I've had my run-ins with Costa Rican cockroaches, as I've mentioned in this very blog. Fortunately, my apartment bug problems have been minimal. For a while it seemed an ant invasion was imminent - I kept finding the little sugar ants in my sink and near the trash - but armed with the church cleaning lady's advice, I bought this spray stuff called Baygon that chemical-bath killed them by the dozens. They haven't returned. As it happens, the same juice works for cockroaches and probably small dogs.
I knew Baygon was good, but it took a TV commercial to raise it to new heights of roach-killing glee. Apparently, Baygon kills cockroaches up to three times faster than other comparable brands! The commercial images showed this weird, green lazer zapping animated roaches, followed by some twitching and then at last the stillness that comes with that inevitable flip-on-its-back.
I've never comparison-shopped bug-killer based on killing time, but I suppose it is the most humane thing to do. Also, I imagine if you have a major infestation, that three-times faster business means you can kill one and move on to the rest all the more rapidly. Could be handy.
Like I said, my bug problems have been minimal - especially considering that this is a place where many households fight a losing battle against ants in the sugar bowl, the coffee maker, the sink, the walls, the microwave. My downstairs neighbor seems not to be so lucky (which perhaps spells danger for me). The other day, I heard her bemoaning, "Look at all the cockroaches!" when she was cleaning out her back room.
Lovely.
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