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https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8 Best ant traps NA

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This works or I'll come over and eat your shoes.

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I dealt with this last spring. I'm assuming you have German cockroaches (they aren't as big as the American ones). None of that other shit people suggested so far is as effective as this method.

Buy https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0090UXHQU/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

TRUST ME. This is the shit I saw repeatedly recommended by the pest controllers here on Reddit. It is a new chemical that the roaches have no immunity towards. You simply place a squirt of this gel on surface areas around the house (keep away from pets!). There is sugar in the gel which attracts the Roach. The poison has a delayed effect. The roaches go back to their nest and die. Then the other roaches eat the dead ones and also are poisoned, wiping out the nest. Youre going to have to reapply the gel daily at first after several days you will only have to do it weekly for a month. This wipes the fuck out of the roaches. I never saw any corpses. It's cheap, easy, and highly effective.

I also moved from Madison for grad school 2 years ago.

You know the one freak set of 5 days in the Summer where it gets to be in the high 90s and super humid? It feels like that in Tallahasse from mid-May to August. Surprisingly though, I see very few mosquitos compared to the hellhole Wisconsin can be in that regard during the late Summer.

In WI, when rain comes through, it comes in as a long line that approaches your area then continues on in the same direction until it's passed. In Tallahassee, patches of rain appear out of thin air and disappear in different parts of the city. It will be raining on one side of the campus and be sunny on the other side. This happens every day July thru August. You wouldn't be caught in WI without snow boots; you shouldn't be caught here without a good set of rain gear.

Tallahassee is a lot like Madison in sense that it's a smallish city which holds the seat of the state government and a major research university. Life tends to revolve around one or the other. Madison is significantly more quirky than Tallahassee but Tally has its charm if you look hard enough. The airport is regional like Madison, so expect the same limited schedules and high airfare.

Frenchtown is the Allied Drive of Tallahassee. The south side of town is equivalent to Park St. near the Beltline. Railroad Circle is Tally's Willy Street. Unfortunately, there is no State Street equivalent. Also, if you like craft beer, Proof is pretty much the only established local operation(Edit see below, there's Momo's and now Grasslands), so the city is sorely lacking compared to all the breweries that dot around Dane county.

Duval, Bronough, and Monroe are kind of like the University Ave and E Washington of Tallahassee. They get clogged during rush hour as everyone travels to/from downtown. Capital Circle, which loops around the city, has significantly less bumper-to-bumper backups than your typical Beltline rush hour.

For roaches, get some of these, and make sure to replace them on schedule. We rarely see roaches, and then usually only in our garage and only when we forget to put down new traps.

Get to know some outdoor activities that are within 1-1.5 hr drive. I recommend Wakulla Springs, Apalachicola National Forest, and St. George Island.

Like arts & crafts, antiques, and "foodie" restaurants? Try Thomasville, GA 45 mins. across the border. Speaking of the border, you have to go to GA if you want your precious 40 oz bottles of beer. Those aren't allowed for sale in FL. However, liquor stores in FL are open til midnight or 1 as opposed to the 9PM law in WI.

There are going to be a lot of recommendations from people to hire exterminators, but I would recommend getting the equipment and doing it yourself.

One of the issues is that most exterminators come around once a month, but the life cycle of most roaches is half that, so even if you catch one wave of them, the eggs they are carrying are unaffected and will hatch, grow up, and reproduce within a couple of weeks.

There are basically three things you need to get:

Get some Fipronil Gel: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GESOI6 Super cheap online, and 10 times more powerful than what you can get at the local store. This is what the pros use. Put this in places like under cabinets in the kitchen, near water sources, etc. Roaches like to rest in warm places. Anyplace in the apartment that is warm is a likely base for the roaches. This might be lighting fixtures, around the hot water pipes. Worst of all they might be inside your electronics such as your television or computers. They also like tight spaces, spaces they can just barely get into. Loose papers, inside the spines of hardcover books, the spaces between a shelf and the wall, places like that. Look for the roach shit, that's always a sure way to recognize where they have been hanging out.

The Fipronil on it's own is a cheap solution, but it's not the best. To really go to war you have to invest in a good sprayer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009KM25W You can go for a cheaper one, but I would suggest it's worth the investment. If you solve the problem in the long run, you can easily resell it and recoup most of the cost, though I recommend holding on to it. Remember to let the pressure out when you are done with it, you don't want to ruin the rubber seals on it.

Fill it with Acephate Insecticide: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005662Z6A and spray down the apartment twice a month.

I would also recommend a powerful plugin handheld vacuum such as this: https://www.amazon.com/Eureka-EasyClean-Lightweight-Handheld-71B/dp/B0006HUYGM/ It's powerful enough that it eviscerates the roaches as they get sucked up. A battery operated vacuum is weak enough that they don't die and they just crawl back out.

Lastly, you have to develop the discipline to starve them. They wouldn't be growing in number if they didn't have something to eat. You have to clean *every day*. Everytime you use a dish, immediately wash it after you are done with it. Open up a can of spaghettios? Wash the can out before you throw it away. Only have one trash can in the apartment and put Fipronil in it and keep an eye on it. Don't wait for the bag to be full before you empty it out. Don't leave loose papers around, throw away junk mail immediately. Got a leaky faucet? Get it fixed. Turn off your electronics and unplug them if you aren't using them. Don't leave lights on longer than you need to.

This is *your* war, you have to win it on your own. If you wait around for the apartment manager, or an exterminator to win it for you, you'll be waiting a long time. Why pay someone else to do it when you can use the same exact products they use, and do it yourself.

Ant traps: https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8

And for a friendly tip, if you have an ant problem, just store your snacks in plastic containers with lids that seal. Yeah, I've been there before.

It's a key for an EZ Klean Rat Bait Station, as seen here: https://www.amazon.com/Klean-Bait-Station-Replacement-FBS1078/dp/B006CMP1I6

Or just get some Terro ant baits and place them around where they hang out. They will SWARM the baits but don't kill them yet, they have to bring poison back to the hive where it'll kill their mama and babies.

https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8

https://www.amazon.com/Havoc-116372-Rat-Mouse-Bait/dp/B004WUP03G

The landlord sounds incredibly shady from what you've described.

California tenant laws place responsibility on the property management to treat uninhabitable conditions. A cockroach infestation is categorized under uninhabitable conditions - they are a symptom of extremely unsanitary living conditions.

Here are a few links - make sure you read through these and know your rights as a tenant, and DOCUMENT EVERYTHING! Take photos of the cockroaches, maybe capture one and keep it as evidence. It is absolutely the responsibility of the landlord to pay for a PROPER and professional exterminator/fumigation service.

1. http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/repairs.shtml
   
   
2. http://www.caltenantlaw.com/Habitability.htm
   
   In the meantime, you can get roach baits, especially the ones where there's poisoned food that the cockroaches bring back to the nest and eliminates the nest from the inside. These are really effective:
   http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Large-Child-Resistant-Stations/dp/B001ACMBJK
   
   It's going to be frustrating, but don't let your landlord or shitty property management company take advantage of you as a tenant. Make sure you know your rights and luckily California usually leans in the favor of the tenant. Good luck!
   
   Edit - I think this is your management company: http://www.yelp.com/biz/pacific-real-estate-and-management-inc-los-angeles
   

Yes, German or American roaches can very easily infest a space. Large palmetto bugs are common, but they prefer the outdoors and aren't gonna hang around and reproduce.

Fortunately, roaches are easy to deal with if you've got the right goo. It waits about 24-48 hours to actually kill the roaches and so they get some on them and spread it to all the other roaches. No roaches after a week max. I've never had to apply it a second time.

Check this stuff out.

They get mobile in the summer and will travel into your home. This is the most important time to keep a handle on them, you'll see giant watering style roaches and teeny German cockroaches in Houston.

Germans are the bigger concern, they're the sort that likes to infest homes and when an infestation gets going it can be tough, if you're infested you'll see tens or hundreds scatter when you turn on the kitchen lights at night.

If you just see one or two on wet objects occasionally they're probably traveling. Best to use some sort of bait poison in my opinion. I swear by advion cockroach bait which I buy in syringes from Amazon.

It's peanut butter looking gel you lay out near cracks and crevices, along baseboards, backs of cabinets, between the stove and the wall, behind the fridge, countertops on slips of thin cardboard. They'll eat and carry it in and on their bodies back to their nests, where they die. Then their cannibal brethren will eat them, and die. Makes for a very effective treatment, I've used it to help friends fix up terrible German roach infestations in a week or two.

The waterbug varieties die to it too, but they're not so much indoor dwelling roaches so they rarely infest clean appearing homes.

Mostly harmless to animals, active ingredient is indoxacarb which is used in some flea drops.

It used to be about $25 with prime shipping from Amazon but it seems that's not the case at the moment. This was the best I could find.

advion 4 Tubes and 4 Plungers Cockroach German Roach Pest Control Insecticide Bait Gel, Kill German, American, Australian, Smoky, Brown https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00730QW70/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_prdsDbEHJXGCS

Invict Gold seems similar, imidacloprid is its main ingredient, same as advantage II flea drops for animals, and at $25 on amazon not bad.
Rockwell Labs - Invict Gold - Cockroach Gel - 4 Tubes https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049I6CT2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HldsDbDGN91FC



Note on animal toxicity, these chemicals are safe because they're being spread at low concentrations in small areas, not broadly and widely like with sprays. If your animals seek and consume the roach bait that will not only increase the dose but reduce the effectiveness of your bait. I've never had issues with my cats being interested, but maybe a dog would. Just keep the bait out of reach of them as best you can,

buy these

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when I moved into my place, it had been vacant and roaches moved in, I believe from outside because I only ever saw large ones when I first moved in. I put diatomacious earth everywhere, but they were still around. then, I bought the above product, and put a half dozen of the little pucks around. boom, 100% gone. then, I had some roaches in the garage out back, so I put a couple pucks out there... there was a ring of dead roaches in around it after a couple days and they're STILL gone 1.5 years later... it eliminated the whole population. after they worked on the garage, I put a couple out front of my house because my block had those "Street roaches", if you know what I'm talking about.... again, not only did it kill them all, but 2 summers later the population is still gone (ok, I saw a couple street roaches this year, but mostly gone).

I also checked and the poison in the pucks is pet safe. the above is a 60 count bag, but I only used about 10 of them. you could easily put a bunch around your house and save a few in a ziplock for yourself, then give the rest to your neighbor.

there are some mixed reviews on these on amazon, so it makes me wonder if some batches are stronger than others, but GODDAMN did I get a good batch. if they work half as well for you and your neighbor, it should do trick for you

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also, 311 probably isn't going to do anything, given how many things the city is dealing with.

My landlord's exterminator uses this stuff, it's amazing; you apply it every 3-6 months, dab it in corners of cabinets and rooms but it works within a week or so and you won't see roaches for a long time:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004GESOI6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1413543143&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40

Good luck!

That sucks. Maybe look into seeing how much it would cost to get just a piece fumigated? I've had friends who had luck with https://www.diatomaceousearth.com/diatomaceous-earth-bed-bugs/ - It might be enough to get the whole place clear if you're really lucky. Bonus: it's really cheap, so you can try it now and only be out $10.

Edit: https://www.amazon.com/Safer-51703-Diatomaceous-Crawling-Insect/dp/B01D60GAW2

We too use products like these. The trick is to apply the product where you are seeing the roaches. Nooks and crannies, dark places where they hide. I usually use some form of Maxforce. A little bit goes a long way, its safe enough for pets since they shouldnt get to it anyways and the active indgredient is only .05% of the product. You'll see more roaches than ever at first, but pretty soon you'll only see dead ones. Good Luck!

My mom keeps my apartment clean as fuck and we still got hella roaches like you don't see them, turn the kitchen light on at night and there's like 5 of those little bastards all over. Then a coworker recommended me https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shot-Ultra-Liquid-HG-95789/dp/B001EGMZC0 and bro they gone. I haven't seen my mom so happy for her birthday Ima get her like 10 of these

I don't think it's possible to be absolutely sure. But you can look for signs. You could justify this by saying a friend of yours had an issue with bugs and you've heard it's a problem in the area. If I were the landlord, I'd be glad to rent to a tenant who shows diligence in preventing infestations. You'd be surprised how many people are willing to ignore the bug problem.

As for treatment/prevention, as I said it's impossible to be sure, so you should be very cautions when moving just in case. All it takes is one bug. If you've had a bed bug problem in the past, you may already know how seriously you should take this. Don't fuck around.

When looking at the apartment, examine cabinets below sinks--are there little black specks? They could be pest poop or other detritus indicative of a roach infestation. Use Google images to identify signs. Bed bugs are harder to identify if the furniture is gone, but look in the bedroom (or wherever previous tenants slept) around carpet edges and in crevices. This is hard and not your fault if you missed it.

Ask if the landlord's pest control service can give the unit an extra once-over before you move in. Examine and clean all of your furniture. Get a strong, foaming pest spray.

In order to prevent bringing them with you, put all possible items in the dryer on high heat for a full cycle. If they are machine washable, wash them first. If not, just do the dryer. For un-tumblable items, put them in plastic tubs and spray them/the lid of the tub with poison and let it sit for at least a day so the fumes can circulate. This is for like books, knick knacks jewelry, etc.

Keep ALL TREATED ITEMS separate from untreated. Moving is good, you can keep treated stuff at the new place.

This may seem like overkill but it is actually the bare minimum you should do for bed bugs. I'm sure I'm forgetting something because it's late. I got carried away because bed bugs traumatized me twice and I want to prevent that from ever happening to anyone else.

The bed bug things will also help with roaches, but get this bait and follow the instructions to kill roaches in your new place and keep new ones from setting up ahop.: Invict Gold Cockroach German Roach Control Gel Bait https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049I6CT2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_6I55Cb839EPJE

It was the only thing that cleared my roach infested shithole apartment, and now I seen zero roaches in a year.

While you're still looking for a place, just say that a friend of yours had a lot of trouble with bugs. But be very thorough in checking for bugs, and if you see them, look for a new place or insist the landlord pay for a full treatment. There may be a clause in the lease saying that bed bug infestations are the responsibility of the tenant--once you move in it's your problem.

Best of luck, and fuck bed bugs--fuck them so hard. FUCK.

You don't need to hire an exterminator for an ant problem. You can easily handle it yourself using this.

That's absolutely awful. If you can afford $10 for diatomaceous earth, you can sprinkle it around you bed and it cuts the shit out of the bugs as they crawl over it.

If you can't, add it to a public wish list and send me a dm.

For future reference, these are incredibly effective. We just annihilated an entire colony that decided to raid our kitchen. It took 3-4 days, but there isn't an ant to be seen now.

So I'm not the only one!

Also, if you really wanna get rid of the problem, diatomaceous earth is completely safe for pets and humans (I actually ate some before putting it in my 1 year old's room) and works amazingly. It's not an instantaneous kill, but they carry it back to the colony to prevent future infestations.

https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8/

works awesome, completely eliminated my ant problem and they never came back,

Baiting the kitchen is fine because that's likely where the majority of the infestation is but they should definitely be using a residual throughout the rest of the house.
If you want to take matters into your own hands, there are a few things you can do. First, get some of this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IEG1FBU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_V49PDbDYH1VD9. Remove everything from all your cabinets, pull the refrigerator away from the wall and clean under and behind it, pull the stove away from the wall and clean under and behind it, and use the 565 in all reachable cracks and crevices. It doesn't take much, 1 or 2 second bursts is fine. I'm talking between the cabinets and the walls, between each cabinet, around the dishwasher, and anywhere else roaches may be hiding. If the refrigerator has cardboard covering the motor, remove the cardboard. Spray 565 around the motor. 565 is a flushing agent, it will kill the roaches but not immediately. The key is to vacuum up any roaches that come running out of the cracks and crevices and any egg sacs or dead roaches you see. Be prepared, if the infestation is bad there will be a lot of roaches. Keep flushing and vacuuming until you don't see any more roaches.
Get some of this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYRFAH2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8f-PDbFW80BF2. Apply BB size drops on each hinge of every cabinet. This will get any nymphs that hatch from egg sacs you may have missed.
Get some of this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0728JL9SQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Qk-PDb4QQ2NBM. Using the duster, apply a fine layer underneath the refrigerator and stove and if you want to behind any wall plates.
Of course, eliminating food and water sources if going to help tremendously as well.

Terro. You can get them at most home improvement stores. Requires a day or two of patience, but it does the job.

We put these around where our cats can't get them. https://www.amazon.com/Terro-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1527616027&sr=8-5&keywords=liquid+ant+trap

The ants will go in and drink and they cant get back out.

TERRO Liquid Ant Bait stations are the way to go by far. Using the bait stations is way less messy than using the liquid that you squeeze out a drop.

DO NOT spray the ants with anything. If you spray, you risk blocking the ants from going back to their colony, which could cause them to form a NEW colony inside your house (if there is enough ants already in there). Then you have double trouble. The same goes for diatomaceous earth or other "barriers" which can divide the ants inside your house, from the colony outside.

Just use the TERRO ant bait, which is nothing but sugar water and borax. The ants take this back to the colony and share it with others, which kills off the entire colony at its source. You'll notice ants going in to the bait station within a few hours, then you'll notice a lot of ant activity, then you'll notice dead ants everywhere, then you'll see no more dead ants - the remaining live ones bring the dead ants back to the colony to eat.

These work GREAT and are the first line of defense. If using one of these bait stations doesn't help within ~72 hours, call an exterminator.

If you’re worried about pets, look into this stuff. We use it for roaches/ants and works great. You just kinda sprinkle it wherever you see roaches. They’ll walk in it and it basically kills them by dehydrating them.


Safer 51703 Diatomaceous Earth-Bed Bug Flea, Ant, Crawling Insect Killer 4 lb https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D60GAW2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MdtjDbFQW43VR

do it yourself , i had a big problem a few years back and havent seen a roach since .. here's a list of stuff i used and had plenty left over but never needed it.. 1st i cleaned everything and everywhere , i removed light switch cover and took pretty much everything out of my kitchen .i used the stuff below and just cleaned everyday.






Gentrol Point Source IGR Insect Growth Regulator , IGR is one thing you will want , it stops growth & causes females to abort eggs . you can get it in a bottle /traps , i bought a small bottle and have some leftlink




Maxforce FC Magnum Roach Bait 1.16 oz BA1029 , this is a bait that kills on contact they dont have to eat this stuff ... when the roach dies any other roach that comes along and eats them will die as well ..link





Harris Boric Acid Roach Powder With Lure, 16 oz. i used this stuff behind light covers & places i couldn't reach with a puffer bottle , . i made roach cookies too using peanut butter & boric acid into little clumps and removed it after a few days .. ..link




CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN , roaches will eat just about anything and can go a long time without eating so only leave baits and stuff for them to consume ! i used bleach in drains & antiseptic cleaners

Are they small ants or carpenter ants? The latter come from the walls or rotten wood outside - I had that issue. You have to call professional to find the nest and exterminate it... it is the only way.

I had carpenter ants come from a rotter tree stump in the yard, had to have a very stern conversation with my landlord telling them to address the issue and that I will not tolerate it. Once the stump was removed the bugs very gone.



I have read the you can leave in the room a small dish with apple cider vinegar that will attract all the bugs.

Also they have some sticky bugs traps like this https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shot-MaxAttrax-Bait2-HG-2048/dp/B00HH8HHOU that you can try... Try to determine where the ants are coming from and put the traps there out of bunny's reach like in places that are to narrow for her to go into if she is roaming (I had mine under cabinets and stove for example).

Also found some idea in this thread https://www.binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/55477/Default.aspx

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Interesting comment I also saw:

"You could set a trap for them, ants communicate using chemical trails. The trails can be destroyed with acidic solutions like vinegar. Don't leave food out or crumbs on the kitchen sides /floor.

When we get ants I kill a few and wait for the other ants to discover them, then they send a message back to the others that my floor isn't a safe place to be. You can watch them following the same trails so they soon learn to find a different route."

May I introduce you to Advion Cockroach Pesticide, alternatively known as Roach Armageddon.

Buy this shit and apply it as directed, leave for a weekend if possible. You'll come back to carnage unlike anything you've ever seen. Nothing else works like this stuff. It's what professional exterminators use in hoarding and other extreme situations.

Do yourself a favor, and pickup some diatomaceous earth and a powder duster to rid yourself of the those little demons. The BIL had them and had bug bombed and had 2 different exterminators try to kill them... But was still infested. We grabbed these, dusted ALL over anywhere they were or could hide.... Been rid of them over a year now since that single dusting we did.

Below are the ones that we picked up. But your local Walmart/Lowes/Home Depot should also have similar items.

Safer Brand 51703 Diatomaceous Earth Bed Bug, Flea and Ant Crawling Insect Killer, 4 lb https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D60GAW2/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_bFW3xb766GY6M

Southern Homewares Pesticide Powder Duster
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00967J4PK/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_PCW3xbN0CE3J9

Advance 375A. It’s slow acting ant bait, they carry it back to the colony as food. After a week or so of baiting the ant trails they’ve either all died or learned to not come back for the rest of the summer. This has been the only thing that’s worked for me in the long term. Everything else they’d just come back in a few days. Best $20 I’ve spent in my battle against ants.


Advance 375a Select Granular Ant Bait - 8 oz. ant Killer,ant Poison https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EAP02G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_mW8CDb4CB7D9A

I went to a bug & weed mart, they recommended some gel baits since I had ants coming in the house getting into the animal food. They recommended these gel tray things, I was skeptical but nothing was working so I tried it. Within 24 hours the ants were gone and they have been gone for over a year. It was similar to this or this

I find that Terro liquid works great on those little sugar ants. Put the bait out and watch them swarm to it within 30 minutes (it's kind of creepy how fast they find it). You'll see a huge number of ants at first, but don't be tempted to kill them. Let them take the bait back to the nest, and eventually they will disappear.

In ground termite traps <https://www.amazon.com/Advance-Termite-Bait-Stations-CASE/dp/B01LD5PQQ8>

I have some bad news and some good news.

The bad news is that if your neighbors are dirty and have roaches there is not much you can do to solve the roach problem. You can ask the landlord to have an exterminator come to your apartment and to spray other apartments but I know you said the landlord is cheap. I understand, I've dealt with it before (both cheap landlords and roach problems, they frequently overlap). You can also hire an exterminator to treat your apartment yourself, but that's probably a waste of money and doesn't really deal with the source of the problem since the roaches aren't coming from your apartment.

So let's focus on what you can do, which is to deal with the roaches that do make it into your apartment. First, the basics:

• Do not leave any food or trash out. Not a crumb. Not a single morsel of meat or grain of rice. No standing water. No dirty dishes. All trash cans must have lids. Take the trash out daily. If you have pets you may want to put their food on a chair or table to feed them and not keep it on the floor.
  
  Ok now to kill some roaches.
  
  
• First things first. Any roaches that come in need to die. You need roach motels. It doesn't have to be this brand. At Dollar General in Texas they are 2 paks for $2, so Amazon is not the cheapest. You can get some version of these at Walmart, Target, whereever. You need to put at least one of these on every shelf in every cabinet in your kitchen and each bathroom. Also in every drawer. Anywhere there is food or water. Put some on the floor too, especially near pet food. As long as you continue to have a roach problem you need to keep buying and putting out these traps. Throw them away when full, obviously. Don't give up.
  
  
• 2nd line of defense: Bait stations. Doesn't have to be this brand, you don't have to get it from amazon. I know you've been using these. You need to use more. Again, every shelf on every cabinet in the kitchen and every bathroom. I'd probably try to replace these once per month.
  
  
• Lastly you should nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.. In this case you are looking for Ortho Max specifically. Do not get some other brand. You can get it at Walmart, Lowe's, Home Depot, Target. Get the biggest one you can find, some have a pump or handheld sprayer, some have a powered sprayer that takes 2 AA batteries in the handle so if you get that one be sure and get batteries with it.
  Spray the baseboards and around the corners of the kitchen and bathrooms and anywhere you have seen roaches. If you have pets you need to keep them away from the spray until it dries, put them in another room for 8 hours or so. If you have the small german roaches (which is probably the case) they like to gather under tables and furniture especially the dining room table. Consider flipping these over and giving them a good spray too.
  
  I know it seems hopeless, and I know you've tried some of this before, but you have to attack on all fronts and keep it up until you get the situation under control. If anything will work this will, but you have to be diligent and stay on top of it. The roach motels are really important to always have them out. You may wind up spending $100 to $200 over time on supplies but your options are that, give up and live in misery, or move. You have to make a decision what is best for you. Good luck with it.
  
  Edit: If you are having an issue with the small german roaches remember they will get inside anything they can, especially electronics. Phones, answering machines, microwaves (keep it spotless), computers, etc. Also drawers if there is a crack to get in. These are good places to put traps and bait near also. If your device is full of bugs and it's not too expensive you may want to replace it, but only do so after the roach problem is under control. Otherwise they'll just infest it again.

If you spray ants, you kill a couple hundred ants. The ant coloy of 10,000 or more keeps going on.

You need a bait. The ants will feed on it and carry it back to the colony, where they will all die including the queen.

http://www.amazon.com/Maxforce-Tubes-Poison-Control-Products/dp/B003EAOKL8

This is what I used when I did pest control for a living.

This stuff worked for us. Granted my wife went overboard with it in our garage but it did the trick.

[diatomaceous earth](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D60GAW2

Hi there! Former Terminix route manager for Louisville's west end here.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004GESOI6/

this is the most effective legal way of controlling a roach infestation, from severe to minor. Please do not use repellant based sprays like black flag, ortho home defense etc. Infact, if it uses bifenthrin, deltamethrin, or cyfluthrin, you are wasting your time when it comes to controlling roaches.

Do not boric acid either, messy and useless. Do not "bug bomb" or fogger. If that stuff worked, pest control would not be an industry. Fipronil based bait is the way to go, and there are a number of good tutorials for effective bait application techniques and guidelines on YouTube.

As for pest control services in area, IMO Terminix charges waaaay too much now, and are pretty much the Comcast of pest control. Orkin is the Time Warner. OPC barely trains their techs, and certainly doesn't pay them well, so you can expect that in your service. Smaller outfits can deliver service on par with what you pay, but there is no way to generalize them.

Hope that helps, pm me if you have any questions!

Two links for you:

Invict Gold. Has like four attractants in it that makes the bugs love the stuff. As soon as I put a dot of it down and in several places the roaches came out to eat up. I had to clean periodically because I had dead roaches everywhere.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049I6CT2/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details

Gentrol. Growth Regulator, just put it in the room and walk away. Lasts up to 3 months and if you still have any live roaches around with crinkled wings you know the Gentrol is working (crinkled wings = unable to reproduce)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049EKEEK/ref=oh_o04_s00_i00_details

The items are pricey compared to going to the story and getting the cheap bait, but this stuff has worked wonders for me.

These things absolutely knocked out a roach infestation I had for months. They're incredible. Just put them every place you see roach droppings. Advion Cockroach bait.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H4EAIS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had a lovely roommate bring fleas in once, you just need to clean everything in a blitz and get some spray. Alternatively, [diatomaceous earth] (https://www.amazon.com/Safer-Brand-51703-Diatomaceous-Crawling/dp/B01D60GAW2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1U1OE1LYOLVCM&keywords=diatomaceous+earth&qid=1563479834&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=diacemaceous%2Clawngarden%2C156&sr=1-3) is supposed to do pretty well against anything with an exoskeleton. Just throw dirt all over, it's kinda like little insect barbed wire.

Terro Ant Baits, Work like a dream!

Someone else asked if they were pet safe and I can almost guarantee they are not.

For instant death of roaches, better than bugspray: WD40. the oil covers the roach and ends up suffocating it, faster and with less toxins.

You've got tiny ones, which means that they're nesting in the walls. That whole building is screwed. So either push hard for your room as others mentioned, or leave. There's no middle ground here. You'd do the community a service too if you told us all where it is. If it's this bad, they're not going to change without drastic interference.

I also recommend these: http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shot-95789-Ultra-Liquid/dp/B001EGMZC0/ref=pd_tcs_compl_lg_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=0P5RM5VSBRVGQRGD2N0V

Found them much better than the solid traps.

Terro makes a good product

Amazon. Link if you want some.

TERRO T300B 2-Pack Liquid Ant Baits https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4GACB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.ByFDb753KSF5

this stuff works so good but I think Walmart has a 4 pack. You only need 1 pack

Ant invasions are disgusting. I am typically for non-toxic solutions - I make my own organic cleaning solutions and all that, but none of those worked for ants. What is super toxic, but super effective is the Maxforce bait gel. Ant invasion will be over in less than 24 hours - so worth it!

Came here to suggest those! The best. TERRO T300B 2-Pack Liquid Ant Baits https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4GACB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5.MvCbPNX3TKA

THESE exact traps. How long has it been? It really did take a full week for them all to die. Tons of living ants everywhere for the first 3-4 days.

I did a little homework on your illegal chinese roach bait and it contains the same active ingredient (fipronil) as many legal baits do in the U.S. I recommend Advance Roach Gel Bait. I'm sure our asian friend's product was cheaper since it bypassed all the EPA, FDA, and Dept of Agriculture testing, permits and licenses but this stuff will work as well if not better. I apply the bait in pea size dots around the entire home, paying special attention to cabinets, behind refrigerators, microwaves and other appliances that generate heat. 2-3 tubes will usually cover 2000sq/ft so a couple for you and a couple for the neighbor (each box contains 4 tubes) and you're in business. Also apply Boric Acid (a safe powder) behind the fridge where the compressor are is as roached will flock to this area. You can also get a can of Raid to hit any cracks where you know roaches hide for faster control. Just remember - where you spray, don't bait and where you bait, don't spray. As with any pesticide, check with your local, state and federal laws and always apply in a manner consistent with the product's label. Good luck and feel free to ask any questions.

For ants inside the house, I use Tarro Ant Baits. This stuff is awesome and works great.

As for the outside, you can have someone come and spray your yard. I've never used it, but my neighbor has used Mosquito Authority. Maybe try Gannons??? I have no clue what it costs though.

This. I used these at my old house and the ants were gone within days.

This to spray the barriers and outside:

Syngenta - H-AP-2319890 - Demon WP Insecicide, 1 Envelope (9.5g) containing 4 (0.33 ounces) packets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JUF6IE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mto3Bb6EV2T1V

This to bait and control population:

Vendetta Plus Cockroach Gel Bait (4tubes) Roach Bait & Igr Roach Killer Paste Not For Sale To: California https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015BSUAZU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_yuo3BbESDBGSY

I also add one more house to my tally, making it a total of 3.

Buy a ton of roach bait stations, set them pretty much all over the place, and the roaches should die out in about 1-3 weeks. The poison they eat doesn't kill them right away. When they go back to the nest, they either give the nest the poison or they die from the poison and the nest eats the dead carcass, which ends up killing the entire nest. There are roach bait stations for small roaches and for the big roaches. Buy one or both, whatever you need! You need to replace them every three months.. but once the problem is fixed, you can go a few extra months more before replacing them.

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You can try to get out of the unit, but it will probably just be easier to focus on getting rid of the roaches, it just takes some time if you install roach bait stations. You will probably need a lot all over your home, but it will work. Every time I have a roach problem anywhere I live, these things fix the problem. It's best if the entire building had some in each unit, but even if it's just your unit that has them, eventually the roaches will die out. You could try placing a few of them somewhere outside your unit to kill these motherf*ckers quicker.

https://www.amazon.com/Safer-Brand-51703-Diatomaceous-Crawling/dp/B01D60GAW2/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Diatomaceous+earth&qid=1558327574&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Does this look good?

Termite trap/bait station.

There should be some wood inside. It's so that you can tell if you still have termites after an extermination.

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https://www.amazon.com/Advance-Termite-Bait-Stations-CASE/dp/B01LD5PQQ8

https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8

No joke, this stuff works miracles. It's the only type of bait that actually kills the queen, which is the only way to permanently get rid of the ants.

Big +1 on the Terro traps. Vastly superior to other brands. Use lots and know that it will take some time for the entire colonies to be poisoned and in the meantime you will see lots MORE ants as they collect the slow-release poison.

Also do enjoy the #1 product review on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8/

I was using this bait about two months ago...
TERRO T300B 2-Pack Liquid Ant Baits https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4GACB8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-qDTCbP3YW90J

They swarmed every one I put out, for about 24 hours, and then they just stopped. Thoughts?

Ho-man, yeah I had that happen fucking once...took 4 months before I couldn't see an anymore and then month 6 found one again and did a whole reclean. Then nothing since.

Those fuckers hide EVERYWHERE. You need to put ALL your clothes, bedding shoes etc into a Dryer on highest heat for like 90 minutes.

Then you need to bag EVERYTHING. Keep your clothes in bags-tie em in knots you do and undo.

When you vacuum, vacuum EVERYTHING. windowsills, walls extra in the corners. Dust the top of sills and ceiling fans and light fixtures.

Purchase this to see them easier:
TaoTronics TT-FL002 Black Light, 51 LEDs Uv Blacklight Flashlights Detector for Dry Pets Urine & Stains & Bed Bug with Free Uv Sunglasses & 3 Free AAA Batteries, Purple https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015W17OSW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_S0iMDbTAS253M

And follow the directions in this to kill them too:
Safer 51703 Diatomaceous Earth-Bed Bug Flea, Ant, Crawling Insect Killer 4 lb https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D60GAW2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_S1iMDbBHADZJB

Not that I can find in an old copy of the ResLife Handbook. If your roommate gets pissed that you're spraying stuff then you'd have a problem, but there isn't a direct clause that says you can't spray (assuming its like Walmart stuff not like industrial ant repellant lol). You can try ant traps too.

no, it wouldn't. Check the article. Plenty of poisonous things are readily available, like... I don't know... poison?

I hear ya. I'm an ant lover obviously, but I totally understand not wanting them in your home.

The TERRO Liquid bait traps work extremely well.

Buy some of this. Trust me, it works.

I work in roofing and all the guys are nasty as shit. They leave food behind in trucks and where we park the trucks is in a non-paved area. So overtime some trucks get them. I actually got them from leaving my car there a week, while working out of town, so when I put my suitcase back in my car to go home I'd bring them with me. I saw my pest control guy use this or something like it, so I bought it and tried it myself later on when I brought them home again.

I even used this on one of the nastiest trucks we have. German roaches are EVERYWHERE. I opened the truck door (not my work truck) and roaches were falling out, running around and just fucking nasty is the only way to put it. I put some of that stuff all around the truck and toolbox. About two days later I asked one of my Mexican coworkers if it still had roaches and he said it's a fucking graveyard in there. He asked wtf I did, so I told him. They tried everything to kill them, but me putting this stuff in there finally killed them all.


Trust me, buy it. It will take a few days to kill them all, but usually after a day or two you can see them start to die. Put that shit everywhere you see them, and really in the infested areas.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I can't do much about your ant problem (although this helped with ants in my kitchen), one of the things that gave me confidence to try my first kettle sour was the recent Milk the Funk podcast on kettle souring. They discussed oxygen exposure during souring and said it isn't an issue. Their recommendation is that no steps need to be taken to seal up the wort during the souring phase other than covering it someway to keep critters out of it. Brulosophy also had a recent podcast on kettle souring and they came to the same conclusion. Definitely worth a listen if you're interested in the topic.

Hello,

I am a pest control technician (exterminator) in south Texas. On a daily basis, I battle German roaches and they are tough to get rid of if you don't know how get rid of them properly. Although it's not the fast way, baiting and growth regulators are key to defeating the roach menace. This method takes roughly two weeks, depending on the size of the infestation.

Using a growth regulator will screw up the roaches reproduction organs and cycle, this keeps them from making and having babies. I highly recommend this product. http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/nyguard-igr-p-423.html

I found baiting a few days after applying the growth regulator works extremely well. The bait I have found to work the best is Invict Roach Gel. You can find it here http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0049I6CT2?pc_redir=1398597049&robot_redir=1

Good luck on your battle against those bloody creatures. :)

I live in an 8 unit prewar & had some stubborn roaches despite a monthly exterminator visit. You can do everything right, but shared walls and floors are like a highway between you and your slob neighbor(s).

We put Hot Shot 95789 Mini Ultra Liquid Roach Bait in the common areas of the building (basement was a breeding ground). and gave two to each unit. It made a huge difference, as far as I know no one has a roach problem 6 months later.

It needs to be a building wide solution. You can do that by talking to your super and/or talking to your neighbors. Do both, & warn your super that if he doesn't fix the roaches you are gonna distribute 30$ worth of bait stations to your immediate neighbors & subtract from rent.

Get some of these. They're seriously magical. No other brand works as well in my experience. They'll be gone in less than 48 hours.

Whats your take on Vendetta Plus? It's supposed to be an IGR and Killer, I think?

It was recommended elsewhere and I bought that. I also have Advion. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015BSUAZU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Should I open up wall sockets and put Advion or this in there, or just in corners and stuff?

I have a weird situation where my apt is affected by a neighbor's infestation. I'll see baby roaches and adults during the day which is usually the sign of a massive infestation, but when I go hunting at night and I look in cabinets/under fridges/near sinks, etc I never see any. i'm 100% convinced that it's the neighbor's place that's flooded with roaches and the ones I see are the overflow. It's a total pain in the ass. Any recommendation?

Absolutely.

Check the reviews on Amazon. It has a 4.4. All good stories too.

TERRO T300B 2-Pack Liquid Ant Baits https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4GACB8/

sorry to message again but is this the one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HD8U80/

there is also a Select and Magnum which one from the three??

Be clean, don't leave food out, take trash out immediately and cover sink drains at night.

Then you only have to seal your apartment so that no outside intruders enter.

Find any gaps at the baseboards and close them with caulk. Ace has some rope caulk which is easy to remove when you move out.

Buy this

https://www.amazon.com/Bayer-502798A-Advanced-Ready-Control/dp/B01CI338V4/ref=sr_1_15?keywords=bayer+roach&qid=1565905581&s=gateway

and spray under the sink, at the door and obvious places where roaches might enter your apartment.

Buy this and spot place this poison where you have seen them.

https://www.amazon.com/Bayer-Maxforce-Magnum-Roach-Killer/dp/B004GESOI6/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=bayer+roach&qid=1565905581&s=gateway&sr=8-3

This will help.

If this is the only one you've seen, then it definitely isn't an infestation. If you want to be sure though, I recommend getting some of these and stashing them in cabinets, behind furniture against the wall, under sinks, etc. Dark, untouched corners, basically. That pack of 8 is enough to roach-proof my 1700 square foot home, so I imagine that pack should work fine for wherever you're living unless you have some crazy huge house.

It's only a few bucks and can take care of strays like this guy and minor infestations. I own a home in East Texas and roaches are just part of life when the weather starts changing here. Starts to get cold or hot, roaches (and all sorts of other creepy crawlies) are going to look for shelter, typically in man-made structures. I put those traps out when I so much as see a single one in my house, and in the 3 years I've owned this place, I've had to do it around this time of year every year.

The roaches themselves don't bother me so much (I used to raise Dubia Roaches by the thousand to feed to my lizards and to sell, so the gross factor went out the window long ago for me), I just don't want them getting into my food or making a home out of my home.

Sucks that your landlord's an idiot though.

I don't keep a dirty house, but every 3-6 months I open a pack of these and chuck them in random spots around the house. an ounce of prevention...


http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Large-Roach-Count/dp/B001ACMBJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464249202&sr=8-1&keywords=roach+trap

Thank you! I had no idea what they were called. They are indeed really hard to get rid of, actually when the first comment was posted here I ordered terro as per the suggestion. The first 2-3 days the ants swarmed toward it (I found one of their entrances by a floor heat vent where hot air comes out), then eventually they stopped coming. I thought they all died but after about a week another swarm came and now at present it's looking like they're appearing less. It's been a month since I initially posted/bought this I'm hoping they're getting closer to completely dying and not instead attracting more ants from a far away place or something

http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Large-Child-Resistant-Stations/dp/B001ACMBJK/ref=sr_1_2?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1393802128&sr=1-2&keywords=roach+killer not sure why no one posted this. It works best in a standalone residence so that dirty neighbors won't reinfect you but I left these in a roach infested trailer and came back a few days later and they were all dead. Even could work in apartments if they are enough of them. I always wonder why lazy landlords don't just put a few of these in each unit yearly. It does work.

/u/TayBertits use the poison kind of ant traps. Like this one.

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How it works: "Since this is a bait, initially you will see more ants – but don’t worry, this is a good thing. Why? As ants forage for food, they are easily attracted to the sweet, sugary liquid inside the bait stations. After finding the bait, worker ants consume it and leave behind a pheromone trail leading back to the colony. This trail lets other worker ants know where the newly discovered food supply is. This is why you will see more ants in the beginning.

Meanwhile, the active ingredient, Borax, is slowly interfering with the ant’s digestive system, ultimately killing it, but leaving enough time for the ant to go back and share the dose with the rest of the colony. This slow kill is necessary so that foraging ants can make several trips to the bait. The communal nature of an ant colony allows the bait to be spread to hundreds, if not thousands, of individual ants."

Why not get a Terro ant killer and enjoy ant free wood 48 later.

I don't know the terms of your lease (you said apartment, so I'm assuming you're renting), but it might be worth at least contacting your landlord to see if they'll do something about patching up the cracks.

In the meantime, I live in the country and get ants like crazy. I use these ant traps, just be careful with them if you have pets.

Please don't stress yourself out. Could your delicate clothing be heat treated? It only takes a few runs in the drier to make sure. Visual inspection of the clothing will help as well.

Also, german roaches are horrible. I understand your paranoia. But it's easier to kill a roach infestation than a bed bug infestation. I'd rather have roaches. lol I can kill roaches easy with a little proactive killing and poison.


Same here. Just keep your home clutter free, store your clothing in sealable bins, and vacuum regularly. Good luck at your new place.

We used this for German cockroaches. It worked so well and fast! It even killed the water roaches, too. Kept them away for I’d say at least 6 years. Highly recommend it: Syngenta Advion Cockroach Gel Bait 4 X 30 Gram Tubes Roach Control https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0148W0WOE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_sEHDDb3V22E1S

Probably something simlar to this.

Get some of this poison and put in these traps. We had a pest control guy do this and it worked, I've been replacing poison in the traps a couple times a year. They are placed around the perimeter of my house and in some of the areas inside the house where the mice were at previously.

Likely they are not resistant...its more likely they are coming at you faster than you can kill them. I would find how they are getting in and seal that up.

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Bait: Fast trac has no antidote so be careful. Resistance is futile!!!

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I don't use fastrac on the job...only at home. It's a matter of covering my ass.

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Note...I always make sure the bait is recoverable. If I throw it in the crawlspace or attic...I run fishing line through the hole in the bloc of bait and leave the other end of the line near the entry point to the crawl or attic. Wash hands before and after. Wear gloves. Wash hands before so you don't get any odd odors on the bait...the after is kinda obvious. Fastrac cannot be sold in Ak. READ THE LABEL.

If he uses a product like Havoc then your rodent buddies, after dying, dehydrate, so their widdle bodies give off very little to no smell at all. They're just going to be little tufts of hair by the time something in 5 years necessitates drywall work and a contractor stumbles upon them.

https://www.amazon.com/Havoc-116372-Rat-Mouse-Bait/dp/B004WUP03G/ref=as_at/?creativeASIN=B004WUP03G&imprToken=7EVGkOKIR71Z.WqX9VeEtg&slotNum=18&&imprToken=wCGzJSqiVC6SNdIlHQJHfg&slotNum=4&m=A2ENTBEZKGXKVW&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1518164257&sr=1-2&keywords=havoc&linkCode=w61&tag=ratpoison0d-20&linkId=42145f2ee01abbab6e1d444b2945372f


Murderer!

Amazon link - you're welcome -
https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8

I'm not sure bombing will do anything, because the gas can't get into all the cracks and crevices where the bugs hide unless you do the whole tenting thing. When I bought my house, there were cockroaches in it and we couldn't get rid of them forever until I bought these http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Large-Child-Resistant-Stations/dp/B001ACMBJK . They have ones for little bugs too. I put a ton of both everywhere, and now if they aren't gone, they are at least somewhere that I can't see them.

You know, you could solve this problem rather fast with these.
Terro T300B 2-Pack Liquid Ant Baits

I have one of these I periodically spray around the doors with. https://www.ortho.com/en-us/products/insect-control/ortho-home-defense-insect-killer-indoor-perimeter2-comfort-wand


Also these:

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https://www.amazon.com/Advion-Cockroach-Bait-Station-Bag/dp/B004H4EAIS

Yeah it's these traps. The first one I put in looks pretty full and I've added two more since then.

This:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bengal-Insecticide-Concentrate/20703091

And this?

https://www.amazon.com/Cockroach-Control-plunger-Maxforce-Roaches/dp/B0049I6CT2

Any application tips? I guess the gel is for indoors and I spray the bengal outside?

We had roaches frequently getting into our home, and couldn't find the entry point to fix it and keep them out. Bought these for $8 bucks and didn't see any again for about 9 months, then replaced them with a new batch and still no roaches. These were a lifesaver, roaches are pure evil.

https://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Large-Roach-Count/dp/B001ACMBJK#

These things are awesome

https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493917923&sr=8-1&keywords=ant+poison

Terro for any ants that get indoors.

Suspend SC along the foundation, windows, and doors where ants may enter.

Hopefully homeowner will take care of it but the method above will create a barrier preventing ants from getting in and if any are inside the terro should kill them including the nest).

Some ant such as carpenter ants have seasons when they are looking for sweet, and seasons where they are looking for protein.

Where the little terro bait stations don't work, I've found that a combination of the Advion suggested by others and granular protien bait such as Advance 375a will within a few days eliminate the problem. Fortunately my ant colonies have always liked to navigate by following door trim up and over doorways, so it has been easy for me to put both gel and granular baits up on the lintel door trim or tops of cabinets that are inaccessible to pets. Other placements include pulling out bookshelves to place it at the baseboard protected by the bookshelf plinth from interference by pets, and behind fridge and stove which are spots my pets cannot get to.

The solutions you need are as follows -

Mice - A bucket, sunflower seeds and a small piece of wood works for small rodents. The video is for chipmunks but I've successfully used this set-up inside apartments. Set it up at night and every morning you will have caught some mice, repeat till they are gone.

Cockroaches - Put these EVERYWHERE till you don't see anymore roaches.

Problems solved.

Please let me know if these two solution do not remedy your problems within 2-3 weeks (Roaches will take longer to deal with than mice).

Roach bait.

t's a key for an EZ Klean Rat Bait Station, as seen here:
https://www.amazon.com/Klean-Bait-Station-Replacement-FBS1078/dp/B006CMP1I6

Granular bait is a good suggestion, but Advion Insect Granules specifically are not labeled for Red Imported Fire Ants.

I typically used Advance 375A select granular ant bait to treat these guys during my time operating in CA.

I use this in my home. Whenever I find more than a few any exploring, or if they found a random crumb, I squirt a little bit of this stuff. They swarm and it really lowers the ant colony activity for a few months.

www.domyown.com is a great resource for all pest management needs.

A few regiments of these, these, and this got my old apartment roach-free. Maybe someone else can recommend better products but these worked great for me.

NTA The guy was a jerk, and he's probably that defensive because he knows he's in the wrong. FYI, our current rental had cockroaches when we moved in. There's this stuff called MaxForce gel that you spread under counters and in corners that took care of them right away. Good luck.

I found this stuff to be very effective. I just dabbed it as instructed all around the edge of every room, in cabinets, around doors/windows. Then you'll occasionally start finding dead roaches (or nearly dead) here and there.

I also did a professional bug treatment every 6 months as others have suggested.

This is the solution

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0049I6CT2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494377016&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=invicta+gold+roach+gel&dpPl=1&dpID=31P51PwDjpL&ref=plSrch

Hey OP, I live in Texas as well and just treated the house for roaches. After Spring time, they seem to explode and the few tiny ones you see rarely in the kitchen suddenly become massive amounts of them overnight. I used this product from Amazon (after getting recommendations from a Pest Control place) and it has worked amazingly well. It's inconspicuous and you don't have to worry about spraying chemicals around where you eat. We tried DE and the roaches just laughed at us.

These work amazingly. I had tried using the Raid brand ones before and they didn't work at all. Just keep them WELL out of reach of the little guy. Doesn't really matter where you put them the ants will smell em and home in on them

I'm not OP, but I've been through similar situations that he/she described. Too poor for an exterminator, extremely bad infestation, nothing worked etc, etc..

But, this shit worked amazingly well. Went from having so many roaches they were hanging out in daylight because there was no more room for them in the walls, to cleaning up piles of dead roaches and never seeing living ones again in a matter of a week. It was amazing.

Here is the mobile version of your link

I use these to combat the different sized roaches.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KL1LDE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ACMBJK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and then I put this stuff all around my house to kill other ants bugs and larva. (its tiny fossils that cuts sticks to and cuts through exoskeletons and dehydrates the bugs and larva. Its good at killing crazy ants etc too)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001THVH9G/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had a sugar ant problem that finally went away when I planted these ant traps.

Si tienes acceso a Amazon / comprar en el imperio, esto es lo mejor.

Es veneno en forma de comida para cucarachas y en realidad funciona. Lo he usado personalmente y desde hace algunos meses para acá... Cero chiripas.

I've used the terro ant bait stuff in the past in the different places i lived in. They always seem to work well and after a week or so I never see ants again. Worth giving a shot.

>Thoughts/advice please?

1. Buy these;
   
   
2. Put a few in your unit and hand out the rest to your neighbours;
   
   
3. Stop being so dramatic.