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2. German cockroach - Wikipedia

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   The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about 1.1 to 1.6 cm (0.43 to 0.63 in) [1] [2] long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head to the base of ...

3. Roach bait - Wikipedia

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   Roach bait is a modern pest control used for the extermination of cockroaches at indoor locations. The effectiveness of this method of pest control exploits the ...

4. Baygon - Wikipedia

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   It is an insecticide used for extermination and control of household pests such as crickets, roaches, ants, carpenter ants, spiders, silverfish and mosquitoes. In 1975, Baygon introduced Australia’s first surface spray for killing cockroaches, ticks and other crawling insects. Baygon was introduced by the German chemical manufacturer Bayer in ...

5. Cockroach - Wikipedia

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   A cockroach's cells divide only once each molting cycle (which is weekly, for the juvenile German cockroach [68]). Since not all cockroaches would be molting at the same time, many would be unaffected by an acute burst of radiation, although lingering and more [ clarification needed ] acute radiation would still be harmful.

6. Degesch - Wikipedia

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   The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH (transl. German Corporation for Pest Control), oft shortened to Degesch, was a German chemical corporation which manufactured pesticides. Degesch held the patent on the infamous pesticide Zyklon, a variant of which was used to execute people in the gas chambers of German extermination ...

7. Cockroach farming - Wikipedia

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   An unusual number of their genes relate to taste and smell, which helps them to avoid toxic food. Genes relating to development and immunity help cockroaches grow quickly and resist disease. [6] The American cockroach is the most popular species for farming. [1] Start-up costs for cockroach farms are low, and there are few regulations.