Where not to look for Cockroaches ..............

machadinha · Sep 28th, 2006, 12:31

I reckon this is the one, although it's hard to make out all the different species. Brrr:

Nick-H · Sep 28th, 2006, 13:00

That lacks the very smart long feelers of the one pictured earlier in the thread.

machadinha · Sep 28th, 2006, 13:02

I meant the ex-yörpian one. The feelers I can handle. These guys if you stand on them their innards will squeeze out the backside because the rest won't bulge. Yech.

<where is that aspirin? I'm sure it was here before>

agoraphobe · Sep 28th, 2006, 13:15

Those big toe sized hissers got the better of me. Big well fed package tourist roaches, huffing and puffing across the floor. I'd stomp my foot but instead of scurrying off under the stove they'd waddle a few inches and stop for a rest.

You're right though, the ants do a fine job of cleaning up the tiny corpses.

PeakXV · Sep 28th, 2006, 19:09

I looked once (shouldn't have really) behind the bag of spilt sugar in the pantry of the apartment we were staying in Delhi.

.... it was a CR convention!

That's gotta be their favourite snack - thought humans were sugar fiends but we have nothing on cockroaches.

New-South-Welshman · Sep 28th, 2006, 23:43

Funny enough, last time I was in India I saw no cockroaches! Only lizards... *shudders*

Nick-H · Sep 29th, 2006, 00:18

Lizards everywhere: they help keep down the insect numbers.

One of ours, a gecko that unusualy always lived on the floor rather than the walls or ceiling) died yesterday. I was very sad.

PeakXV · Sep 29th, 2006, 00:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Why the big worry about cockroaches?

Unlike mosquitoes they won't do you any direct, painful harm. But mosquitoes, which spread several really serious diseases, never seem to elicit the Eeeeuuuuuccccchhhhhh response that cockroaches get.

Because the thread title "Where not to look for Mosquitoes" has little chance for a response.

They're frickin everywhere!

Except maybe the fridge .... but I think I've even seen one
there once!

Nick-H · Sep 29th, 2006, 00:56

A very considerable amount of my time every day seems to be devoted to excluding or killing mosquitoes and ants.

A quick squirt of a spray down the drains every three or four months keeps the roaches out.

cyberhippie · Sep 29th, 2006, 01:12

Ever seen an India septic tank emptied........talk about "the march of the crabs"

snowcrab · Sep 29th, 2006, 10:57

Insect control is something you really have to face head on in India.

Had some very large cockroaches for a while in my Goan digs.When I saw one I stamped hard and got them to bolt to their hiding place then used that white chalk stuff to draw a line between my space and theirs, eventually I never saw them anymore. Double bagged everything in the way of edibles anyway. Found the millions of little ones in my Montreal student ghetteo days far more disturbing. Nothing but all out chemical warfare worked with those miserable little wretches, always felt I was poisoning myself as much as them, no way of reaching any agreement at all.

Came back from a trip to find a whole anthill was trying to relocate to my back hallway through a crack in the floor, eggs and all. Was very glad I had not stayed away longer.

My friend is more direct, he just uses the chalk to draw a line around his bed to keep ants and cockroaches away.

Always found those bottles of insecticide you plug into the wall worked pretty good for mosquitoes but I sort of worry about breathing that vapour all the time myself.

Nick-H · Sep 29th, 2006, 13:12

The chalk is good. Sold for cockroaches it works against ants too. All my kitchen shelves have an invisible grid of chalk lines drawn around them.

capt_mahajan · Sep 29th, 2006, 13:32

what about flying cockroaches?

we lived on the sixth floor in calcutta in the seventies, and some of them would fly in.

have seen some in lhokseumave, indonesia, too.

Bigzero · Sep 29th, 2006, 16:29

I had a rather rude shock the other day when the microwave was on and a smart little cockroach could be seen ambling along between the glass panes in the front panel ( typically there are two sheets with a gap in between ). I hope they dont mutate into godzillas or the one in MIB because of all the radiation!

Anyway, took me some time to do a thorough de-cockroaching of the microwave.

PeakXV · Sep 29th, 2006, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigzero

Anyway, took me some time to do a thorough de-cockroaching of the microwave.

BZ, you could have at least sampled a bit of it - who knows you may have accidently discovered a new and exciting Pâté!

Sep 28th, 2006, 12:31	#16
machadinha Not Your Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp Posts: 11,153	I reckon this is the one, although it's hard to make out all the different species. Brrr: Attached Thumbnails __________________ Reading tips, all picked up at IndiaMike : INDAX's A Comprehensive Guide To India / Dinoj Surendran's Desi Humor / ITHVC on Culture Shock & Travel Health / JetLag Travel Guides For the Undiscerning Traveller / India Travel Links

Sep 28th, 2006, 13:00	#17
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	That lacks the very smart long feelers of the one pictured earlier in the thread. __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Sep 28th, 2006, 19:09	#20
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 4,401	I looked once (shouldn't have really) behind the bag of spilt sugar in the pantry of the apartment we were staying in Delhi. .... it was a CR convention! That's gotta be their favourite snack - thought humans were sugar fiends but we have nothing on cockroaches. __________________ We shall not cease from exploration and at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started ...and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

Sep 28th, 2006, 23:43	#21
New-South-Welshman Drunk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 1,397	Funny enough, last time I was in India I saw no cockroaches! Only lizards... shudders __________________ Mr. Burns "Non-violence never solved anything!"

Sep 29th, 2006, 16:29	#29
Bigzero back to my old ways Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,464	I had a rather rude shock the other day when the microwave was on and a smart little cockroach could be seen ambling along between the glass panes in the front panel ( typically there are two sheets with a gap in between ). I hope they dont mutate into godzillas or the one in MIB because of all the radiation! Anyway, took me some time to do a thorough de-cockroaching of the microwave. __________________ miles to go.... Bigzero's Photo Gallery

Sep 28th, 2006, 13:02	#18
machadinha Not Your Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp Posts: 11,153	I meant the ex-yörpian one. The feelers I can handle. These guys if you stand on them their innards will squeeze out the backside because the rest won't bulge. Yech. <where is that aspirin? I'm sure it was here before>

Sep 28th, 2006, 13:15	#19
agoraphobe Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouger, BC Posts: 61	Those big toe sized hissers got the better of me. Big well fed package tourist roaches, huffing and puffing across the floor. I'd stomp my foot but instead of scurrying off under the stove they'd waddle a few inches and stop for a rest. You're right though, the ants do a fine job of cleaning up the tiny corpses.

Sep 29th, 2006, 00:18	#22
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	Lizards everywhere: they help keep down the insect numbers. One of ours, a gecko that unusualy always lived on the floor rather than the walls or ceiling) died yesterday. I was very sad.

Sep 29th, 2006, 00:56	#24
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	A very considerable amount of my time every day seems to be devoted to excluding or killing mosquitoes and ants. A quick squirt of a spray down the drains every three or four months keeps the roaches out.

Sep 29th, 2006, 01:12	#25
cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,012	Ever seen an India septic tank emptied........talk about "the march of the crabs"

Sep 29th, 2006, 10:57	#26
snowcrab Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alberta, Can Posts: 1,053	Insect control is something you really have to face head on in India. Had some very large cockroaches for a while in my Goan digs.When I saw one I stamped hard and got them to bolt to their hiding place then used that white chalk stuff to draw a line between my space and theirs, eventually I never saw them anymore. Double bagged everything in the way of edibles anyway. Found the millions of little ones in my Montreal student ghetteo days far more disturbing. Nothing but all out chemical warfare worked with those miserable little wretches, always felt I was poisoning myself as much as them, no way of reaching any agreement at all. Came back from a trip to find a whole anthill was trying to relocate to my back hallway through a crack in the floor, eggs and all. Was very glad I had not stayed away longer. My friend is more direct, he just uses the chalk to draw a line around his bed to keep ants and cockroaches away. Always found those bottles of insecticide you plug into the wall worked pretty good for mosquitoes but I sort of worry about breathing that vapour all the time myself.

Sep 29th, 2006, 13:12	#27
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 27,792	The chalk is good. Sold for cockroaches it works against ants too. All my kitchen shelves have an invisible grid of chalk lines drawn around them.

Sep 29th, 2006, 13:32	#28
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,602	what about flying cockroaches? we lived on the sixth floor in calcutta in the seventies, and some of them would fly in. have seen some in lhokseumave, indonesia, too.

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