“We actually recommend boric acid to deal with these and many other pests,” says Dan Bailey, president of WikiLawn. “Boric acid powder can be placed outside or inside, wherever roaches traffic.

You are relaxing at home when suddenly a cockroach appears. "Ugh! What should I do?" Have you ever had an experience like ...

Some cockroaches have developed an aversion to glucose, which may save them deadly traps but has also put a damper on their sex life AFP Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to ...

Send those roaches packing.

Suburbanites may be blissfully unaware, but for city dwellers it’s one of nature’s ultimate truths: cockroaches love sweets. Sure, the repulsive, disease-carrying insects eat anything at all, from ...

Like worrisome termites, cockroaches have a job to do, breaking down organic matter in the natural world. But even one cockroach isn't acceptable indoors. "They don't vector, or directly transmit, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of all the household pests, the cockroach is probably the most hated. With its tough looking exterior, imposing size, and ability ...

A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. American scientists found that the mutant cockroaches had a "reorganised" sense of taste, making them ...

In the centuries-long war between humans and cockroaches, the most bitter blow was dealt roughly 40 years ago. Tired of chasing after the pests with noxious sprays and bombs, researchers started to ...

Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to female roaches being turned off by the sugary "gifts" males use to entice them into mating. But don't celebrate the demise of cockroaches ...