Baby roaches everywhere, anyone know a good Pest Control guy in Keene?

[FTL_Ian]

They appear to be baby roaches.  Crawling on my kitchen floor, dying on top of the washing machine.  Yuck.

[Lloyd Danforth]

They appear to be baby roaches.  Crawling on my kitchen floor, dying on top of the washing machine.  Yuck.

I believe the egg sacks hatch after about 40 days.  Did you bring anything up from Fla a little over a month ago?

I had a window seat in an Orlando restaurant one evening when I observed a roach trying to carry my car off

[Raineyrocks]

They appear to be baby roaches.  Crawling on my kitchen floor, dying on top of the washing machine.  Yuck.

When I rented an apartment a long time ago there were roaches and a friend of mine bought some borax and told me to put it anywhere I could.  It seemed to help but be careful if you have pets.

[KBCraig]

Bengal Gold. It might cost you $13 per can, but it's a lot less expensive than multiple cans of ineffective "cheap" sprays.

Spray every crack, crevice, nook, and cranny. Repeat in two weeks, then again two weeks after that.

You won't see any more bugs.

[Lex]

You could ask Ed Brown for advice. I believe he dealt with roaches for a living and some may say he still does 

[FTL_Ian]

Bengal Gold. It might cost you $13 per can, but it's a lot less expensive than multiple cans of ineffective "cheap" sprays.

Spray every crack, crevice, nook, and cranny. Repeat in two weeks, then again two weeks after that.

You won't see any more bugs.

No one seems to sell it in-store...

How about this?
http://www.ortho.com/index.cfm/event/showDocument/documentId/28b1387cce30ef5f5297d662624a3365

[KBCraig]

Bengal Gold.

No one seems to sell it in-store...

How about this?
http://www.ortho.com/index.cfm/event/showDocument/documentId/28b1387cce30ef5f5297d662624a3365

I haven't tried the Ortho, although I've tried just about everything else. In this part of the country, it doesn't matter how neat and clean you are, bugs will get in from the outside. A lot like Florida, I'm sure.

Boric acid ("Roach-Pruf") works, but it doesn't last in a humid environment.

Bengal Gold is readily available here in Wal Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc., or you can order it direct.

http://www.bengal.com/gold.htm

[Raineyrocks]

Bengal Gold.

No one seems to sell it in-store...

How about this?
http://www.ortho.com/index.cfm/event/showDocument/documentId/28b1387cce30ef5f5297d662624a3365

I haven't tried the Ortho, although I've tried just about everything else. In this part of the country, it doesn't matter how neat and clean you are, bugs will get in from the outside. A lot like Florida, I'm sure.

Boric acid ("Roach-Pruf") works, but it doesn't last in a humid environment.

Bengal Gold is readily available here in Wal Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc., or you can order it direct.

http://www.bengal.com/gold.htm

Oh shoot I messed up again!  I meant to say Boric Acid not Boraxo!  I'm sorry.

[Lloyd Danforth]

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach_faq.html#Q47

More than you want to know about roaches.  Q47 covers the reproduction cycle.  Assuming a female pops out an egg just before it dies, than you must reapply again after 30 days and before 60 something days so hatched females don't reach maturity.

A mixture of finely ground Diatomacious Earth (kitty Litter) and Boric acid used to be popular.  You put it where the bugs are likely to travel. The microscopic shards of DM scratches the exoskeleton and they dry out.

[KBCraig]

Oh shoot I messed up again!  I meant to say Boric Acid not Boraxo!  I'm sorry.

Boraxo is just a trademark for a powdered detergent that is mostly composed of borax. Borax is a salt of boric acid, and supposedly has the same critter-proofing qualities as boric acid itself. Plus, it's abrasive, so it has the same effect on exoskeletons that diatomaceous earth has. You can still buy "40 Mule Team" borax; it's a great detergent, and blacksmiths use it as flux when forge-welding.

One of the selling points of cellulose insulation is that it is treated with boric acid. This both fire-proofs it, and serves as an insect repellent. Houses insulated with modern cellulose don't get roaches.

You didn't mess up. 

[Rocketman]

The "baby roaches everywhere" problem is often solved by rolling them up into one big fat one. 

(Sorry, couldn't resist...)   

[Insurgent]

The "baby roaches everywhere" problem is often solved by rolling them up into one big fat one. 

(Sorry, couldn't resist...)   

[Otosan]

we had a roach problem when we first moved into our house in SC.  We had just left married  student housing where our neighbor had several fish tanks and we brought millions of roaches with us.

put out roach pruff (brand name) and never saw another roach for the 4 yrs we lived there.

now I applly roach pruff about every 2  yrs around the present house, not seen one roach.

[Raineyrocks]

Oh shoot I messed up again!  I meant to say Boric Acid not Boraxo!  I'm sorry.

Boraxo is just a trademark for a powdered detergent that is mostly composed of borax. Borax is a salt of boric acid, and supposedly has the same critter-proofing qualities as boric acid itself. Plus, it's abrasive, so it has the same effect on exoskeletons that diatomaceous earth has. You can still buy "40 Mule Team" borax; it's a great detergent, and blacksmiths use it as flux when forge-welding.

One of the selling points of cellulose insulation is that it is treated with boric acid. This both fire-proofs it, and serves as an insect repellent. Houses insulated with modern cellulose don't get roaches.

You didn't mess up. 

Great, thanks! 

[Raineyrocks]

The "baby roaches everywhere" problem is often solved by rolling them up into one big fat one. 

(Sorry, couldn't resist...)