ot - boric acid and cockroaches

[Michael Havens]

Cool! I just read this one- If you ever have rats try this:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/20/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-cockroaches

Incidentally, should you also be happen to be troubled by rats, I have here
an ingenious formula for inducing rat death: Mix equal parts cement and
flour Place a pan of this powder out next to a pan of water. The rats eat
the cement, then they drink the water, and by the next morning their bowels
have turned to concrete. Sadistic, eh? I knew you'd love it.
 (I read elsewhere you can use oat meal and at another site plaster of
paris).

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Matt Graham <mhgraham at crow202.org> wrote:

> On 2015-06-04 07:21, Michael Havens wrote:
>>
>>> spread boric acid  on the kitchen floor and the cockroaches would
>>> run over it and die. He went on to explain that they breathe through
>>> follicles on their abdomen and that the acid suffocates them.
>>>
>>
> Sort of correct.  Insects breathe through spiracles (not follicles).
> http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/20/whats-the-best-way-to-kill-cockroaches
> says that borax abrades the waxy coating on roach exoskeleton, so the
> roaches dehydrate.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boric_Acid#Insecticidal
> says borax interferes with insect metabolism as well.
>
> On 2015-06-04 08:39, Keith Smith wrote:
>
>> Are these Linux Roaches?
>>
>
> "ERROR:  roachd and boraxd cannot be installed at the same time."
>
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