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Started from the bottom now we here 🪳
Chief
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First of all, if you see one then it’s too late- it’s an infestation. Clean your stuff, leave nothing on the floor or open in the kitchen, and call your super/landlord to send exterminator ASAP. Especially throw away any cardboard boxes, they love that stuff.
Chief
Anyone who looks like this work in your building the last few days?
Do you live in a high rise building with a doorman?
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Yes! Which is why it’s so surprising to see a roach. No restaurants nearby either.
Pro
The large ones (waterbugs) don’t infest apartments like the small ones do. Seeing one does not mean there are necessarily more.
Agreed. I had one of these several months ago in my bedroom (thought I’d never sleep again) but that was it. A simple but effective way to kill them is mixing some dish soap and water in a spray bottle and squirting them rapid fire for a few seconds.
Yeah they make it up really high…in a past job on the 42nd floor they made it to our office 😳
And that is why I can’t live alone
I found one last summer and I’m on floor 32 😬, never saw another again tho🤷♂️
They showed up maybe twice when I was growing up. My mom said I tracked it in with my backpack on the subway (ew!!!). We never had an infestation of those big ones
Anytime I’ve had them in tropical climates, got combat roach bait/roach motels, put them in a few corners, and they were gone within a week or so.
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Fun update for everyone! We caught it!
Chief
Looks like a male. The female still out there laying her eggs.
Must be from food
Rising Star
How new is your building Op
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1980s? Not old
Have exterminator come monthly, keep house immaculate, take out trash daily