Paul&Nic

Well temps seem to be on the increase and now the fun begins!

Earlier today I hear Nic scream out loud as she opens the dishwasher. I run over thinking there is a dead body in it (as you would) ... only to find this silly thing:



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Now we've been here since March and appreciate we've gone through the milder months, and the hotter ones are to come, and so will the lil nasties! ... but ...

HOW THE HELL DOES A 2" COCKROACH GET INTO A DISHWASHER ?!?!?

That's what I can't work out ...

Pollyana

They can - and do - get in everywhere. We had a plague of them coming up through the plughole in the shower but my fave tale was one of BondiPoms - he had a nest of them in his computer keyboard..... :scared:

They are the spawn of the devil....even more so than beetroot. Oh - and you know that they fly, into the bargain, don't you!

Teliko21

We foind an earwig in the microwave after it had been going for 3 mins on high :scared: It was completely fine afterwards.

Anastasia Beaverhausen

We found one in a cupboard the other day, door was closed, no holes in the cupboard, but the little (or should I say huge) bugger got in.

Found a white tailed spider in the sink too, it got washed down pretty quick.

Our house is raised up from the ground, so I have a feeling the void under the house will be a hotbead for bugs in the summer.

Time to get pest control in I think.

Paul&Nic

:scared: alright! ... urghhh!


I'm not looking forward to one of them flying towards me thank you.

I got rid of a Huntsman the other day cleaning out the garage, and maybe that was a bad move as I hear they look after the roaches.

Paul&Nic

Yeah I need to find out who's responsible for 'pest control' as it's a rental. If it's us then no worries I'll find out who's the one's to use' as it's probable getting to that time of year.

Someone said you know when your house needs spraying as instead of finding dead roaches, you start finding alive ones.

Altho as I say dunno how this thing got in, maybe thru the pipeworks !??

wmoore

Oh now come on, now you're talking rubbish

JosieJ

I know it may not help in the dishwasher, but when we went to Goa on honeymoon, they put mothballs in plugholes and on outside drain covers (to stop them coming up from underground) and also in urinals etc. Ok there's a bit of an odd mothbally smell, but i stopped noticing it after a while! I certainly never saw a cockroach anywhere there were mothballs and boy were there some big ones out there too!

Wendy

No, it's not fun TRUST ME :scared:

iPom

Start with baits, available pretty much everywhere, which will kill the whole nest one the buggers start to arrive. If you see a roach during the day then you've got a problem basically.
Outdoor spray all the entry points, esp damp areas.
Put baits under the house.

Have fun!

The Bloke

Apparently scientists theorize that they can survive a thermonuclear explosion, so I don't think a microwave would affect them.

Stitch

Yeh, they get everywhere. We've had them in the dishwasher as well. Not a pretty sight. Them or the ants :scared:

Cheers
Ginny

Teliko21

Hehe I thought I had read that somewhere and now I have to agree! I have a whole new respect for the little buggers

The Bloke

A good squirt of Baygon and their stuffed though.

Nicky & Dave

We rented a holiday place in Noosa a couple of years ago. On one occasion, I'd just taken my toast out the toaster ...... and a ruddy great cockroach crawled out the bottom of the toaster. Put me right off my breakfast!

Nicky