Once a cockroach has taken a liking to your kitchen supplies, it is rarely left alone.
It is therefore important to quickly recognize the first signs of proliferation.
Crawling creatures such as spiders and beetles are not among your favorite animals?
You are not an isolated case, many people are downright disgusted and afraid of insects and arachnids such as ticks.
It's not just the sight of them that causes disgust attacks for some.
Venomous spiders can leave painful bites, ticks can transmit Lyme disease and cockroaches can spread germs.
As the Federal Environment Agency informs, cockroaches (also called oriental cockroaches or cockroaches) can carry germs such as salmonella, which plays an important role in food hygiene.
According to the Federal Environment Agency, cockroaches can also trigger allergies and asthma.
The proteins from the faeces and saliva of the living cockroaches and from the carcasses of animals that have not been eliminated are particularly effective as allergens, it is said.
All the more reason to take action the first time a cockroach enters the house.
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Unpackaged foods are an eldorado for cockroaches.
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First aid measures if you have discovered a cockroach: Pack all food airtight, ventilate well and turn off the heating because cockroaches love warmth, and dispose of organic waste immediately.
You should also be on the lookout for eggs and feces.
Because if these are discovered, this is a clear sign that you could be dealing with a plague because cockroaches live together in large groups.
Another problem: cockroaches survive even the most adverse conditions and multiply uncontrollably if you let them.
Therefore, do not wait too long to organize professional pest control.
Especially if you find cockroach droppings and eggs.
Both are very small and you have to look closely to see the insect excrement and eggs.
The droppings are dark and the heaps are only about a millimeter in size.
The same applies to the eggs, which are usually deposited together in a small corner.
Fight pests in the garden: 10 suitable home remedies
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What you should also take seriously: Small, light-colored shells that look like a snake has shed its skin.
Small cockroaches molt until they are fully grown.
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