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2. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repel roaches, ants, the Japanese beetle, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and root-knot nematodes [2] Citronella grass: repels insects, may deter cats [5] Clovers: repel aphids and wireworms [3] Common lantana: repels mosquitoes [1] Coriander: repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites [3] Cosmos: repel the corn earworm ...

3. 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.

4. Roach bait - Wikipedia

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   Boric acid roach baits consist of a proprietary blend of attractants. These products are often sold at exterminator or pest supply houses. They are sold at most hardware stores and some big box home improvement or retail stores. Boric acid is harmful if taken in large quantities to humans, children and pets. [13]

5. Ectobius vittiventris - Wikipedia

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   Ectobius vittiventris, the amber wood cockroach or amber forest cockroach, is a species belonging to the order Blattodea and is a type of wood cockroach originally from southern Europe. It is completely harmless to humans and is not a storage pest , as it only feeds on decomposing plant material and perishes within a few days in human dwellings ...

6. Roach Motel - Wikipedia

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   Roach Motel is an American brand of a roach bait device designed to catch cockroaches.Although the term is the subject of a trademark registration by the insect control brand Black Flag, the phrase roach motel has come to be used as a reference to all traps that use a scent or other form of bait to lure cockroaches into a compartment in which a sticky substance causes them to become trapped.

7. How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the ... - AOL

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   Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches' spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast ...