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Biggest solution is to eliminate their food supply. diatomaceous earth anywhere you see a potential entry point. Get a few tubes of paintable caulking and some steel wool. Shove the steel wool into any crevices then caulk over it, cracks and gaps in the eaves, gaps around windows, etc. You can get little duster cans like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004FBKLZE/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_9eroDbMYCZ6RQ

You don't need a pile of diatomaceous earth, just a light dusting will do. Getting it in the back of cabinets, behind furniture, under baseboards, etc will do tons towards prevention

To treat for scorpions (as well as many other insects) you want "Demand CS" (or one of the generics) this is what most pest control companies will actually use in Tucson. I recommend a pump sprayer and at minimum a dust mask while spraying it. Read the instructions carefully, and be smart while applying it. Spray 4-6 times a year, full perimeter and around all openings, and you should be pretty good




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>If I place the dust everywhere, should I try to refrain from vacuuming? Or just reapply after vacuuming?

I'd vacuum, then apply, then re-apply after any future vacuuming.

>Can you possibly link me to the pump/sprayer?

Here's 2 options, we used this one ourselves, but this one seems to be promoted by Amazon right now. Looking at that yellow one... eh, I'd personally recommend going with the first one. THe extra $6 is worth it for higher quality.

>How much is needed for a ~800 sq. Ft. Apartment?

Per their Amazon link, 2 ounces covers 100 ft^2, large bottles are 4 ounce, so you'd want 4 large bottles

Oh, and as a safety given the high chance other apartments are infested, you probably want this XFasten double sided tape, you will want to make squares around every power/cable/telephone/airvent/etc. outlet, and a large square above your bed, slightly larger than your bed. Yes, they are known to crawl along the ceiling then drop down onto beds.

Oriental roaches are all about moisture control. Moisture, moisture, moisture. A combination of a pyrethroid liquid barrier around all rooms, along with a "dust" (Delta dust should work just fine) injected into wall voids, esp. around pipe chases and down rarely used drains (esp. floor drains in unfinished basements). Buy yourself a hand duster to inject the dust. Oriental roaches are not that difficult to control. Again, IT'S ALL ABOUT MOISTURE CONTROL.

Do you have any tips for applying the flour?

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The best method I've come up with so far is a powder sprayer used for pest control:

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Its tough but you need to convince your customers first. I ran routes that included small restaurants and larger food processing plants. Outside of our three warmest months, I rarely touched a B&G. I used monitors and baits. I carried a tool bag instead of a B&G. In the bag was ant, cockroach and rodent baits along with snap traps, insect monitors as well as putty knives for inspecting. I also had a brush or two for some light cleaning. ect. IPM is not the elimination of pesticides but rather the selection of low impact products and techniques. The most striking examples of IPM appear in cases where you do Monthly Services or "maintenance treatments. A good example is when you run into cove base. You COULD spay the surface of that cove base with a given residual. How long do you think that residual will las in a typical office setting? The reality is that you MAY get 15 -21 days of detectable amounts from the cove base. Conditions vary. But look at that cove base pic again. Do you see how the bottom of the cove base forms a small half tunnel as it meets the floor? That is an EXCELLENT highway for most pests. Remember that the mass of a pest's time is spent hidden as much as they can. This tunnel is like a hidden highway.That is a BETTER place for your insecticide. So in this scenario, let's say there are pavement ant under the slab of this office. They keep pushing out their little grains of sand. Consider this alternative treatment. In my tool bag I kept a pack of post it notes and an old letter opener.I would walk through the office checking my monitors and speaking with people about their pest sitings In this example, we have a large office on a slab and pavements ants are the main pest. As I go, I place a post it on or near the "hot spots" of the pavement ant activity. I go back out,and get my Getts duster ( or have it with me in a ziplock freezer bag with me.) From my tool bag I pull out an old letter opener. I go to these "hot spots" and sit down right on the floor next to the "hot spot." I take my old letter opener and slip it under the "lip" in the cove base where it meets the floor.I pry up that lip and slip the stem of the duster in where I pried it up (kind of like a shoe horn.) I pivot the duster so the stem is parallel with the wall (as much as possible) and give the duster a gentle squeeze. If you watch you will see a small amount of dust puff at seams ext in the cove base about 6 or 8 feet to the right. You now have covered 6 or 8 feet to your right. Pivot the duster to the left and repeat. You have covered the cove base for about 16 feet. 16 feet will cover most any "hot spot." Mind you, I only do this at hot spots, not the entire building. Its a bit more work but in a few monthly visits, you will cover the mass of the issue. I assure you this is far more effective, especially if you return to those hot spots next month with a boric acid or DE kind of product. You can just do a couple of these old hot spots on each visit while knocking down new ones. I assure you...treating cove base in this manner is far more effective, lasts far longer and your customer isn't exposed to your insecticide like they would be if you were spraying the surface of the cove base. This seems like a lot of work but it WILL pay dividends in the long run in fewer call backs and reduced liability.

I'd recommend getting a bellows duster for diatomaceous earth. You don't want to breath it in and it is very hard to clean up off of rough surfaces like brick.

There are too many 'bad' ideas. Compressed air could spray moisture, the vacuum cleaner could create static.

I use a small paint brush with natural hair and a vacuum cleaner. So far nothing bad happened. There are also air-blowers. This hand blower might be an option. This electrical blower too.