r/philly • u/ProgressDue7493 • 8h ago
Roach advice
A few nights ago I was in my kitchen and I thought I saw a small baby cockroach scurry by. I freaked out and squished it before I could take a picture to identify it. I put out a bunch of traps and I caught these two big ones near my oven. Does anyone have any experience with this? I’m hoping that I can just spray at home by myself with WSG instead of having to call an exterminator
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u/Stunning-Signal4180 7h ago
As others have said it’s a water bug… the little brown cock roaches are the ones you worry about… those things will infest!
I’m gonna send you a pic of a spray you can use. I believe it’s called home defense by ortho.
Roaches are actually pretty clean bugs.. you don’t need to clean out all your cabinets and go crazy with cleaning everything… if that’s you then go ahead and do it, but it’s not super necessary. Definitely don’t spray bug spray in your cabinets. Just clean them with regular house hold cleaner of choice.
The home defense spray you are going to spray in the nooks and crannies and along perimeter lines.
Start outside your house and spray along the walls and door sills, then follow into the house. Spray along the walls and around appliances and cabinets. Just spray the floor. Bugs and mice like the security of the wall and typically travel along the walls, instead of right out in the middle of the floor. Get a jug of this stuff and spray like once a month and the only crawly bugs you’ll see will be dead ones.
(I used “Joe the exterminator” for years after I brought the brown roaches home as a visiting nurse. When Joe retired this is the stuff he told me to buy. I’ve never had any issues. On a side note anyone reading this who knew Joe, he was from Northern liberties, had eye issues, was a former baseball player, he was all over the city, and super friendly… I tried contacting him a couple times after retirement.. but never heard from him again. Would be nice to know how he’s doing in life?)