How to Kill Cockroaches with Peanut butter & Boric Acid
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Borax might be one of the most popular solutions to kill roaches in your home, but do you know how it works and the best way to use it?
Don’t worry, you are not alone. Millions of households around the United States have a roach infestation. Considering how persistent and resilient this pest is, it’s not surprising that new and improved ways to deal with them are always created.
Derived from borax, boric acid is a powder that kills roaches when ingested but poses little danger to humans. When combined with peanut butter, roaches become attracted to the poison, eat it, and eventually die.
Boric acid is a mineral that kills roaches and other pests that come in contact with it by dehydrating them. Roaches are very resilient and thrive in almost all circumstances, but they easily dehydrate and they are omnivores - two very important reasons why Borax is so effective on them.
Once the roach ingests the Borax mixed with any other food it will dry them out from the inside and kill all roaches within a few days.
Keep in mind that this solution can be a bit messy to clean up, so use small plastic bottle tops so you can easily remove them as needed.
So you’re going to need half a Cup of Peanut Butter, and a quarter of a Cup of Boric Acid Powder.
Next Slip on a pair of latex gloves. While boric acid is generally safe for humans, it could irritate your skin.
Combine peanut butter and boric acid powder in a bowl and mix.
Next, press the mixture into bottle caps and transfer to a container like an oven tray for easy transporting.
Place the filled bottle caps in areas that roaches have been seen or are suspected to frequent, taking care to push them back where pets and kids can't reach them. Possible areas to include are: under and behind the fridge, stove, and dishwasher, under sink areas, and inside cabinets.
All you have to do now is to be patient. Boric acid is an effective but slow-acting roach killer. It can take up to 72 hours after ingestion before a cockroach dies.
As you can see, Peanut butter sprinkled with Borax is a perfect and easy solution to make a roach-killing trap. Roaches will eat almost anything they find and delicious peanut butter is the treat they are looking for.
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