Excellent posting by KARMANA1. People so consumed by ingrown hatred as poster ASDKLFASKLFAKLERJIOFWEFIOW, will slowly disintegrate and fade. Such process has already started in his brain, as evidenced by his post. Just pity him.

For all of those offended by certain very inappropriate posts here-  I myself have already done so, but you may report such things to tips.fbi.gov .  I have already reported the links as abusive as well.  What the poster may not realize, is that not only have they given great websites for law enforcement to monitor now, EVERYTHING we do on the internet is traceable - to your front door.  Knock knock!

The real *** roaches are people like this jerk asdklfasklfaklerjiofwefiow who keeps making racist comments.  They have been seeping up from the sewers in larger numbers since the election.

You can swat them but more just keep creeping out of the slime.

So I recommend lots of prayer.  Only God can help them lose the hate that they thrive upon.

The best way to kill roaches (and ants) is to buy a can of Spectricide. It really does keep them away for atleast 3 weeks. It has a lovely large photo of a roach on the front. I asked my co-worker to carry it so it wouldn't look like I had the bug problem LOL. It may also work on people who make posts promoting racist sites below.

Percy Kution:  Your kidding me, right?!?  Not only are you the pot calling the kettle black, you pig, you are either the biggest idiot I have ever had the misfortune to waste a minute on or a really lousy, unfunny comic. Either way, your just sad. Get a life and crack a book, you moron.

Rocky Mountain, I am an exterminator and have also used gentrol to control roach infestations. It is usually used as an additive along with a pesticide residual such as Suspend SC, Demand CS, or Pymethrin SC. It messes up their DNA so they are no longer able to breed. Then it's just a matter of killing the remaining roaches. In cases of extreme infestation I also recommend a microinjection treatment to get in the cracks and crevices which will provide a better first kill rate. Any questions?  Fly

Cockroaches are very simply controlled by controlling their environment and giving them what they are looking for - food.  Cleaning up any dirty or unsanitary areas, and applying any of several popular cockroach gel baits such as "Maxforce Cockroach Gel Bait" will eliminate cockroaches in most cases.  The best site for information on how to kill cockroaches is at http://www.epestsupply.com/cockroaches

As a professional roach remover there is a product called gentrol that can be sprayed safely around an area of say a kitchen in areas roaches dwell like around stoves or sink areas, counters. This product is like a perfume you can not smell, that last 3-4 months and if roaches get a wiff they become sterile. Thus elimination in about 4-5 months with monthly sprayings. Also woodstream mouse glue boards seam to attract roaches and can be placed on walls in areas where seen including on kitchen cabinet counters at night. be wary of insecticides as some repel roaches to their touch while others do not repel the insect the non repellent insecticide is the one to use.

BTW, the best method I have found for killing ants AND roaches alike is to douse them in Simple green.  When that fails, brake cleaner makes them pop like popcorn, LOL.

(Hysterical laughter echoing in the background...)  jrbj999, I have tears running down my face I am laughing so hard from your comments!  And I completely empathize with your cockroach experiences, we had them in Hawaii in our quarters, the kind that will carry away a small child if you are not looking.  I had an exterminator that came once a month and it seemed to do the job but if he was even one day late...those suckers showed up in droves.  And if it rained, it didn't matter, they just opened the door and came in where it was (relatively) dry.    

That description made my whole day.  Thankyou.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST METHOD

When I was a teen, I lived in the deep south.  One evening I watched my cat killing a roach in the kitchen and that is how I learned this flawless method that works nearly EVERY time.

First pick up a folded paper towel, shoe or anything that lays flat and fits in your hand comfortably.  Second, approach the roach so slowly that you're almost barely moving.  Your hand must also approach so slowly that its barely moving.  If you do this properly it will not run.  If it does move, it will do the equivalent of a nervous "brisk walk" but don't panic and move faster.  

Finally, once your hand is about 6 inches away from the roach, thrust your hand forward in one quick lash.  That method should yield about 90% accuracy.  It appears to take advantage of the roach's "fight or flight" resopnse, if they have one.

We once lived in military housing where the tenants and roaches shared the same units together.  The main difference between us was that the roaches lived there for free and we expended our BAQ to live there.  I guess that gave the roaches a one up on us right off the bat.  We quickly heard about and used the boric acid urban myth and all that seemed to do was to make the roaches stand out better as they ran along the white boric acid trail.  I also bought some roach spray that was guaranteed to kill roaches days after you had sprayed the area.  Two things happened with that method.  (1) Most of the roaches moved next door and I heard complaints from the neighbors about that .  (2) The spray left a white residue and one night I nailed a particularly large roach dude dead on with the spray.  For weeks later, we could see this white roach running around like he was the roach knight, running around in his finest white armor.  This symbiotic, but very involuntary, relationship continued on until we were finally transferred to a new duty station and left.  I honestly don't think you can kill a sufficient number of roaches to end the problem once they get established.  I finally settled for spraying all the cracks, crevices and exposed pipes about once a week and, as previously stated, that seemed to keep the majority of them in the neighbors units.  I also spent several months in the Philippines, where the cockroaches are about 2 or 3 inches long and make a growling noise.  Once one growled and flew at me.  I knocked him down with my hand and stomped on him.  Stomping on them usually, but not always, works the best.  I have seen totally squished Philippine roaches crawl across the floor on their remaining two legs in an attempt to get away.  I have come to have a grudging respect for roaches because I don't think we will (or even can) eradicate them.  I once took a zoology course in college.  Our professor maintained that when man had nuked himself into oblivion and was no longer on the earth that there would still be a cockroaches sitting on radio active rocks, waiving their antennae at the sun.  I tend to agree with the good professor.  

Having lived in the sub-tropics all of my life I have intimate knowledge of the roach/palmetto bug/that nasty thing/arugh.  In fact last night one flew across our bedroom, landed on my wifes cleavage and crawled into her nightgown.  I had fun getting it out of there and by the time it was over she was excited as I was and it went forward from there.  Its the only time I was really delighted to have to deal with a roach.

While living in New York City (a roach mecca) I read that geckos really enjoy roaches as a meal. I went to the local gecko purveyor, bought several of the little barking reptilian roach munchers and set them loose in my apartment. The geckos did indeed eat the roaches but I suspect the little lizards were far to overwhelmed in the dinner to diner ratio to do much good, despite their voracious appetite. Also, it seems that cats (nearly as despicable a critter as a cockroach) like eating geckos. Perhaps roaches are here to remind we humans that, yes we might be somewhere near the top of the food chain, but despite our best efforts, we're nowhere near the top of the nuisance chain.

The surest and safest way to kill a cockroach -other roaches - is to spray it with FORMULA 409 all purpose cleaner.  I  discovered this over 15 years ago by trial and error.  Its faster and more effective than even RAID.  I think that it works because the soap and other ingredients clog up the breathing apparatus of these insects.

I am a licensed entomologist. The best way to avoid cockroaches is to change the environment in which they reside. this can be accomplished thru integral pest managemement. I was able to pay my way thru a Jewish institution of higher learning by creating a job thru integral pest management. I am African American and the community because of the misery index that it is suffering still cannot create the educational post which I am seeking. Through the study of chemistry and biology I have found means to control these creatures. The problem is , since the communities are psychologically depressed, they have been trying to starve me. I can be contacted at

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Hands down w/o a doubt the best is to spread boric acid along baseboards  and places but suspect. It's cheap, harmless and very effective. Within a month you will realize you haven't seen a trace of roaches.

I don't believe squashing a roach is the approved method of disposal...females, once having mated, are fertilized for life and the eggs she may be carrying are all "ready to go". If you step on a fertile female and an egg gets caught in the tread of your Nike, you stand the chance of it dropping off and starting your own personal infestation at YOUR house. Best to capture the little blighter and bag it for chemical dispatch or zip lock baggie it for disposal. You can make your GRAB at right angles, or spray at them at right angles, but if you don't want the eggs to be an issue just don't squash, squish, stomp-on or otherwise smash the little creature. By the way, Ronson Lighter fluid (Naptha) is another effective fluid for killing most invertebrates. It's cheap, dries almost instantly and without stains on most surfaces and is easy to keep a small bottle on your desk or in a cupboard. You can generally get a 5' to 6' stream of fluid going if you squeeze the bottle just right.

Judhael

As a frequent visitor to the tropics, I've ran into my share of roaches.  The biggest dwell in the foilage areas and that is where my cottage is.  There is a difference that I have noticed between the roaches here in the U.S. and roaches on the islands, and that is SIZE.  The one's that live in my cottage are the size of tennis balls and are impossible to kill.  They evade you at all costs and if one is squashed, the mess is unbearable.  I've learned to make them my friends. A little creepy in the middle of the night when I get up to use the restroom and one is on the sink plucking its eyebrows, but I realized if I leave them alone, they leave me alone and are actually great listeners.  In fact, the last time I was there, I could have sworn one of them had an OBAMA 08 bumper sticker on its rear-end!  

We gulf-coasters are well aquainted with rioaches.   The key to getting rid of roaches more or less permnently is to prevent them from developing tolernce to the poisons.    

Take  a lead from how docs treat chronic infections such as TB.  Use multiple poisons which work in different ways.   E.g.,  put out boric acid powder ( the basis of any antiroach campaign),  woshing it into cracks,  etc.,  plus put out baits and use a contact insecticide.  Whenever you see the roaches start to show up again,   spray another type of contact insecticide on base boards, etc. and rotate the baits to another brand.

For me,  it has worked for decades.

Another method or substance that I have used very effectively is Tilex--but I agree with southernmimi Wasp spray is the deadliest!

i`ve found the best killer for me is nail polish remover, 100% acetone works best. I also live in florida and we always have those big huge palmetto bugs, especially under the sinks! ihave used alcohol and hairspray in the past. they work too. my dad always used boric acid for ants.

I've come to enjoy getting rid of roaches with airsoft guns(they shoot plastic bbs).  I found a huge one in my bathroom and didn't wanna go near it so I got an airsoft gun and let it have it.  The first shot that connected blew off one of its legs and sent it spinning like a top.  Once it was disabled in this manner I moved in to point blank range and finished it off. This is certainly not the most effective way to get rid of roaches as you need some degree of aiming ability and you could possibly damage things in you're home, but now rather than loathing the occasional coachroach I look forward to it as an opportunity for fun!

The best method growing up in NY I first learned from my Mother and then learned why it worked during my University Biology class.   Place a line of Borax soap powder along the walls where the roaches frequent.  Roaches are very clean and when the powder gets on their external shell they stop to clean it off.  They clean themselves like cats and ingest the powder which is poison to them.

Wasp spray will kill them very quickly. It also has the benefit of having a longer spraying distance.

You all are much more humane than I am, I spray them with oven cleaner, or if in another room, I spray them with hair spray first to keep them from running then scoop them up in paper towels, then stomp on them!  I can handle just about any creature on earth except for cockroaches!  LOL

Bay leaves are an excellent way to run cockroaches off. Having grown up in Louisiana and now I live in Florida, I am almost an expert on cockroaches. Watch out for the Madagascar cockroaches, when you swat and smush them, they stink to high heaven. Also the Combat roach disks are effective when used along with the gel for infestation.  P. S. Please delores4dinner stop killing wolf spiders, they are some of the good spiders.

when we lived in the american south we became intimately acquainted with cockroaches (aka waterbugs) ranging from a few centimeters to several inches in length.  I discovered the best way to kill one - and keep it far beyond range of running up your own leg, which is horrifying...trust me - is to use a Mr Clean bathroom cleaning wand.  If you are not familiar, they have a telescoping handle that attaches to a football-shaped, padded foot that is meant to hold disposable cleaning pads.  we simply bought two - one for use as designed, and one that we didn't mind getting splattered with cockroach guts. you can be 3 feet away from the critter and still slam it pretty hard, since you get good leverage w/ that long handle.

This device also worked well for squashing the biggest wolf spider i ever saw in my life.  

I actually have an excellent way to kill cockroaches.  I use lids and put boric acid in them and put them in places where cockroaches may be hiding.  I don't know why this works but it does.  They get it on their feet and take back to their nests and will kill them all in a couple of weeks.  Really!!!

I moved to Southwest Florida a few years back. My first job was with a county in the sewer dept. I basically was Norton on the Honeymooner. Cockroaches live in the sewers. Therefore keep all your drains in your sinks, and bath/shower covered. This will stop them from getting in. In addition keep your toliet seat cover closed. Rats find their way in through the toliet. Most sewer departments use posion blocks in manholes where rats have been complained about. But this system isn't very effective.

Isopropyl rubbing alcohol will kill roaches and any insect instantly!

I once read that all insects breathe through their bodies, and spraying a soapy water will suffocate them.  I've never tried it on cockroaches, because I've never had any, but it does work on bees, spiders and ants.  I've heard that fire departments use soapy water to kill off a killer bee infestation.  The bigger and stronger an insect is, the more you have to soak them down, but it's the cheapest insecticide I've ever found.

I live in an apartment complex that does not spray very often.  Neighbors moving out bring roaches into my apt through the a/c ducts and the electrical outlets between apts.  I bought every type of roach control within my budget and they just keep coming.  I had a spray bottle that shoots pretty far that I had put pinesol solution in for cleaning purposes and one day I grabbed it to spray a roach and noticed it died faster than with some of the "roach sprays".  So now I make up a bottle of pinesol solution and have it on hand.  Roaches hate the smell, it kills them quickly, I have even sprayed it on my dogs for flea control about 15 minutes before their baths. Works great on the fleas also.  It has to be Pinesol brand, not the dollar store kind that barely has any pine oil in it, though. And mix it according to directions on the bottle.  I bleach my kitchen counters and floors about once a week, and my bathroom, but it doesn't seem to bother them as much as the pinesol.

The key to ridding your home of cockroaches is to get them all at once. Cockroaches love parties...so arrange a backyard barbeque, make sure the word gets out..... When they all show up and they are just starting to enjoy themselves......BOOM....you got em all.

I will tell you the secret to killing roaches. This is scientific fact that can be checked and any exterminator worth his weight is keeping this secret to himself.A professional exterminator told me this. Cockroaches breathe through their bellies. Their bellies are very close to the floor. If you want to kill them you must have dusty surfaces so they can't breathe.

This is my own experience:The house I now own was on the market quite cheap. I'm sure one of the reasons was the roach infestation. They were everywhere! Disgusting! My husband and I were able to stay in our apartment a few extra weeks before moving in . What we did was go to the house on weekends and cover every inch of flooring with baking soda(we found this to be the cheapest way to instantly create "dust".) When we would go back the following weekend we vacuumed up all the roaches that had died trying to cross the flooring. I suppose you could cover counter tops and shelves with some kind of dust and it should work, too. We didn't. What we did was after the majority of roaches were gone we bought those ultrasonic frquency things that plug into an electrical outlet and also opened a few roach bombs. 3 years later and still roach free but I can say I do let things get dusty since I'll always be paranoid konwing how bad the infestation was and having seen w/ my own eyes the amount of dead roaches on our baking soda covered floors.

I find the best way to "kill" a cockroach is, while seeing it scatter, spray it with hairspray. The hairspray freezes the roaches legs. Then simply grab it with a tissue and dispose of it.

Try using a can of Lysol aerosol spray. It really works.

Roaches don't like the cold, they need water and food supplies; they don't come to your home for a nice visit.  If you can cut them off from heat, food and water, they wil  leave.  I don't leave heat on at night, they may try to nest in your fridge or any warm spot.  Sometimes I turn my fridge off for a night just to give them no heat source, since it is already cold in my house, the fridge food does well.  I vacuum my kitchen floors to remove any crumbs, sweeping sometime scatter food crumbs and you must remove any traces of food. They also hate bleach, so I wipe down surfaces with it. I have rarely had roaches, only when apartment neighbors move in with them and they don't like to come to my house.

When I lived in Chicago, the roaches could see us coming and they would jump like they were flying and I could never hit them of find them. They must have been super roaches.

It is best not to squish or step on roaches, as if they contain eggs, it will spread the eggs to the surface you squished them with.  This then just leads to them hatching on that surface, and reproducing.  Spraying them and disposing of the body intact is the best procedure.  Could be a myth, but why take the chance.

Putting down Diatomaceous Earth will also cut their shells, and they will lose valuable mositure and die. Diatomaceous Earth is one of the few things that is not harmful to people OR animals (pets)

non-toxic way to kill a roach, just spray 409 cleaner on it.