Question By: Cockroaches are often one of the most hated household pests. They can cause quite a commotion, especially when you have flying cockroaches coming at you.
Are Flying Cockroaches Dangerous?
Flying cockroaches aren't necessarily dangerous when they're gliding toward you. However, cockroaches themselves can be dangerous. They generally don't bite or cause any kind of direct harm to you, but they can contaminate anything they touch or walk across, potentially spreading E. Coli and salmonella. Cockroaches, including dead cockroaches and cockroach parts, have also been known to trigger allergic reactions and asthma in some people.
How to get rid of big flying roaches?
Cockroaches enter our homes in search of food and water. Eliminating all sources of water and not leaving food crumbs lying around is a successful way of ensuring cockroaches doesn't stick around, whether ground roaches or flying ones. If you want to know how to kill flying cockroaches in particular, read below:
Kill them with insecticides: Get out that cockroach bug spray, make sure all your doors and windows are locked and spray those cockroaches' brains out. Cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes so make sure you don't open up the room so quick. Let them inhale the insecticides, suffocate and eventually die.
Alternately, drive them out: Do the same drill but this time, keep one gap or window open. Now, these cockroaches will flee and save their lives. You can do this if you rather shoo them away than kill them.
Boric acid around light sources: After spraying this, keep the lights off and in the middle of the night, turn on the light source. If you have an infestation, cockroaches will fly towards the light source at once. However, their ability to fly back away doesn't make this the most effective method.
It's just a matter of time before you see cockroaches in your home or business. Plan now the prevent their infestation with regular professional cockroach control.
The professionally trained cockroach and pest technicians at Flick Pest Control provide safe and effective treatments targeting affected areas of your property.
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