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Roaches adapt extremely well!

Very funny Steve, I am just a sucker. I'd almost rather just pay him not to come and then I wouldn't have to deal with him and wouldn't feel bad about taking money out of his pocket. The label for Demon Max says 2005 on it so I assume it is about 10 years old. It is used by many pest control companies. I wonder how many people on my block have this stuff sprayed 4 times a year. The active ingredient is cypermethrin which has been around longer than that. Jacob is probably right, they aren't resistant, I am just probably having a lot more roaches than normal this year because Tim isn't here to scare them off (and we've had a ton of rain).

The guy who sprays my house is an idiot (really, he knows nothing) so I can't/won't ask him. His dad used to own/run the company and the dad was very knowledgeable. He has since retired and his son took over. Tim has used the company for the last 20+ years. They only reason I still use them is because I am lazy. After finding the roach in my bed this weekend, I planned to call a different/better company this Monday but the idiot son called me on Sunday to come and spray. It's like he knew. Edit: I should say that he has only been spraying our house for 9 years (before that Tim had him spray his former house).

We've been having the same guy spray 4 times a year for 9 years. He's probably been using the same stuff the entire time. They can't become somewhat resistant in that time?

Demon Max was used which I thought worked pretty quickly. Perhaps the roach had just come directly out of the wall and had not reached the area with the poison. I did realize that the electrician had done a poor job putting the wall plate back on the wall when he was here a few weeks ago. There was certainly enough room for cockroaches to come through that area. I've fixed that so hopefully it will help. Isn't dust only supposed to be sprayed in cracks and crevices or under carpet. We did have Alpine dust put under the carpet and in light fixtures when we had the bed bugs. That stuff is no longer working I'm sure. I have this slight fear that the roaches have become resistant to the Demon Max.... That wouldn't be fun.

Crap. I just went in my bedroom to go to bed. There was a giant cockroach on the ceiling. I tried to get it with the flyswatter and it just flew onto my neck/back. I was crawling around looking for it and felt something crawling on me. I couldn't get it off. Fuck. I guess they aren't all dead yet. They one was very alive and healthy.

I wonder how well the Alpine Gel bait work on cockroaches.

I guess yes, I meant for mammals, large mammals.

Which is safer? I'm guessing Alpine?

I thought you loved Phantom.

I have found a few of those around the house lately (and also some live millipedes). It's probably because of all the rain we've had this year. You really sprayed after finding one earwig? Except for bed bugs, it takes quite a few before I take action. Also, rats and mice, if I found one, I would not be happy.

Just finished Season 3 of OITNB. I liked the previous 2 seasons better but it was still good.

While I do like visiting Caltech Greg, I was an undergrad at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Oh, I thought they were but maybe Netflix changed the way they do things since the last time I looked. This implies that you can use Netflix with them. You could always use the free trial or shoot them an email. https://support.unlocator.com/customer/portal/articles/1147679-how-to-setup-ipad

You could look into this. https://unlocator.com

Ric: I have heard that you are supposed to release geckos. They are cute but frogs are cute too. Oposums also each roaches (as well as rats and mice) - they can be cute.

Two scoops of potatoes, you must be in Ireland.

Can I just get gummy roaches instead? You do know that roaches will eat the corpse of a dead roach so they might decide to help me.

Ooh, yuck! Frankly, we have so many cockroaches under our house/in the walls/outside the house that they have probably in my bed many times (and on every other surface in the house). I just wish I hadn't seen one there.

Happy Father's Day to all the HC dads!

I'll make sure to keep the toothpaste out of my bed then.

Fly swatters and shoes also work if you see them. I just don't want them crawling on me when I sleep (or anytime) or crawling through my food.

Last night I went to go to bed and found a cockroach (one of the big kind that we have here) crawling on my pillow! Needless to say, I slept in the guest room and will be washing sheets/blankets today. I need to get our guy to come out and spray asap. I need to get a new pest exterminator because our guys sucks. Yuck. This has never happened before. Usually, we don't have any in the bedroom. They are usually in the kitchen and usually dead. This year has been really bad and we've had lots of live ones. It's like they know Tim is gone. Anytime something like this happens, I want to immediately sell this old house (where it is impossible to keep out the roaches) and get something newer.

Happy Birthday David!

So I guess you're not in the hospital anymore.