in my living room ...i hurried and stepped on it and i am totally freaked out that it looks like a roach??? a few weeks ago i saw june bugs covering my porch at night when i would leave the deck light on...but this definitely wasnt a june bug...i keep my house clean but i do have a window air conditioner located where i found this bug...could it have come thru my window?? my neighbors who are all within a few feet of my house have nice kept houses...all i can think of is that i brought something home from a grocery store or its an outdoor bug...i looked at pics of bugs in michigan online and it looked most similiar to an adult german cockroach...this is the first and hopefully last one i have seen,...i hate bugs of any kind and i am totally freaked ,that is why im up this late,normally i wouldve been in bed 2 hours ago but this is making me totally want to clean and disinfect from top to bottom!i was so worried i even called the guy that did my floors and he said he never saw any bugs
2007-06-25 17:45:09 · 5 answers · asked by repodana 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
IF it IS a cockroach- it might be a "Sewer Roach"- huge, ugly brutes- whose hours are numberd in your house, because they don't live long away from the Sewer... They tend to be "isolated incidents"- so you might not see any more of them... (until NEXT year...). Keep an eye out for any more, and if you DO catch another one of whatever it was, call an exterminator & have the place checked out. (By the way, Sewer Roaches do NOT reproduce in peoples homes. They just freak them out ! :) )
2007-06-25 18:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
German cockroaches are found throughout structures but show a preference for warm (70 degrees F/21 degrees C) and humid places. They are usually found in kitchens and secondarily in bathrooms, but infestations often occur in rooms where people eat and drink while watching television such as the den, bedroom, etc. Any crack or crevice located near a source of food and/or water is prime harborage, and they spend about 75% of their time in such harborages. First instar nymphs require a crack of about 1/32" (1 mm) whereas, adults require a crack of about 3/16" (5 mm) in width. These cockroaches are most commonly introduced into buildings via paper products or paper packaging such as grocery bags, cardboard boxes, drink cartons, and via secondhand appliances such as refrigerators, televisions, VCR's, microwaves, etc. They have been observed to migrate from building to building on warm evenings, but this rarely occurs. Although uncommon, they can survive outdoors during the warm months.
They feed on almost anything with nutritive value including all kinds of food, and such things as soap, glue, and toothpaste.
Roaches are found in every part of the U.S. They like nearly any area humans like - especially where food, moisture and warmth are abundant. Cockroaches prefer darkness and crawl into amazingly small crevices as small as the thickness of a dime! An adult cockroach can live for a month without food as long as water or moisture is present.
Roaches carry and spread diseases. It's not unusual for bacteriologists to find salmonella bacteria (which causes food poisoning in humans) on the bodies of cockroaches. Additionally, cockroaches are believed to spread viruses and their presence can cause allergic reactions for many people, especially asthmatic children.
What can you do if you find cockroaches in your living environment? The most important method of cockroach prevention and control is sanitation. Even a few crumbs that slip down beside a stove, for example, can serve as a gourmet dinner for several cockroaches for some time. Apply standard control procedures but more frequent service may be required because of their rapid reproductive rate. At least 95% of the population must be eliminated on the initial or clean-out service, or the typical maintenance program will usually fail. ECO PCO Products will work on roach clean outs. However, baits are particularly effective, but correct placement along junctions and/or in cracks and crevices in or near harborages is essential. Be sure to follow label directions.
good luck, darlin
2007-06-26 01:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're that freaked out, call an exterminator.
2007-06-26 00:56:05 · answer #3 · answered by badbill1941 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hahaha thats nassty.
sleep tight
2007-06-26 00:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by yo 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's the Leprechaun....he's a wee fellow after ye gold !!!
2007-06-26 00:51:01 · answer #5 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋