Cockroach Gel

The most common indoor “animals” are cockroaches, and unfortunately, we are not talking about those who are specially bred in the terrarium, but about those that are settled in our homes completely without demand and bring significant harm to their presence. When choosing a remedy for cockroaches, consumers often ask themselves whether it is effective enough and yet safe for human health. Professional disinfectants consider the cockroach gel to be the most effective tool with a high insecticidal effect and the least toxic to humans.

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Gel against cockroaches

Every day, cockroaches migrate between different rooms, adapting to a variety of poisons and developing immunity to those drugs that are used against insects. Many pests die under the influence of drugs, but unfortunately, some individuals survive and flee to other rooms, houses and apartments, no longer responding to the poison that they are offered there.

Today, there is a diverse array of insect control products. This is very popular among consumers, and affordable at the price of traps, insecticidal crayons, pencils, aerosols, cockroach gels.

Important! Unfortunately, most of the means popular among consumers are not always effective and turn out to be completely powerless with mass infection of housing with cockroaches. This is due to the low content of powerful insecticides in such drugs, but for the same reason they are the least safe for humans.

Aerosols and gels from cockroaches are more effective. A few minutes after spraying the spray, insects begin to run out of the nooks and die. The advantage of aerosols is ease of use and high penetration.

Important! Although the insecticidal agent in the form of an aerosol guarantees the rapid destruction of adult cockroaches, it also has the following disadvantages:

• When spraying funds, a person voluntarily, not by will, breathes in toxic fumes.
• Aerosol insecticides do not affect already laid eggs.
• It does not have a long action.
• It has a strong enough unpleasant odor that can cause allergic reactions.

Summarizing all of the above, it is understandable why insecticidal gels from cockroaches enjoy a well-deserved reputation. They are not only highly effective and are available in convenient tubes or large syringes, but also avoid the toxic effects on the human body during application.

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Advantages of gels against cockroaches

According to the manufacturers of such products, even large cockroaches leave or die after a week's use of the gel. After the specified time, the drug can be easily washed off the surfaces. The main advantages of the drug include:

• The highest possible efficiency.
• Ease of use.
• The gel is available in the form of tubes filled with insecticidal paste.
• The preparations are completely ready for use immediately after unpacking.
• Profitability of use. In addition to the insecticide, the gels have a fat base that prevents drying. The tool retains its properties for several months.
• Cockroach gels have no toxic effects on humans.
• Safety for people and pets. Most gels contain a special bitter substance that helps prevent small children or pets from eating the drug.

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Drug use

Since the tubes and syringes are initially completely ready for use, they do not need to be collected as traps or prepared as balls with boric acid. However, before counting on the effect of use, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the rules of use of the drug. Together with the closed packaging of the insecticide, detailed instructions are provided that describe the entire processing process.

As a rule, the instructions for using the drug are the same for all manufacturers and contain the following items:

1. Wear gloves to protect your hands.
2. Mash the tube so that the contents turn into a flexible and easily extruded product.
3. Pointly, in a few drops, apply the product on the skirting boards, places of accumulation and the path of movement of insects.

Important! In order to save, apply the drug in a dashed line.

4. After a week, rinse the product off the treated surfaces.

Useful Tips:

• If you doubt the effect of the preparation on the surface, proceed as follows: take a sheet of paper or cardboard and cut into small strips or pieces of it, apply the preparation to the prepared pieces of paper and place the independently prepared feeders in the habitats of the insects.
• Keep cockroach gels in a tightly closed container, away from food
• You can use gel preparations for preventive purposes: prepare several paper substrates and lay them out at the supposed places where insects penetrate.
• Buy gel from cockroaches only from well-known brands that protect their products from counterfeiting by applying special holographic, hard to fake signs.

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The principle of the gel

The tool acts on cockroaches as follows:

• It has a toxic contact intestinal effect. Insects take cockroach gel for regular food and eat it. The insecticide enters the digestive organs together with the gel.
• The poison penetrates even at the slightest touch of the product to the insect. Upon contact with the drug, the insecticide penetrates the tissues of the insect and enters its body.
• It violates the nervous system of insects. After a few hours, infected insects experience nerve palsy and they die.
• Communicating with brethren, an infected individual poisons them as well. An irreversible domino process sets in, and the entire population dies as its individuals become infected.

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The most popular gel products

The most sold out, which means - popular among consumers and really effective are the following tools:

• "Global" gel.
• The Raptor.
• “Absolute gel.”
• “Brownie”.
• Dohlox.
• “Combat”.
• “Fas” gel.
• "Trap".

Important! The effectiveness of a particular drug depends on the concentration of the active substance. For example, in the Absolute, Global and Raptor preparations, the incredibly powerful poisonous drug chlorpyrifos, which has a contact-intestinal method, is considered to be the main one. And at the heart of the Combat preparation is the active substance - hydromethylnon, which infects insects not only when it is eaten, but also with minimal contact with the insect's chitinous membrane. The insecticide blocks the functioning of the cockroach's nerve cells.

Let's get to know some drugs better.

Global gel

A popular product is available in a 75 ml plastic tube, has a sharp tip for ease of application. The product has a weak chocolate smell and has a creamy brown color, due to the content of cocoa butter in it as a fatty base.

The complex component composition is of German origin, which is due to the high price of this tool.

Important! With the help of one tube it is possible to process the territory up to 80 m2, and to clear it from the cockroach colony.The gel, according to the manufacturer, is completely safe for people and does not cause allergies.

“Raptor”

The tool not only effectively poisons adult individuals who feast on bait, but also relatives in the nest, who will come into contact with the infected. A tool is produced in the form of a tube with a volume of 75 ml, and it is enough to process two standard rooms.

The pointed tip of the tube allows you to use the product in hard to reach places, for example, behind skirting boards. The manufacturer uses natural aromas of vanilla and apricot as bait.

Important! The manufacturer guarantees the active effect of the drug for up to 8 months, after which the product is easily removed from all surfaces, including furniture, without a sticky residue.

Absolute Gel

The insecticidal product is available in beneficial tubes with a volume of 125 ml. It is enough to handle several rooms. The tube has a fairly comfortable thin tip, with which you can use the product in hard to reach places.

The most active gel begins to affect cockroaches on the second day after the initial treatment. Apply the gel, like other similar insecticides, pointwise, along the pathways of parasites.

Important! With an average number of insects, only 0.5-0.7 g of the drug per 1 m2 of room is enough. With proper use of the product, after 25-35 days no parasite will remain in the apartment.

“Brownie” and “Dohlox”

These cockroach gels are a viscous mass in a syringe with a volume of 20-30 ml. One preparation is enough to process 50 m2. The price of the tool is quite affordable. Specially designed bait attracts insects, poisoning them.

Important! You can use the drug not only to fight cockroaches, but also to destroy red ants. The residual effect of the gels lasts about 2 months.

Means “Combat SuperGel”

Quite popular among consumers because of its high efficiency. At the heart of the brownish gel is a goose liver, which actively attracts insects to the poison.

The modern insecticide hydramethylnon leads to the rapid death of insects, and the shape of the syringe allows you to apply a poisonous agent in the most inaccessible places without the slightest effort.

Important! The drug is produced in the form of a syringe with a volume of 30 ml and it is enough to process 50 m2. Manufacturers recommend using cockroach gel along with Combat traps for greater effect.

“Fas” and gel “Trap”

They have a jelly-shaped beige or cream color. The preparations contain two highly active insecticides with different chemical nature in their composition, in case of immunity of cockroaches to one of the substances.

Cypermethrin contained in the preparations paralyzes the nervous system of not only adults, but also larvae. The action of the drug is intestinal contact.

Important! Tubes with a volume of 75 ml are enough to process 90 m2. The residual active effect of the drug lasts about 2 months.

In addition to the above tools, you can find many other drugs on the market, in the selection of which focus on the instructions, tips of friends and reviews on the Internet.

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Precautionary measures

Regardless of which cockroach remedy you use, remember the precautions; use gloves and a respirator when processing rooms. However, no, even the best, remedy will help if you do not take preventive measures to protect the house from insects:

• The kitchen should not have a dripping faucet or leaking pipe, which will create a constant, accessible source of water for parasites.
• Food should not be freely available, and garbage should be disposed of regularly.
• Install small insect screens on windows and vents.

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All these measures, in combination with the use of modern means of parasites, will help you get rid of uninvited “guests” forever.