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WHY ARE COCKROACHES
DIFFICULT TO EXTERMINATE
The saying that cockroaches could survive
an apocalypse often seems true.
You can stomp them, spray them and try to
drown them, but they keep living on.
The saying that cockroaches could survive
an apocalypse often seems true.
You can stomp them, spray them and try to drown
them, but they keep living on.
Knowing what you’re up against makes it possible
to take advantage of their weaknesses.
Can Cockroaches Really Live
Without a Head?
The tale of the headless cockroach isn’t a myth. Roaches breathe through
small holes in their body.
If they lose their head, they’ll eventually die of starvation or dehydration.
Typically, they dehydrate first and within about a week.
Roaches with access to water can survive up to a month without food.
Why Don’t Cockroaches
Seem to Drown?
The sight of these brown bugs crawling through
a plumbing fixture is hair-raising.
If you’ve ever wondered how they manage this feat,
it is because they can hold their breath for around half
an hour under water.
How Do They Survive
Being Stomped On?
With most bugs, a quick stomp with your foot
will do the trick.
Roaches have a unique exoskeleton that is both
flexible and strong.
The outer part of their body allows them
to withstand pressure that amounts to 900 times
their body weight.
Just swatting them with a rolled up piece of paper or flyswatter
will likely stun them for a moment.
Then, you’ll see them going merrily on their way again.
Why Aren’t
Over-the-Counter
Sprays Working?
You can fill a cabinet with cockroach sprays
and powders and still find evidence of an
infestation.
Many over the counter sprays aren’t strong
enough to affect a roach’s body.
Over time, some roach species seem
to have developed some immunity
to the most common products.
You may also be unable to direct sprays
and powders into the tiny cracks and crevices
that these pests use to get to their
hiding places.
How Come the Roaches
Keep Coming Back?
That new roach skittering across the
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