Cockroaches used to be a problem only in the warmer months from late spring to early autumn but now you can find them in your home in winter.

Yes, cockroaches don’t like the cold so what better place to spend the winter than in somebody’s cosy home, especially when the owner kindly leaves food out for them.

The type that you find down drains and sewers are the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and the Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) whereas the ones you find in your home, sitting on your couch with a beer watching TV, are the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). 

Hey, you think we’re joking but stale beer is used as a cockroach attractant in traps and there’s so much rubbish on TV nowadays, so of course they like it. And just because you can’t see them, it doesn’t mean that they’re not there; they can go up to a month without eating so it doesn’t matter just how bad your wife’s cooking is because they will stick around… just like you!

Oh, and here’s a tip: if you suspect that cockroaches are coming from your neighbour’s home, it’s no good nuking him because roaches can survive up to 15 times more radiation than humans.

So how can you avoid cockroaches? Don’t go to the same bars as they do is an obvious choice but generally just keep plugholes plugged at all times and keep your home clean, so if your wife does leave you, because she’s tired of you and the coackroaches hogging the TV remote, you’re going to get more cockroaches rolling up with suitcases.

There are plenty of cockroach pesticides and traps on offer in supermarkets but be careful with the sprays because they contain 10 times more poison than fly spray, so spray them on the floors not in the air.

Apart from that, this is Andalucía so warmer months bring flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches and relatives – suck it up!

(Feature: Cockroaches)

Keywords: Sprays, Traps, German, American, Oriental

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