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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 61397" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Possibility - baby cockroaches. They can look quite different, they're really tiny. Ours are slightly striped, and since they're called the American cockroach, I presume they're a familiar species to you as well. They actually look kind of cute, in a buggy way. Look up American cockroach nymph in Google and see if you can find a picture. You don't want a picture of the older nymph, you want a photo of a hatchling, they look quite different. They're tiny, you could fit several on a matchhead.</p><p></p><p>If you can, count the legs. Insects always have six (unless something's pulled off some of the legs). Arachnid adults have 8. Arachnid nymphs (as in lice, ticks) often have 6 when they hatch. Cockroach nymphs do not have wings - not until their final mount and they turn into adults.</p><p></p><p>Bleach won't stop them. They can survive on the thin film of grease left behind after you wipe down the kitchen bench. So - wipe it down with detergent and then dry it off thoroughly.</p><p></p><p>And to eradicate - hit the place with a cockroach bomb that uses juvenile hormone to knock them down AND interfere with their breeding (often sold as 'eggstoppers'). The hormone bombs basically stop the cockroach moulting properly at the final moult into adult stage, when they would normally breed. Without a successful final moult, they cannot breed.</p><p></p><p>And the second thing you have to do - stop bringing cardboard boxes into the house. That's where these tiny babies live and are smuggled inside - deep inside the corrugations of the cardboard. We bought a plastic box instead, we load our groceries from the cart into the plastic box in the car, then carry the plastic box inside when we get home. once emptied, it goes back out to the car.</p><p></p><p>And if you've successfully eradicated them from the house, you don't want to be inviting them back in any time soon.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 61397, member: 1991"] Possibility - baby cockroaches. They can look quite different, they're really tiny. Ours are slightly striped, and since they're called the American cockroach, I presume they're a familiar species to you as well. They actually look kind of cute, in a buggy way. Look up American cockroach nymph in Google and see if you can find a picture. You don't want a picture of the older nymph, you want a photo of a hatchling, they look quite different. They're tiny, you could fit several on a matchhead. If you can, count the legs. Insects always have six (unless something's pulled off some of the legs). Arachnid adults have 8. Arachnid nymphs (as in lice, ticks) often have 6 when they hatch. Cockroach nymphs do not have wings - not until their final mount and they turn into adults. Bleach won't stop them. They can survive on the thin film of grease left behind after you wipe down the kitchen bench. So - wipe it down with detergent and then dry it off thoroughly. And to eradicate - hit the place with a cockroach bomb that uses juvenile hormone to knock them down AND interfere with their breeding (often sold as 'eggstoppers'). The hormone bombs basically stop the cockroach moulting properly at the final moult into adult stage, when they would normally breed. Without a successful final moult, they cannot breed. And the second thing you have to do - stop bringing cardboard boxes into the house. That's where these tiny babies live and are smuggled inside - deep inside the corrugations of the cardboard. We bought a plastic box instead, we load our groceries from the cart into the plastic box in the car, then carry the plastic box inside when we get home. once emptied, it goes back out to the car. And if you've successfully eradicated them from the house, you don't want to be inviting them back in any time soon. Marg [/QUOTE]
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