I once worked in a restaurant where they wouldn't let us smoosh roaches because it would cause more roaches to be born from the eggs that were then crushed into the floor. Spraying them was better because it killed the roaches and the eggs. I'm just wondering if that was an urban legend, or if it is true.....
2006-10-09 10:20:01 · 16 answers · asked by sassy_grrrl62 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
First of all which restaurant did you work at since they have roaches we would all like to know!!!!! For future references you know. And its not true.
2006-10-09 10:29:21 · answer #1 · answered by crystal lee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ugh! A restaurant with roaches!?!
AND they won't LET you kill them?!?
(Oh great... spraying chemicals around the food is SOOOO much better!!!)
I just found out last week that a Chinese restaurant that my husband and I always ate at when we were at the mall has been closed down for "extreme health code violations" ICK!!! It was ALWAYS super busy and yet, you know, looking at the place I always kinda thought... but I never wanted it confirmed. (Regardless of the roach eggs thing maybe you should give me the best answer just for that... 10 points to make me feel better about being the victim of a gross restaurant... :-) Blech!!!)
The roach eggs thing sounds like an urban myth to me, but was English the first language of the owners? Maybe something was lost in translation... or maybe this idea comes from a certain ethnic group... more to the point I wonder where the person that told you heard it???
2006-10-09 11:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Poopsie-Daisy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you kill the roach, the eggs inside (now on the floor) will no longer have anywhere to develop or a source of food and will die, just like the roach. That is an urban myth.
2006-10-09 10:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had to laugh when I read your question - but I think that's just an old wife's tale or urban legend. But, I would recommend spraying with a roach killer.
2006-10-09 10:24:55 · answer #4 · answered by You'llneverguess 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no first ROACHES are nasty!!! if you have 1 roach you will have more. TRUE!! you need to put roach proof of some kind down soon. Or eventually you'll have them everywhere! This coming from one who panics over any and all BUGS
2006-10-09 12:50:36 · answer #5 · answered by tqpinklady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Eggs can't develop without the roach being alive.
2006-10-09 11:59:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no if u squash a roach u would be squashing the egg too
2006-10-09 10:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by CM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boric acid , it is very effective when used properly for killing
cockroaches and most other insects.
You can also get a house lizard, they are natural enemies and will eat them. More information at http://tinyurl.com/ofxkk
2006-10-09 14:13:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what???
No, when you smoosh a bug it's dead. That's it. The eggs are dead too.
2006-10-09 10:47:43 · answer #9 · answered by nmtgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your clothes to make sure you don't bring any with you.
2006-10-09 11:31:35 · answer #10 · answered by geestrangunit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋