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Bedbugs Or Roaches? What’s Harder To Deal With?

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 13 Dec 24

Please share your experiences, for my research. In your experience, which is harder to get rid of, bedbugs or cockroaches? I would like to read your answers, and experience with both kinds of pests. Thank you.

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Library in Michigan closed for a few days due to cockroaches inside a DVD case

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122232) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 4 Oct 24

The Royal Park Library in the suburbs of Detroit had to be closed on the weekend of September 21 through September 23 when a person returned a DVD case in bin that had cockroaches inside. The library officials did reopen the...

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Bugs! Ugh!

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 10 Jul 22

Believe me when I say "I've had enough of bugs for a lifetime!" I think we have had every possible awful, disgusting bug imaginable(in the U.S. that is) infesting our apartment at one time or another. (Late 90's)First, it was...

headlice

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Not all roommates are welcome.

marguicha @marguicha (230349) • Chile 12 Oct 21

I got out of bed to go for my coffee. I stayed in the kitchen for a while washing some dishes I hadn´t washed yesterday. When I came back there was something moving near my half opened glass door. On looking at it closer, I...

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Grinding the Laurels

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 1 Jul 20

We also had cockroach infestation for quite some time now. Normally I would use the baygon chalk to deal with some of them, but it's literally poison as well to humans. So Mom researched and wanted to try laurel leaves to be...

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Revenge of the Cockroaches!

Kitycat @KityCat (7739) • India 8 Oct 19

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great day,not the same here (If you haven't read my previous post about this problem check out the discussions through the link in bottom) So they are back again and this time not only in the...

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Nasty cupboard!

Kitycat @KityCat (7739) • India 14 Sep 19

Hello everyone! A very goodmorning to all ! But everything is not that good here.The cupboard is full of cockroaches and they are all over my clothes and other electronic stuff in the cupboard.. So I will be spending most of the...

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Cockroaches

Gogata Ionut @Kasjnak (4489) • Romania 30 Jun 19

Ugh, those nasty little creepers... I saw a bunch of them lately . Definitely not one of my favourite creatures, I could live without them perfectly. A few days ago I was returning from a walk with my son and this...

cockroaches

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Cockroaches: Are you afraid of them?

Wise Ghost @WiseGhots (14603) 13 Feb 19

They are usually very hated insects for millions of people. This happens basically because of its ugly appearance and - according to whoever hates them - disgusting appearance. Everything becomes even worse when they can fly. is...

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Cockroaches in the kitchen, I do not know what to do

Domingo Wladimir Montero Colón @domiwla (398) • Venezuela 20 Aug 18

It stresses me and it makes me feel bad to have cockroaches in the kitchen, I get up and turn on the light and I get them, I have already fumigated and the quantity was reduced but I can not eliminate them.

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I hate cockroaches!

Curlann @annierose (21977) • United States 28 Jul 18

I was doing my paperwork when I noticed one cockroach which crawl inside my room from outside. I really cannot concentrate when I know that there is a cockroach inside my room so I immediately went downstairs and get many...

cockroaches

nasty creatures

killing cockroaches

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What Would You Have Done?

Cindy Tolbert @cintol (11261) • United States 10 Jan 18

So my husband and I were out running errands last night picking up some things we needed. We had not eaten dinner yet so we were right by a Golden Corral. Its a buffet style dinner place where you go in, pick the foods you want...

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Are you afraid of cockroaches?

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17594) 9 Oct 17

Perhaps the word is not exactly "fear" but rather a mixture of "fear" and "disgust" (at least that's what thousands of people feel about cockroaches... especially when they have the "power" to fly.). An...

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Cockroaches Can Be Found Everywhere

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 25 Feb 17

I can't stand to see a cockroach in the house. You just know that there are hundreds hiding somewhere that you can't see. I read somewhere there are hundreds you don't see, for every one you do see. They give me the...

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Have you come across weird ads online or those that freaked you out?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52201) • Staten Island, New York 26 Aug 16

During the days of Bubblews I've come across weird ads and ads that freaked me out. One day while browsing on the site I noticed a big cockroach crawling around the right side of my laptop screen. It freaked me out as I hate...

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Is it a fly, a plane, Superman or a cockroach?

marguicha @marguicha (230349) • Chile 27 Jul 16

I was writing at my laptop just a while ago when there was a hissing from a flying insect at the door between the kitchen and the dining room where I am. I looked up and to my eyes who don´t see much, it looked as it it could be...

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Josh Was Totally Weirded Out

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 20 Jul 16

As I wrote earlier my daughter saw a cockroach on the table in the kitchen last night. Now tonight Josh saw two scurrying around the same area. Ugh! Ick! Yuck! Etc. I did some reading and found several ways to rid ourselves of...

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Thursday-June, 23, 2016

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 24 Jun 16

Woke today about 3p. I didn't get to sleep until about 4-5a. It's about 88 degrees out. Not bad. Should be nice through the weekend as well. Next week it will get up in the mid to high 90's. Ugh! Yellow air alert today. Not good...

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Cockroaches!!

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 23 Jun 16

Oh my goodness! Last year about this same time we found that we had bedbugs. We went through HELL getting rid of them. I thought that I could get rid of them so I didn't report them right away. They would come out at night and...

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head lice

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Pest! Pest! Pest!

bloglog @bloglog (628) • Singapore 10 Jun 16

Do they put you off? Are you afraid of any of them? Cockroaches, lizards, rats, snakes,.. When my neighbourhood was doing fumigation earlier, many cockroaches raced themselves into the house through water pipes and all. Eww! They...

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