Cockroaches becoming almost impossible to kill over resistance to pesticides

[madness]

I thought that was just my family!.

moms told us to run a soapy sponge across whatever we grabbed from the kitchen cabinet. I’d go to some people’s houses who had roaches too and seeing them grab plates without rinsing them first

 

[GoAggieGo.]

There already is a “super saiyan” level of roach. Y’all ain’t ever seen them white/albino ones? First time I saw one had me spooked as hell.

I had roaches at my spot as a kid. I was traumatized, and refuse to even give them the conditions to thrive. I keep a spotless home, and any bug gets stomped out on sight. I did make a pact with the spiders in my garage, though. If you stay in the garage, you’re good. They help keep other bugs out.

 

[NeilCartwright]

They got this spray called High Yield 38. Mix that with some water and spray around the baseboards and cracks. It does a better job than the pest control man.

Spray it and the next day its like a graveyard of bugs. The boric powder and sugar never helped my situation

 

[GoAggieGo.]

They got this spray called High Yield 38. Mix that with some water and spray around the baseboards and cracks. It does a better job than the pest control man.

Spray it and the next day its like a graveyard of bugs. The boric powder and sugar never helped my situation

Man, once they get going it’s damn near impossible to get them out. I can remember my pop doing everything as a kid to try to get rid of them, but you’d always see one or two who survived. Of course, they’d create more

 

[MBwithadream]

 

[NeilCartwright]

Man, once they get going it’s damn near impossible to get them out. I can remember my pop doing everything as a kid to try to get rid of them, but you’d always see one or two who survived. Of course, they’d create more

I feel you on that, but im standing by the High Yield 38 off the strength of what it did for my apartment.
its supposedly hella toxic but i overmix it and spray everywhere where they crawl at

 

[fkthisgaysite]

Wait who remembers that movie Mimic

Dawg on tha right ready for them roaches

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Boric acid will take care of all that

That ether, that shyt that make they soul burn slow.

 

[Alvin]

Cockroaches becoming almost impossible to kill over resistance to pesticides

Spoiler: Yuck

Pesky roaches known as German cockroaches are practically invincible because of a quickly evolving resistance to pesticides, in some cases as fast as one generation.

That’s the finding of a new study in Scientific Reports by Purdue University researchers, who looked at a combination of insecticides traditionally used to annihilate the bugs.

Exterminators often use a mixture of insecticides from different classes in hopes that if one class becomes ineffective, insecticides from the other classes will eliminate the pests. After conducting tests in multi-unit buildings in Indiana and Illinois over a six-month period using various combinations of insecticides, they were unable to completely eradicate cockroach populations.

“This is a previously unrealized challenge in cockroaches,” lead study author Michael Scharf said.
Scientists found some roaches were resistant to a particular class of pesticides and that if they survived a treatment, then their offspring were essentially immune to the insecticide. They also discovered the bugs became immune to other classes of insecticides, even if they were not exposed to them or had no previous resistance.

“Cockroaches developing resistance to multiple classes of insecticides at once will make controlling these pests almost impossible with chemicals alone,” said Scharf, a professor in Purdue’s Department of Entomology.

He said the study findings were quite surprising.

“We would see resistance increase four or sixfold in just one generation,” Scharf said. “We didn’t have a clue that something like that could happen this fast.”


Female cockroaches can have up to 50 offspring during their three-month reproductive cycle. Scharf said even if a small percentage of cockroaches is resistant to an insecticide, the population can explode all over again within months.

Cockroach infestations are most prevalent in urban areas and low-income housing where a lack of resources makes it harder to fight the problem.

The bugs can pose a serious health threat because they carry dozens of types of bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella.

that's cool I can always just napalm or use a flamethrower on my house

 

[Alvin]

Set the house on fire and make an insurance claim.


I bet they ain't "resistant" to that

I'm Tellin Ya

 

[Alvin]

Gonna have to start nuking houses and apartments

"Yea man had to nuke the crib...neighbors had roach issues..."

Better hope it's a direct impact, cockroaches can survive large doses of radiation.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

What if a male roach crawls into a female pitbull's p*ssy and while inside, it nuts and gets the pit preggernant?

 

[director_of_bands]

roaches are 100% on all sides of town these days you nkkas claiming you escaped the roaches and "used to have roaches (foh)" are delusional and in denial yall sticky trapping just like everybody else if walmart is on every side of town best believe the roaches are there too...

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

what eats roaches?

 

[3rdWorld]

One sight I'll never forget. Once as a kid, we had gone to visit the farm in my Dad's old small village and there was an outhouse..
I had a bad belly that needed to be let free, so I went to the outhouse. I remember my sister telling me to take the torch.
I opened the door, flashed the light and the walls were literally moving

I got a closer look and the walls were fully covered in roaches

The entire outhouse had roaches on the walls, floor and seat..the sight alone caused my belly to subside. I just said 'fukk it' and went back to bed