Cockroaches are a difficult to kill insect that can infect your home and your food. While cockroaches aren't incredibly destructive or aggressive, they are incredibly intelligent, for insects. Their sheer numbers are what makes these insects so frustrating. They also potentially carry diseases. Luckily, there are many natural ways to repel cockroaches. Does this Spark an idea?
Catnip
This infamous weed is a joy for cats but its strong odor serves as a strong insect repellent. Grinding up catnip and mixing it with water makes a powerful repellent. Spray areas you see cockroaches, suspect cockroaches or want cockroaches to avoid. Spraying this water on surfaces will help keep the cockroaches away. You may also wish to take small catnip toys or bags filled with catnip and place them around the cockroaches' high traffic areas. This will make them seek alternate routes, which may make them more visible in your house. Avoid using this remedy if you have cats. It may drive them crazy.
Beer
Beer is another substance pleasant to some creatures but offensive to cockroaches. Soak a few pieces of bread in beer. Place these pieces of bread in an empty coffee can. Several of these cans spread around your kitchen or other suspected cockroach areas will help repel them. If the cockroaches do investigate the beer soaked bread and consume any, they will quickly find themselves getting a little drunk and disoriented. It is possible that the beer soaked bread will even kill them. Avoid this remedy if you have pets as they may investigate the bread and find themselves stumbling around the house.
Garlic
Garlic has been found to be an incredibly effective repellent for cockroaches. Despite their reputation for living in dirty places, cockroaches actually take great care to keep themselves clean. Cockroaches also dislike extremely strong smells and tastes, which is why garlic is so effective. Few substances in the kitchen have as potent a smell as garlic. You can make a garlic water mixture to spray around suspected roach areas or simply place gloves of garlic around the house where you have seen cockroaches. The only problem with this remedy is the smell. Garlic is potent and will disturb humans and pets as well. Only use this repellent if little else is working.
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