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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Eudaimonia@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Found it dead in my dishes

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[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

When I was younger and I had roommates I hated it when they killed the house spiders. It was the reason we had so many other bugs. Once that roommate moved out, the rest of us stopped killing the spiders and after a burst of spiders the rest of the bugs were gone. House bugs are very creepy but they keep the bad house bugs away. Like bedbugs. Fuck bedbugs and the evolutionary niche they've crawled out from.

[-] qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does it come as good news that cockroaches are bedbug predators? Some real "pick your poison" shit, huh?

[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly yeah, actually the building I previously moved out of had both. So I just kept very tidy by keeping everything they'd be attracted to sealed and away and left the cockroaches alone. It was a lot though, every night throw out all the garbage. Seal and put away all the food, if food can not be easily sealed put it in the fridge. Clean up all the crumbs and any drops of water on the floors, counters shelfs, ect. Lightly Borax the sinks, toilet, tubs. Then wake up, collect the ones that died overnight, clean up and go about my day. Oh and make sure you take apart then make your bed every morning and night to make sure nothing else crawled in there. They were never more than a small nuisance and I never had bedbugs compared to my neighbors. Yay adorable housing.... So glad to be outta there.

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
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