Сockroaches in bathroom drain. Tiny cockroaces and other insects in the bathroom – how to kill them?

In this article we look at the variety of most common insects in the bathroom, let’s deal with the causes of their appearance, as well as methods of killing these insects. Cockroaches are really tenacious and dangerous insects. What to do if there are tiny cockroaches in the bathroom or drain?

Danger of “neighborhood” with cockroaches is also the fact that in the process of life they climb into the toilet, trash cans and other places where bacteria as a result – are their carriers. Cockroaches can cause a variety of diseases, from worms and dysentery to tuberculosis and typhoid.

The reasons for the emergence of roaches in the bathroom

The reasons for their appearance in the house, in fact, there are not so much. And as for the bathroom, roaches appear usually due to violation of normal indoor climate, thereby creating certain conditions, which attract them here.

In the bathroom, insects appear fairly predictably: they penetrate into the room through the balconies of the ventilation pipe, through the cracks in the walls.
The main reason for the appearance of insects is the failure of the elementary rules of hygiene facilities.

Insects living in your bathroom

Insects that are able to settle down and feel good in a bathroom or closet, are fairly numerous. In most cases, you can meet these unexpected “guests”:

Silverfish – the most common type of insects in the bathroom. These are small wingless insects with elongated body, antennae front and rear and a large number of legs. Silverfish eats starch being in wallpaper glue and book bindings, sugar-containing substances.In addition, these insects do not disdain cotton products – clothing, underwear, etc., linen, silk and even synthetic materials.

A set of tools for controlling silverfish in the bathroom is as follows:

• chlorine-containing substance;
• thermal fan;
• copper sulfate;
• insecticide sprays.

Tiny cockroaches in the drain.

Probable they visit your appartment because your neighbours try to investigate them. Do the same. Kill them with the help of sprays, boric asid and desinfection. Wipe clean all the surfaces. A good result in the fight against these visitors from the sewers show various bulk insecticides.

Lice and how to deal with them

Woodlice – is, strictly speaking, a small land crustaceans that prefer to live in damp places, eating a variety of plant residues. They are not insects, but often they are popularly called so. Many know woodlice due to their habit to curl into a ball when danger.

Woodlice appear in the bathroom or the toilet bacause of a damp and hide where there are water drips. They are indicators of problems in the water system or sewage ifthere is no leak, wood lice would not appear. Therefore, before you destroy them, you need to figure out where and what flows and solve the problem. Sometimes these insects come from neighbors from the attic or through the ventilation system. They do not bite and do not attack the person. Treat them and inhabited areas with household insecticides.