boracic acid,
Sassolite,
Optibor,
Borofax
Identifiers
CAS number [10043-35-3]
SMILES B(O)(O)O
Properties
Molecular formula B(OH)3
Molar mass 61.832 g/mol
Appearance White crystalline solid
Density 1.435 g/cm³, solid.
Melting point 169°C decomp.

Solubility in water 5.7 g/100 ml (25°C)
Acidity (pKa) 9.24 (see text)
Structure
Molecular shape Trigonal planar
Dipole moment Zero
Hazards
MSDS External MSDS
NFPA 704 010
Flash point Non-flammable.
Related compounds
Related compounds Boron trioxide
Borax
Supplementary data page
Structure and
properties n, εr, etc.
Thermodynamic
data Phase behaviour
Solid, liquid, gas
Spectral data UV, IR, NMR, MS
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox disclaimer and references
Boric acid, also called boracic acid or orthoboric acid or Acidum Boricum, is a mild acid often used as an antiseptic, insecticide, flame retardant, in nuclear power plants to control the fission rate of uranium, and as a precursor of other chemical compounds. It exists in the form of colorless crystals or a white powder and dissolves in water. It has the chemical formula H3BO3, sometimes written B(OH)3. When occurring as a mineral, it is called sassolite.

[ChrisTheCop]

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CockRoach ghost.

[ChrisTheCop]

actually there are plants that can rid you of this..I think evergreens..but have to look them up, I'll post back.

No need. Ive found a sure way to make more roach ghosts.

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[Friday]

No need. Ive found a sure way to make more roach ghosts.

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holy shit!

i am not sure which gave me worse heebie jeebies.... the cockroaches or the guy!

and why does he have a HotTub haircut?!?

:blink:

[Jujubees2]

Speaking of roaches has anyone seen Verminators on The Discovery Channel? Think you have a problem? You should see some of the houses they go to that are infested with roaches/rats/pigeons. Man it's disgusting.

[Furtherman]

It's a new world record - man holds 11 Madagascan hissing cockroaches in his mouth (http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081013/NEWS0103/310130082)

FLORENCE - Travis Fessler wanted to break a world record Saturday by putting 10 Madagascar hissing cockroaches into his mouth.

The Florence resident, and co-founder of the Pickled Brothers Sideshow, went one better at Kenton Lakes Sportsplex.

Fessler held 11 of the hissing cockroaches in his mouth for the mandatory 10 seconds. The bugs had to measure at least 2-1/2 inches in length and survive the attempt to qualify for a Guinness world record.

The previous world record holder was “Jungle” John LaMedica of Delaware who last year managed to stuff nine hissing cockroaches into his mouth.


I've spared you all from posting a picture....

[KingGeno]

Few years ago, there was this Pizza place in Elkins Park, PA that had a silent alarm tripped due to movement detection. Police got there, and saw that the place left their pizza's out, and there were so many cockroaches that the alarm tripped.

That shit is whack.