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NOT A SINGLE ROACH!
By Dr. John E. Russell
You've seen a similar ad: "Since we put out brand X roach
killer, we have not had a single roach!" (They all got married
and had children!) Seriously, the product probably works well.
However, no product can guarantee that your place will be
entirely free of roaches forever.
A friend inadvertently started a "Roach Ranch." He was
growing earthworms for bait and left them unattended too long.
Roaches took over. (One female German Cockroach can produce a
million roaches within a year under ideal conditions.) They even
migrated to neighbors' houses. He had to burn the building.
Roaches are survivors. Roaches can withstand forces 126
times the force of gravity--humans black out at 12 gs and suffer
internal injuries at 18 gs. Roaches can be frozen and walk away
unharmed when thawed! They can withstand 100 times more
radiation than humans. They are scavengers that can eat almost
anything: vegetable and animal matter, grease, paper, soap,
paint, glue, starch, leather, cloth, even the fingernails and
eyebrows of sleeping children! They can go for long periods of
time without food.
The word "cockroach" is a corruption of the Spanish
cucaracha and is commonly shortened to "roach" in the US. There
are at least 55 species of cockroaches throughout the world and
they vary in length from less than 1/4 inch to 3.8 inches. They
range in color from brilliant green, yellow, red or orange to
drab brown, grey or black. The most common in the US are (1) the
Brown-banded; (2)the German (the smallest and most destructive);
(3) the Oriental; (4) the American (about 2 inches long); and (5)
the Australian.
You may ask, "Is there some way I can get rid of these
roaches without burning my house down?" Probably not, but I
believe that I have found the next best thing for getting rid of
roaches. It involves two things: (1) an inexpensive product
(probably less than $5) you can buy locally and, (2) a method of
control that I will share with you in the next chapter.
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