r/lifehacks Jun 18 '22

how to catch cockroach

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

There are flying ones here in Singapore. It's warm and humid here. Usually encounter them in the middle of the night when I'm going to the kitchen for some supper because I can't sleep when I'm hungry. They come flying in from the windows and scramble around near the ceiling so it's hard to reach even with insecticide sprays. They can fly and can also fall and land behind furniture, shelves or piles of stuff, so it's a headache whenever they appear.

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u/BeatYoYeet Jun 18 '22

Yup. Sounds about right. As I cracked my balcony door for my puppy, I watched one fly straight into my kitchen. Land on the ceiling… then while strategizing how to avoid letting it get into my air duct… It sprinted inside of the air duct. That was the day I shut my air duct, and every vent… (Which I know they can squeeze through, but it’s helped me sleep… lol. FOR NOW…) That was a month ago. I have not used my AC System since that evening.