Many household items and home remedies can claim to be insect repellants in the sense that insects don't "prefer" to be around them. However, to create a barrier against pest entry or pest infestation, you will need to treat your…

Roaches are part of the natural environment and will likely be here long after we are gone. The goal is not to eliminate cockroaches from the environment because that will not happen. The goal is to keep them out of…

There is some disagreement on this issue. However, in my opinion, cinnamon is not a great deterrent for roaches. Yes, it seems that roaches do not prefer cinnamon, and it will not be their first choice to be around it.…

Yes, cockroaches will eat peanut butter. In fact, they will eat many things, including soap. There isn't much that a cockroach will not eat. This lack of pickiness has been an important component to their effective survival and is why…

Febreze is not useful as a cockroach control method or deterrent. Controlling cockroaches is really about getting as much product to as many roaches as possible. Over the years, many products such as baits, dust, liquids, and aerosols have been…

Cockroaches do not like places with good sanitation. This is not to say that cockroaches will not infest clean homes; it is only to say that their preference would be an unsanitary, damp, and humid environment. Therefore, sanitary practices such…

Mopping with bleach will not eliminate cockroach infestations. However, good sanitation is always recommended as this will help eliminate food sources and harborage areas for the cockroaches to seek refuge. Unfortunately, cockroaches can live on very little food, so good…

Yes and no. As I have stated before, there are many things that will kill a roach, the most common example being a shoe. Smashing a cockroach with a shoe is generally 100% effective and is very cost-effective. However, ridding…

The internet has several claims that coffee grounds can be used as a repellant for cockroaches. This has not been proven to be the case. Roaches seem to be neither attracted nor repelled by coffee. Caffeine contained in coffee will…

Citrus is a very good natural insecticide, and in fact, several products on the market today are derived from citrus. Putting a lemon, lime or orange peal or juiced fruit down the drain and running the disposal is a good…