The photo of the roaches marked male and female are reversed. The women have a wide body where the carry the egg sac (ootheca) in the rear which as it matures pokes out the rear. The men have a long thin back end with two pointy hairs or something. He inserts that into the female backside for mating purposes. Anyhow, a roach is a roach in any case.

I did try all of the tips above except for the pinesol mixture. i have a book “1001 all-natural secrets to a pest free property” with natural repellant tips which i did try and they work only temporary, including sprays varying from peppermint to jalapeno extract, the traps worked for a brief period (2 – 3 weeks) and now they are back! also the “home defense” spray mixtures you can buy from the store work marginal (otherwise they won’t sell to much and lose profit) so i think i have to put on my boxing gloves and give these little bastards a visit! )
Good luck!

A 50/50 mix of Pine Sol in a squirt bottle will ruin their day. The residue of Pine Sol is also deadly to roaches not to mention that rats and mice avoid it at all cost. Boiling or very hot tap water will put and end to their sorry life in under 4 seconds. Boiling water, 3 gal or so will also destroy any ant bed. They will cook, including the queen and eggs and they will not relocate or return. Others may but they will be toast.

Use Bay leaves, people! Roaches hate the smell, so just lay them by a corner and they will leave. I have a lot of roaches in my house but I read that bay leaves will help so I am going to try.

Thanks for all the tips! I’m going through the new renter nightmare of previous tenants who were apparantly crowded and gross. One thing I plan on doing the following week is calling the health department. For renters moving in to an already infested area there should be something the health department can require of the landlords. I’ve spent so much money on traps, boric acid, roach gel, bleach, only to still have to listen to them everyday/night. It’s just a matter of it being sooooooo many! And they’re the big ones! The big load ones that you can hear them when they walk on stuff! And just the sight of them gross me out I’m not gone lie, so me personally stepping on them and chasing them is out of the question. I could tell the landlord didn’t even paint the walls because when I came to clean up, AFTER ALREADY SIGNING my lease, you can see where the previous tenants would obviously just smash them on the walls at will! For real! Just gross and that’s what I had to clean of the walls! Anyway, on top of the health department, because seriously, I can just imaging what’s going on inside the walls and over our heads, I’m going to try the peppermint idea and also the jar thing on top of throwing away all my paper wrapped products in my cabinets now that I know they are targets of these gross, scum of the earth creatures. And I didn’t know boric acid was so safe, I guess I forgot to read more on the bottle, so I’m glad to know that I can apply more of it.

I know this sounds weird but Roaches HATE peppermint, you can buy liquid peppermint soap online mix it with water and wash down the walls floors, furniture, and anything that you can wash keep doing this when the smell starts to become very faint and you’ll keep them away. The worst part your house continuosly smells like a candy cane but I prefer to live with that than the roaches.

Just a tip from personal experience to avoid bringing cockroaches to your home. Last year I was on a rather a long holiday for 4 weeks visiting family in Pakistan. My suitcase was left unattended at my dad’s place for most of the 4 weeks and guess what, upon my return to the UK I noticed 1 or 2 cockroaches in the suitcase and killed them. Obviosuly some must have escaped and within weeks the house was full of cockroaches! All kinds of DIY control measures are keeping the population under control but they are not fully gone. I might have to take professional help.
Message: IF you have been to a new place, just check your luggage!

thanks for all the tips i am in Eden NSW Australia and i have never lived in a place so infested with cockroaches,i will now stop stomping on them and start trying some of the remedies recommended.

My wife and I live in a townhouse. Some Spanish “pigs” moved in next door about 2 years ago. We never saw one coackroach until they moved in. Now, we have seen them pop out at night in our kitchen. We were usually seeing about 4 or 5 each night. The Spanish “pigs” got foreclosed and moved out and left the largest infestation of roaches in that house like you would not believe.
Once they moved out I took it upon myself to go over there and bomb the hell out of that house. I set off 12 bombs two separate times with a six pack a bombs called REAL KILL. I also sprayed everywhere in my house a jug of some stuff called HOT SHOT. I also put out sticky traps which you use to catch mice on (the kind that smell like peanut butter). When I went back after leaving the house next door sealed up with no windows open I was shocked! It was like Jonestown in Guyana…there must have been a million coackroaches dead everywhere. I haven’t seen one cockroach since then. And if I do, I’ll just bomb the hell out of it again.
Here’s a tip: Get some large sticky traps and cut them into little strips and put them on your counter tops along the edges (roaches love to run along the edges). Also, put one under your microwave and check it in a couple of days and I can almost guarantee you will see about 4 or 5 stuck on there.
Also, use Boric acid and spray the shit out of it behind your fridge, behind dishwasher, behind the stove.
One more tip: If you have pigs living next door, make sure they have gotten rid of all their food. These spanish trash that were living next door left rotten food,rotten meat in the fridge, and trash everywhere. Also don’t leave dirty dishes in your sink or water…roaches love that.

im living in Cyprus at the mo been here since july got 2yrs left,ive come across 3 roaches i hate them the biggest one was today massive, how the f**k do i rid them its november.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMhh help any offers