What do mantis cockroaches eat to grow up? Is there poison in the place where you crawled? What are natural enemies?

Cockroach, also known as Xiaoqiang, is a common family pest in life. It often likes to live in wet places, usually appears in the kitchen and bathroom, and likes to eat while defecating, so it is very annoying. What did the cockroach eat to grow up? Is the place you crawled poisonous? What are the natural enemies?

Cockroaches are omnivorous insects with a wide variety of foods, including bread, rice, cakes, meat and vegetarian cooked foods, melons, fruits and beverages, especially noodles with fragrance, sweetness and oil, and have a habit of eating oil. Brown sugar and maltose are the most attractive to them. In addition to loving all kinds of food, cockroaches often bite on other things, such as cotton and wool products, leather products, paper, books, soap, etc., in housing, warehouses, storerooms, etc., and eat rotten organic matter in places such as outdoor garbage dumps, sewers and toilets, and even bite dead animals. But there are some differences in eating habits among different kinds of cockroaches.

Is the place you crawled poisonous?

Non-toxic, but harmful to the human body, because cockroaches can spread more than 50 diseases by eating, vomiting and excreting, as well as crawling on food and clothing. Cockroaches can carry a variety of pathogenic bacteria, viruses, molds and parasitic eggs, crawling on the human body can cause dermatitis, and being bitten can cause allergies. For example, carrying Ascaris lumbricoides, duodenal hookworm nematodes, beef tapeworms, roundworms, whipworms and other worm eggs. They can also be used as intermediate hosts for many kinds of nematodes, such as Candida moniliformis, Taenia solium, tumor tube and so on. It can also carry a variety of protozoa, of which 4 species are pathogenic to humans or animals, such as dysentery Amima, Giardia enterica and so on. Therefore, after the cockroach has climbed, it is necessary to disinfect the cockroach in order to prevent the breeding of bacteria, infecting the body and causing people to have a bad condition.

What are the natural enemies?

The natural enemies of cockroaches are spiders, scorpions, centipedes, ants, toads, lizards, geckos and so on. One bird, commonly known as Cucarachero (scientific name Troglodytes audax), also preys on cockroaches. In addition, cats, monkeys and mice also prey on cockroaches and are the natural enemies of cockroaches. Biological control is the most effective way to kill cockroaches.

How to wipe it out completely

1. Carefully check sewers, cracks in walls, floor partitions and windows to prevent cockroaches from entering.

2. Keep the room dry. Most cockroaches live in a humid environment, so be careful not to have any leaks, especially in the kitchen.

3. Keep the room clean. In a clean and dry environment, cockroaches will feel unwelcome. After eating, they should seal the food in time, clean up the rubbish on the ground and in garbage bags, and rinse the cutlery with hot water first. Dirty cutlery will attract the attention of cockroaches. In addition, stoves and other places should also be cleaned regularly.

4. Use insecticides to kill cockroaches when there is no one in the house.

5. Fresh cucumber repels cockroaches. Put the fresh cucumbers in the cupboard and the cockroaches won't go near the cupboard. Fresh cucumber after two or three days, cut it, continue to give off the smell of cucumber, can also effectively drive out cockroaches.

6. Fresh peach leaves drive cockroaches. Put the newly picked peach leaves in a place frequented by cockroaches, and the cockroaches avoid when they smell the peach leaves.

7. Onions drive cockroaches. If you put a plate of sliced onions indoors, the cockroach will run away immediately when it smells. At the same time, it can also delay the deterioration of other indoor foods.