This is knowledge I could do without, frankly.
My parents met us at the new apartment this morning so we could clean etc. I walked into the kitchen and saw a dead roach on the counter (not surprising, we have a roach problem). What was surprising was the tiny white somethings writhing around on top of it.
“UGH!” I hollered, like the classy woman I am, “I think we have MAGGOTS.”
My mom came in.
“Oh, those aren’t maggots, those are baby roaches. They just hatched.”
I really didn’t need to know what newly hatched roaches looked like.
She went on to point out that regardless of all the various and diverse poisons we put down, we’re still going to have roaches for a month or so AT LEAST because existing eggs will continue to hatch.
We have already put down COMBAT poison gel, RAID bait traps (with two types of food roaches love!), and three bug bombs/foggers of a brand I don’t remember. We also picked up a spray jug of Ortho roach spray, that you spray along walls and windows and stuff to both kill roaches and keep them out. On the plus side, every time we enter the apartment there’s less living roaches. On the negative side, I had to scrub roach poop off the counter with a scrub brush and those fuckers are EVERYWHERE.
Our current plan of action is:
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Spray the front and back stairs/entryway with Ortho spray
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Bug bomb/fog basement
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Continue cleaning walls, ceiling, floor; removes all food sources for roaches while also removing scent trails
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Double check that upstairs tenants have put down bait traps appropriately, have Nesko spray Ortho spray and put down poison gel
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Paint ceiling, walls, trim
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Spray walls, cabinets, windows, etc with Ortho Spray
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Change out existing bait traps
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Bug bomb/fog apartment AGAIN
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Scrub down kitchen AGAIN
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Wipe down all flat surfaces (windowsills, large trim, built in shelves, etc)
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Hope it works
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