AHHHHHHHH!
I just experienced my first apartment cockroach!
I was putting dishes away, and I lifted up a cup. Suddenly, a large black spot scurried quickly away. I noticed that it was a cockroach, nearly dropped the cup I was holding, and hurried around looking for something to cover it up with. Killing it would have been far too messy.
I remembered my bug spray, and ran for it. Luckily the roach scampered behind the oven and stayed there. I sprayed it and it started to run. I continued to spray it, and it continued to run! Finally it fell to the floor, right near an alarm, and while the spray got on the alarm is started to sound. Finally the roach was incapacitated, but still alive. I couldn't spray it anymore because it was still by the alarm (which I had to fan with a pillow to get it to shut off...) but I didn't want to stomp on it, so for the time being I put a can over it. Let's hope it doesn't get out. I'll have to figure out something to do soon.
So not only does this creep me out and make me feel like there are bugs all over now, but it brings up many new questions!
How many are there?
Did it come from inside, or outside?
Does is have children? A spouse? Where are the rest?
How can I prevent them from coming back?
What was it doing on my counter? How come I didn't notice it before?
How do I kill it?
I will have to go get those roach pellets at the store tomorrow. Supposedly they eat it, then bring it to their young and it kills the lot of them.
Oi. I might be sleeping with the light on tonight. :-p
In Florida they are called palmetto bugs, sure,
ReplyDeleteit sounds better. They are definitely a challenge. Unless you are able to grab it with
a paper towel, smash it with a magazine or paper, then pick up with paper towel and trash
it, preferably outside. Sorry, but it was rather
a funny story. Hopefully it has no relatives, etc.
Careful with the cockroach! Even if you smash them, they often don't die and will resurrect themselves and crawl back out of your trash. I highly recommend flushing it down the toilet, assuming you don't want to go to the trouble of lighting it on fire and feeding it to an iguana.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you should ask it what its hobbies are. If it's really into World of Warcraft or builds transistor radios for fun it probably doesn't have a mate or any children. :P
I killed the roach as best I could with chemical spray... then I taped the "dead body" into a steal can, and I taped the lid back onto it, making sure it was air tight. Then I put it in the garbage can, and the garbage was picked up the following day. Since then, I`ve bought a series of sticky traps and poison traps... so hopefully they won`t be a problem again. ^_^
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